Well today was our first Sunday here in Costa Rica. We rented a car for Saturday and Sunday so that we could a) get some groceries! b)go to church
We drove around Saturday so we would be familiar with how to find the church. It is in Santa Cruz about 45 minutes away. Kind of a bummer to be so far, but at least the scenery is great along the way. It is so pretty and green here and there is always lots of wildlife to see. THe cows here are so funny looking. We have never seen cows that look like these. THey have big long floppy ears and they are skinny and white with bug huge heads. Lane took a picture of one so we will post that soon.
SO, the branch is small...about 30 of us there today. I guess there are normally about 50 but many were gone today because of a big holiday here.
The people were all so nice and interested in why we were there. The Branch President was just newly called as of a few weeks ago. He is young, about 30 and not married. He seems really sharp and is super friendly. The women in RS were all so kind and helpful to me. The lady that taught the lesson seemed like she was doing charades half the time to try to help me understand what they were talking about.
I tried hard to pay attention, but I have to admit I kept getting distracted by the ENORMOUS IGUANA that was crawling up and down the tree just outside the window! THis thing liiked like a small alligator. It was about 3 feet long!!
After church we came home and ate and then took the car to explore around a bit since we have to turn in the rental car tomorrow. There are several beautiful beaches very close to us.
Right now we are having a major rain storm. We had one last night too and the power went out for about 3 hours. Luckily it was about time for bed anyway so we just all went to bed.
Nothing too eventful today. It is always nice to go to church and know that wherever you are in the world, the message of the Gospel will be the same and you will feel the same warm and sweet spirit in any branch or ward that you attend. We are anxious to get to know people here and help with the missionary work.
We love our family and friends back home so much. We especially miss our sweet Mariah who is trying to adapt to life without us! Life is good and we are blessed.
3 comments:
I am looking forward to seeing everything that you describe with my OWN eyes in a few months! Glad you guys were able to have a good sunday. Love you lots
So glad you had a good day. Love you so much and am so grateful for you and that you have each other. I felt lots of emotion today as we listened to our sweet neighbors the Blacks report home from their 18 mo. in Brazil. Many of their experiences were all the more tender because of what you have shared with us. Then my beautiful little choir sang God Bless American which was extra special to me because of you!!! Ty for allowing us to share a bit of this adventure with you and know that you are in our prayers!!!!
Thanks for letting us know whats going on in coasta rica. You guys are so missed by everyone here. No that you are in are prayers and that the Lord is looking out after you. We miss you guys and will be looking for more blogs.
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The Titchenals
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