Once we completed our coursework in the US (a week-long
interpersonal skills workshop and a four week intercultural missionary course),
we left the US to spend three weeks in Paraguay. We hired a “handler” to help
us navigate the immigration offices and translate, validate, and file our
permanent residency paperwork. We also took some time to visit with the
families we know there and looked for housing options: no rentals available so
we will have to buy a house or build one!
As of January 5th, we are in Costa Rica to begin
five months of language training, primarily for Sandy but also for Bill. While
Sandy is in her classes, 7:30 am – 12:10 pm, Monday – Friday, Bill is helping
in the school that teaches the missionary children, as well as some of the
local Costa Rican children. He will be teaching computer applications, two
Spanish math classes, and tutoring several students that need help with math.
In the afternoons while Sandy is doing her homework, Bill will be getting
Spanish tutoring of his own three days per week and tutoring another Costa
Rican student to help prepare him for upcoming English exams, and in February
Bill will be teaching an ESL class with AMCA, a Christian youth organization.
Needless to say, we have a full schedule!
It’s easy to get focused on our various tasks, to get
discouraged by the piles of verbs, confusing sentence structures, dirty streets
and broken concrete but God sends us reminders of the beauty that surrounds us
each and every day. We wake up to the beautiful smiling faces of the wonderful
family that takes care of us so we can focus on our learning and we even have
fuzzy flowers to make us smile!
The first of June, we plan to return to Paraguay and start
to get settled, buying a car, a house, furniture for the house, etc.
Prayer requests:- that we learn and retain as much Spanish as possible
- that Daisy and Rudolpho (our host family here in Costa Rica) continue to see God’s blessings in their lives
- that the Holy Spirit would continue working in Paraguay, preparing the hearts of the people we will be serving
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