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Rich took Em on a long walk this morning so I could nap (I’m fighting a cold).  On their walk, they heard a tiny meow.  They looked towards this ditch they were walking past.  Rich said there was a little, maybe 2 month old kitty coming towards them.  It jumped over a dead kitten to [...]

Today was a good day for me, actually, it may have been one of the best days I’ve had so far here in Costa Rica.  I got a bunch of solid good work done, had some really good conversations on my route, and had a very encouraging talk with a believer.
Today specifically I noticed an [...]

During our training in November and December at Mission Training International, we were taught about living in paradox as we move cross-culturally. Whatever was taught to the adults about living cross-culturally was also taught to the kid’s on their level. They were taught about the “yeah” duck and the “yuck” duck….a pair [...]

Last week began our second trimester of studying Spanish. Our family needed a change. The last few months have been really tough. For those who may not have known, we were at school from 7:30 until 12:10 each day. All three boys were in childcare(I previously stayed home with them) [...]