First month lessons.....

So, I thought for our one month anniversary in country (August 21), we would do a review of what we have learned this past month:

1. Always remember your umbrella!
2. Mosquitoes can still bite you through your clothing.
3. Bugs are our friends!
4. Embrace the little ants.
5. Fly swatters are a MUST!
6. Always check the oven for cockroaches before you use it.
7. Trying to watch TV or make a phone call or skype call is almost IMPOSSIBLE when it is raining.
8. If you have to do something, make sure you do it during the morning (before the rain comes in).
9. When cars honk, don't wave your hand at anyone, because you probably just hailed a taxi!
10. Always check and wash the fruit before you eat it!
11. Turn the lights off in the house at about 6 to lessen the number of bugs.
12. Ankle socks grow to be tube socks when they hang out on the laundry line.
13. Addresses and directions in Costa Rica are long and confusing....
14. It is very hard to get a straight answer from anyone about anything.
15. FaceTime and Skype are a God send!
16. Small refrigerators are not the easiest to use for a family of 4.
17. Smaller freezers are even worse for meal planning and food storing.
18. Pilas (outside wash basins) are a MUST!
19. Trash cans do better outside.
20. Fighting racoons make really strange sounds--almost scary.
21. Dogs are everywhere--don't pet the stray ones.
22. Watch where you walk--at all times--dog logs, huecos (holes), people, cars, buses, motos, cracks, dogs, glass, gray water, huecos, and more huecos, open manholes, sewer drains without covers, etc., etc., etc.
23. When tile is wet, it is slippery!
24. The sun rises really early in the morning about 5:25am.
25. The sun sets really early in the evening about 5:30pm.
26. Sometimes when you try to speak Spanish, it sounds like something else--and not appropriate..oops!
27. When walking through the park and the smell of marijuana is strong, have an answer ready when your kids ask, "What's that smell?"
28. TV is not censored here, so make sure you know what your kids are watching or when they are changing channels.
29. Embrace the soothing sounds of Costa Rica--car alarms, dogs barking, traffic, honking, honking, and MORE HONKING, jake braking (Pappy), rain on a tin roof, oh, and did we mention dogs barking?
30. Must make sure kids are up to date on their shots before going to the park--Teeter tetnus totters.
31. Can't have anything nice for too long before it is ran over by a Costa Rican!
32. When you hear a baby crying, don't look. (Thanks Jason) 
33. Whoever said the rooster only crows at sunrise--IS A LIAR!!
34. Sleep with your mouth closed
35. Just take one day at a time!

Thanks to everyone who have been praying for us--we know you are! 

We are getting ready to start Language School and the kids will be starting school as well. Next Tuesday, August 28th is the day we have been waiting for!  Wish us luck and keep the prayers coming!

Love to you all!
In HIM,
The Crawfords