Ellie and her buddies

This is Ellie and her friends. The one beside her is Mia Luginbill who will arrive in Ecuador in April of next year. They were enjoying their spiritual emphasis week in the gym.

Dustin and the gang!!!

This is Dustin, little Frederico, Ellie and Gloriana. The night we ate at there house for dinner, Michael and Frederico went to a specialty meat shop where they cooked the meat right there and they brought it back all cooked. Ana had made sweet potatoes and corn while I made a salad. For desert, Ana made a homemade Apple pie. Ana and her husband did all this because they knew we missed some of our favorite foods in the States. We also were able to practice our Spanish eventhough Ana can speak fluent English. She lived in the States for one year and learned to speak English.

Ana and me!!!

Ana is my dear friend and I will always remember how much she helped me with my Spanish especially when I knew no Spanish at all. She understands what it takes to learn another language. She lived in the States for one year and is now fluent in English. What a great lady she is!!!

Our dear friends in Costa Rica

This is Ana, Frederico, Gloria and little Frederico and of course Dustin and Ellie at the house of Ana and Frederico. Ana was my conversation teacher my first tri and now she is Michael's conversation teacher. We have grown to love this family dearly and will miss them terribly when we leave. Ana and Frederico love to travel so they are coming to visit us in Ecuador.

Halloween!!!

Costa Rica does not celebrate Halloween but the kids did go to a little festival where they played games. This is Caroline and Coleman Cannon with Ellie on Halloween night. They were given these teeth in a goody bag. Coleman is in the same class as Ellie. The Cannon family has been with us since our training in Richmond last October and now they live right across the street from us. They will be serving in South Costa Rica when they leave language school in December. We sure will miss them so please keep them in your prayers as they begin to pack and leave school for their field of service.

Dustin and Ellie on the beach in Nicaragua

Dustin and Ellie enjoyed playing in the sand and football on the beach the several days that we were there.

Dusitn surfing!!!

This is Dusty Boy surfing for the first time with big waves. You can't see the big wave that he rode in but he was soooo proud of himself.

Ellie surfing

This is Ellie surfing for the very first time. She and Dustin had the best time.

Michael doin' some shopping on the beach

This is Michael with a local Nicaraguan who was selling handcrafted pottery. We purchased this piece to remind us of our time in Nicaragua. This Nicaraguan told us that it took one week to make this one piece of pottery.

Our view from the hotel

It was very rainly the whole time we visited Nicaragua but we had a great time of relaxation from school and San Jose city life. A much needed time of R and R. This was our view from our hotel room in San Juan Del Sur in Nicaragua.

OUR TRIP TO NICARAGUA

This is a picture from our Hotel standing on the beach of San Juan Del Sur. We had to leave San Jose again after 90 days for our passports so we decided to go to Nicaragua. We went with another family, the Ostertags.