Archive for November, 2007
« Previous EntriesFinishing Up Barefoot
Friday, November 30th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Our final three weeks of barefoot language classes have been centered more around learning grammar than practicing conversation, which is what we focused on our first three weeks. This should give us a strong foundation as we enter language school on January 9th. Don’t get me wrong, our barefoot classes haven’t been […]
Home Bible Study
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
On Wednesday nights we drive out to a coffee plantation about 30 minutes from our house for a home Bible study. Our mentors, Allen and Rebecca Alexander, have started a house church there made up of 4 adult women and about 15 kids! The kids range in age from 4-14. They listen […]
Ministry Visits
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Our barefoot language class had the opportunity to minister to and visit with young men who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. The not-for-profit organization that houses and feeds these men also teaches them woodworking and construction skills they can use to earn money when they graduate from the program. The […]
Ox Cart Parade
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
We had the privilege of attending the annual event to kickoff the official Christmas season in Costa Rica: the Ox Cart Parade. The long-standing tradition has it beginnings in the early 20th century when people from all over the country would use the ox carts to bring the statues of the saints […]
Evangelism Workshop
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
On a recent Saturday, some of the missionaries were invited to attend an evangelism workshop hosted by a local Baptist church. The greater part of the morning was spent covering various witnessing techniques, all in Spanish! The church was also to host a movie night the following day featuring Facing the Giants, […]
Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Since Costa Ricans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, this year we spent our day carrying on our usual routine, class in the morning and homework in the afternoon. The IMB missionaries did gather in the late afternoon/evening to celebrate together with a home-cooked meal. After eating way too much (speaking for ourselves), the missionaries […]
Views of Costa Rica
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Some of the things we’ve seen here in our first four weeks have been quite funny and some of them downright dangerous. For instance, they have these things called “Gringo Traps”. You may be walking along the sidewalk and suddenly find yourself flat on your face because, while you were looking around […]
Going to the Market
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Our last barefoot homework assignment was to travel to the markets in downtown San Jose to pick up certain fruits and vegetables to be used during the taste testing portion of our following class. We were responsible for buying a fruit called Anona and vegetables called Chayote and Yuca.
We were able to […]
Meeting Caroline’s Family
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Recently we’ve had the pleasure of meeting the aunt, uncle and cousin of our sister-in-law Caroline (Scotts brother’s wife). Jonathan and Anabel are pastors of a Baptist church in Guadalupe, about twenty minutes away from us, and have so graciously picked us up for church the last several weeks. A couple of […]
Our Homework Trip Downtown
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Click Photo to Enlarge
Our homework assignment this week was to take the bus to downtown San Jose and seek out a few parks, national monuments and museums. This is where it got tricky…our task was to ask the locals for directions to our assigned places and once there, ask what their operating hours were and […]