Nuestra maestra y nuestros hijos

One of the key components of our Costa Rica mission was to improve our Spanish language skills. Another missionary family who recently moved back to the United States after serving three years at La Palabra de Vida recommended Senora Nidia Jaen to us. We decided to have Senora Nidia meet with us each weekday during our time here. Danielle and Kristin have the first hour and Bradley, Vickie, and I have the second hour. Here is Senora Nidia with our children.

Senora Nidia is an excellent instructor and challenges us daily. We only speak in Spanish during class and have learned much in our first week here. Vickie and I both had studied Spanish many years ago (many more years ago for me), and it seems to be returning slowly. We enjoy our time with Senora Nidia so much and look forward to each day.

We also have been delighted to see the progress in the children's library. We have completely catalogued all 3oo books that we brought to the school, and the team from Wheaton has done a great job painting the area. Here is a picture of some of their handiwork. We have all pitched in to move books, clean, and ready the library for the next semester. We are re-organizing the children's section these next two days and we all cannot wait for the children to return in February.

Finally, my sister Anne, who was a French and Spanish language teacher and now is an administrator in a south Chicago school district, will be visiting us for a week beginning tomorrow. We are glad she is coming and know she will be a blessing to the school also. Hasta manana.

Bill