So we almost through rainy season, which I am very excited about. There are things I love about rainy season like how green everything is, how close we got to everyone since our hall was so small and didn't really have any visitors and the cooler temperatures. But with that comes a lot of flooding, the ocean is dirty, clothes that wont dry, everything smells musty in our house including all of our clothes. So now I am ready for those hot days to come back and dry everything out. Plus our driveway is starting to get pretty muddy, not sure how many more rain storms we can last before we wont be able to get out of it.
As some of you know, the ministry is a little more challenging here. Being in a foreign language you don't get to do straight door to door as much so you end up not talking to as many people during a day in service. But lately we have had a couple of really nice experiences. Here is one of them. We started setting up our cart at a new location. It is a grocery store that a lot of foreigners go to in one of the close tourist towns. With the new location we are finding so many different people then we normally find in the town. Usually we set up by the beach access. So last Friday Brian and I were doing the cart and I went inside to use the bathroom and was checking out what produce they had. I saw a lady that looked like she spoke English so I just tried to make conversation. We talked briefly and I went back out to the cart. As she was checking out she was staring at our cart obviously reading it and looking at the literature from a distance. After she was finished she came straight over to us and grabbed a bible teach book and says I need this for my daughter. She then asked if she could have magazines as well. I guess she has been trying to find a way to teach her daughter about the bible but there wasn't many options here in English. We told her about the website. And we are hoping to see her again at the grocery store.
One thing I really love are the people here. We have made so many awesome friendships that we will have long after we leave Costa Rica. This past week we started to get more visitors so I thought I better have everyone over in the hall before it gets too big and it wont be possible. We invited everyone over after meeting. We had 22 people in our small house. About an hour into the get together the power goes out. Its pitch black since it is nighttime. But then all of sudden you see headlamps turn on, flashlights and cell phones. And everyone just continues on with their conversations. I loved it! Everyone stayed another hour even thou the power never came on. We are all so use to inconveniences that it just doesn't stop us.
This month we have really had some challenges. Between broken down cars, a car that wont sell but continues to break down as well, a few minor health issues and unexpected expenses we feel Satan's target is on us. It all seems to come right after the moment we started to make ourselves available for Jehovah to use more fully in his service. But we are confident those challenges will pass and Jehovah will direct us where he feels we can be of the most help after we leave Costa Rica at the end of January.
And a funny story to end it all. Brian made some pasta for lunch and was trying to hurry out the door since he had to walk to his shepherding call since our car wouldn't start. So he grabs the pasta out of the strainer I threw it in. He saw black dots on it but thought ohh Nicole must have seasoned it. He is super hungry so he is chowing down. When he is halfway thru his bowl he sees a bug on a noodle he is about to eat. Then he looks closely at what he thought was seasoning and realizes that it is filled with little dead ants. I guess the ants had gotten into the dried pasta in the bag and eaten part of the noodle before we bought them. Guess we should look a little closer next time. Extra protein thou right :)
Here are a few pictures from the last month :)
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| Walking to meetings and service this week since our car wont start |
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| My favorite spot in the house |
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| Visa trip to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua |
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| That the main road and up ahead is a bridge except you can't see where it is. |
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| Exploring: We rented a dirt bike on our visa trip in Nicaragua. |
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| So proud of Brian. We didn't have a speaker so after doing the Watchtower first he got up and gave an impromptu public talk and he did awesome thanks to Jehovah's holy spirit. |
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Low tide at the beach near our house
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