Well, I’m back. And Costa
Rica threw me a Welcome Home party this time around—bright sunshine, strong
breezes, and friendly faces. Can’t get
much better than that!
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| Maya, Tali and Me at our best ;) |
So, quite a few things happened here at Casa Adobe in my absence,
things that I’m still finding out about too.
Let’s see… well, we have four new people living here at the house--Gina,
Chris, Jesse and Lucy—and so the house is full all the time! I believe Jesse and Lucy are going to be
leaving for the States in a couple weeks and Chris is going to be here for
quite a few months. And I have no idea
on Gina. Last I knew she was going back
to the States around Christmas time and then, lo and behold, she’s still here! So surprises aplenty :) What else? I had the opportunity to sit in on Ruth guest
speaking at a local university and to hear about her life and how she grew into
her identity as a daughter of God. It
was such a blessing and a challenge to hear her story. Also, my former Spanish teacher (who also
lives here) got a job!! So that’s a
mighty answer to prayers! She works 4
days a week which works out great for her and her husband Fabio and their
little 2 year old daughter Maya. Another
thing that’s new: that huge hole in the
front yard where I helped make mud (remember for the chicken coop?) has been
filled in. Weird. Little Maya has also changed—she’s talking a
mile a minute now (we’re trying to teach her to say “cool beans” and “I’m
bilingual”) J And a whole bunch of other little new things
like the garage door opener doesn’t work for some reason, and we have a bunch
of new coffee mugs now (they’re pretty cool), and we have new Frisbees for
tutoring, and the piano was tuned.
And the goats keep escaping--I had to go fetch them today :) Oh! And Rachel is going to Africa
with Ruth in a couple weeks for a conference.
I feel like I’m learning something new every time I turn a corner!
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Maya and Me playing on my computer
in the tutoring room |
But, I have to say, the newest, most shocking visitor we
have here has been (drumroll please):
lice! On their trip to Argentina,
one of the Padilla-Deborst girls got lice from her cousins. So now we have formed regular grooming
sessions, combing each other’s hair to check for any unwelcome guests, very reminiscent
of monkeys grooming one another. So far,
only Chabe, Gina, and Daniela have got them.
Daniela even went to the extreme and instead of treating her hair with
chemicals and such, she shaved it all off!!
Crazy stuff! And I am thankful and
oh so relieved to say that I do not have them.
Thank God! So keep the house in
your prayers and that the lice invasion will be stopped :)
In all, I am thankful to be back. It’s going to be a challenging road ahead of
me but I pray that it will be an enriching challenge for me.
“’For I know the plans I have for you,’
declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and future.’”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Stay with me as I go on this journey once again. Stay tuned!
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