Hemos llegado in Costa Rica (We have arrived in Costa Rica) Hooray!

Friendly faces, snarled traffic, opportunistic vendors surrounding us at the airport, shoppers walking with grocery bags across highways, large trucks engine braking during our dinner, and a new McDonald's (ugh) only a block away from our location.

Yes, we've arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, safe and sound. God is so good to us! Thank you so much for ALL your prayers. We have never been blanketed in so many prayers. We were prayed over in Lake Jackson this Sunday numerous times, and received notes and e-mails from you that encouraged us so much.

Everything went so well yesterday and we arrived ready to greet our friends and begin our adventure in 2013.  Matt and Lisa Befus, and their daughters, Natalia, Linnea, Katrina, and Lindsey, are missionaries with Latin American Missions here. (www.lam.org/missionaries/matt-and-lisa-befus).  They enthusiastically greeted us along with their extremely large Great Dane (pictures to follow). The Befuses and their dog are gentle souls, which is especially good for the dog, since he is Marmadukian in size!

We are starting a little later tomorrow due to our long day yesterday.  We will be conducting interview with 7th grade students to determine proficiency in subjects at the school. Our children will complete their home school assignments in the morning at the Befus home, then we will regroup for the afternoon.

We love you all and are so appreciative of your prayers and support of our mission.  Because of your generosity, we will be able to bless Matt and Lisa, La Palabra de Vida, and other families during our time here.

Have a great day, Bill