Following the Call: May Fun!!!

May was the start of busy season for us! We welcomed 4 teams and had a whole lot of

fun with them! Since this start of May, we have pretty much been non stop with teams and work! Take a look at what we did!

Enjoy!

Cooper got a shaving and was cold all the time, so we decided to "dress" him!!

The missionaries got to help one of the workers put on an addition to his house because he was having a lot of problems with rain coming in the house.

Here is a view of his house from the other side.

Bruce got his moto wantsies out for a day, and Leyton got to go for a ride!

Emme got to go for a ride too!

I have finally take a picture of Emme's name. It is the name of a tag group, so we see her name all over Costa Rica!

Second round of tests, and she made 100, 100, 100, 98! Still so proud of how she is doing in all Spanish school!

Leaving your phone unattended......

Kenny and Lauren, the new intern coordinators

Kenny

Our crazy director, Steve Thomas, had to get in on the fun!

May 31, we had our second annual 5K/10K run to raise funds for the Abraham Project and the roof for the multipurpose building. This second year was even bigger and it was a really good time!

The race flier

Leyton with his cool sun-visor


I ran the 5K race in 34minutes. I also ran for my buddy Blake! If you want to run 4 someone, check out:

I Run4 Michael

Bruce was famous for his smoker.

Here was all the meat and baked beans they make for after the race. Pulled pork sandwiches...can't get that too often here in Costa Rica

Bruce is in his element--showing his inventions off!!

Leyton riding the bull!

Emme on the bull!

The kids loved the Indian!!

Me, running! Coming down the home stretch!

On Friday nights, we have a bible study--aka cell group. This Friday night we heard the testimony of a mother who gave birth to a son. During the delivery, she believes that Satan was the deliverer and tried to kill her baby. The baby was born with many difficulties, specifically cerebral palsy. But he has not only triumphed over his difficulties, he dances and worships God and shares his testimony as a way to give glory to God. It was an amazing night.

Bruce's pepper plant is producing a mountain of HOT HOT peppers! He is so proud!!

May was also the month of Science Fair projects....you can read more in my other post about this adventure!!

Leyton with his first Science Fair Project. He was so excited!!

This is a typical light post in Costa Rica. There are too many wires to even know what to do with!!! I am still surprised everything works or could be fixed!!

Here is a look at the teams that joined us for the month of May. We are so thankful for them and the work they did with us!

West Costa Church helped work in Rio Azul on our sister church.

West Coast Church, Florida

Southwestern College, we go to check out some history of Costa Rica with this team. Here is the picture of them with one of the historically famous granite spheres that are all over an island here in Costa Rica--it still is a mystery of how they got there and were so PERFECTLY round.....

Southwestern College, Discipleship Team, Kansas

We got to take the team to Orosi Valley and walked through the Tapantí National Forest. We had a good time as a family!

We welcomed our last Joshua Expeditions team. A senior class trip! How awesome that they wanted to come WORK with us on their senior trip!

Joshua Expeditions team, First Coast, Florida

Riverstone Church went and spent half of the time in our (future) sister church in Guapiles. They helped lay block to finish the walls of the church. They had a great time and worked REALLY hard!