Tag Archives: God’s creation

New house, BIGGER problem.

7 Mar

We moved a month or so ago to a different house that is much closer to where we are doing ministry.  We feel so fortunate to have found this place.  It is about 3 times the size of our last house and the cost is the same.  There is ample space for teams to eat and unwind here and we have some sweet cabinas right across the street.  My mom is pretty stoked on having an air conditioner in the extra room, too!  She’ll be joining us for our new arrival in just a few short months!

In Esterillos we constantly had little Halloween crabs and mini-lizards everywhere.  The lizards were cute until we realized they left poop lying around that looked like a rat had been visiting.  Just disgusting.   Where we live now backs up to a palm plantation.  Our daily visitors include cows and stray dogs and most recently, this guy.

This pic is after he was trapped with books, chairs, and anything else I could think of until Big Daddy could get him outside.  I think he was in jail for at least 12 hours.  That should teach him!

Apparently, he came in through the back door.  His long toenails on the tile floor about did me in.  If something is going to cause me to have a heart attack, this is it.  I cannot handle it!  Does anyone know of something to keep these nasty creatures far, far away?  If I were Tica, I would have skewered him and had a little fiesta.  Lucky for him, I’m not.

Thank God I live with my very own Tarzan.  Hopefully, this is a one time event.

Amigos

12 Nov

In our small barrio we have met some of the most wonderful people.  People we will stay connected with throughout the remainder of our lives.  We have developed true  friendships – the kind where they just pop up at your house to hang out – no  invitation needed. We had friends like that in the states (and we miss them like crazy!), but here it has been more difficult to find heart friends.  Why?  At first we didn’t know Spanish well, so that was an obvious barrier.  I also think being here as “missionaries” put a flashing light above our heads.  It’s unfortunate, but many missionaries will enter a place and try to convince people they need to become more like them. i.e. wear certain clothes and don’t wear others, fix your hair a certain way, do this, but don’t do that.  We have always had the mentality that God would change the things that need changed and we are going to live a transparent, authentic life.

Some of our new friends live just a few houses away.  Robert and Cody both have a love for fishing and he was the first one to invite Cody to hunt lobsters at night with a water pistol.  Swimming with crocodiles and/or sharks at night would freak me out, but not Cody.  I love my manly man.  As you may or may not know, I also love to fish.  One of the many things that Cody loved about me when we first met.  Haha!  Many women don’t fish and I don’t enjoy being the “only female” so I usually stay behind.  Luckily, Robert’s wife Rudy is a fisherwoman.  So, as couples (with our small daughters) we get to hang out and fish every once in a while.  Then we usually have a big dinner and enjoy the day’s catch.

Kyah and Ester ready to roll.

We took the boat down a back river that comes off the ocean. These trees lined both sides of almost the entire thing.

One of Cody's fish.

Robert cleaning some of the fish. We caught 11 that day!

FINALLY getting to swim!

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