Our New Home...

Here we sit in our study listening as the rain falls and enhaling the fresh smelling breezes...we are home for the year!

Today has been very busy as we have unpacked and found places for everything, set up wireless, set up vonage (great job, David did it all by himself), found our way to school, found our way to some shopping area, talked with our kids and mom, and began total Spanish communication. Now mind you, that Spanish communication is slow and deliberate, but it is communication no less!

I am uploading our first pictures of our home. We departed from Atlanta last evening and our lives forever changed. Our new home has a private entrance from a little fenced-in, topped with electric razor wire, flowered courtyard (thanks for the security) and includes our good-sized bedroom with plenty of storage, private bath and study with two desks. We can also enter from the main house of course. Daisy is an excellent cook - thankfully we will have lots of walking to do to help us walk off the calories! We are being well cared for and accepted into the family. They have been housing language school missionaries for 25 years and love it, except for the goodbyes. Yeah, we know about those goodbyes - they are not easy! But we are reminded each time we say goodbye that we love Jesus more, that's why we can say goodbye, but we also know that our goodbyes are not forever in Jesus.

Tomorrow we begin school orientation with classes beginning on Monday. In actuality our study has begin here at home as Daisy and Rodolpho do not speak English. But it is coming - keep praying for clear, quick minds. We so long to speak Spanish effectively. We so long to think in Spanish and be able to speak effectively in either English or Spanish. Remind the Father of our desires so that we can share Jesus to those with whom we came in contact.

We love you all and appreciate your comments and emails. It means so much to us to hear from you. It ministers to our hearts.

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We're here!

We arrived safety last evening around 10 CR time (midnight there). Things went very smoothly and in just a short time we were greeted by our big sister and Mark and Pam Grumbles, the IMB missionaries who assist us with language school, etc. We arrived in our new home (pics coming later) to be welcomed by our new family who were standing on the sidewalk awaiting our arrrival. Daisy and Rodolpho Portillo and Maria,(a young lady who lives with them) make us feel at home and very welcomed into the family. After a wonderful breakfast of scrambled eggs, black beans and rice mixed together, bread and pina jelly and great coffee, we are on our way to discover our new home area and to find our way to school. Ah yes, school, our reason for being here in Costa Rica, starts in the morning bright and early at 7:30.

Thanks for your prayers. Don't let up - we're headed into the intense time now!

Heading Out...

Well, what a whirlwind three weeks we have had since we left ILC the first of April. We have spent time with family and friends. We have traveled many miles, slept in various beds, eaten way too much food - and enjoyed every bite! We were able to spend time in Macon with Glynis' mom, sister, nephew and his daughter. We had not spent time together in several years and it was so good to be together.

Last weekend, all eight remaining brothers and sisters, many of their children and grandchildren and Glynis' mom gathered at David's mom's house for a time of food and fellowship. It was the last time we had all been together since her death in October 2006.

What a wonderful time we have had with family! How thankful we are for the godly heritage we have and the family love and support they provide.

This last weekend we are spending time with our children and their spouses at a friend's lake house. Barry and Liz are God's gift to us in providing this special place and time for us. Sunday we will visit Abilene, our home church. Stephen will take us to the airport Monday as he returns home and then our lives forever change! Just think our next post could be in Spanish. Yep, we start intense language study from the moment we step off the plane Monday evening in San Jose! Pray, pray, pray for these minds to be absorbent sponges soaking it all in and allowing it to permeate our minds and tongues - all for the purpose of sharing the Gospel in the heart language.

Until next time from our new home - love to all.

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Can it be?

Can it be that eight weeks have passed?

On April 2, we receive IMB Commissioning and scatter to the ends of the earth to live out our faith. This world will be impacted by our very presence - may they see our hope and come to know the Source of Hope and Life!

Our Commissioning Service is a special time for us as friends and family come to give us their encouragement and support. How much they love us! These days will provide sweet memories for us in the years ahead.

We will have some days of travel and extended family visits before we actually leave on April 28. We will keep in touch as we finish a whirlwind of activity and head out. Keep praying for us that our minds will be sharp to retain our language study. Remind the Father of our needs as often as you think of us.