Tuesday, September 15, 2015

August Fun!!!

Here is a look into August!  It was the busy season coming to an end--after almost 8 straight weeks of teams.....

ENJOY!!


We had three teams during August, it was a nice slow paced, fun time with AWESOME teams!


We welcomed The Bridge Fellowship Church from Tennessee

We also welcomed a dental team, Kuras Dental, from Michigan

We welcomed a SCORE International volleyball team for one day to the Project!



Bruce was able to participate in the "March for Jesus" in downtown San Jose.

Over 1 million people...


Bruce has been busy making coffeemakers!



Bruce showing a team how to make coffee the traditional Costa Rican way--Chorrear cafe!

Had the dental team over for dinner


The team gifted me these flowers and candles--so sweet

Leyton hanging out...he's so cute!

Leyton and Emme got check-ups from the dental team.  It is such a blessing when they do this for us.  Unfortunately, Leyton had 2 tiny cavities, so Dr Young took care of them!


A mini jam session with workers and interns

Work on the new bodega continues

August was the Famous pilgrimage to Cartago.  This sign was on the highway out towards the western coast of Costa Rica.  It says "romeros en la via"-- "pilgrims (not from the Mayflower) on the road.  This was more than 100 km from Cartago and there were LOTS of people walking on the sides of the road

We got to partner with former Language School students who are serving with SCORE international.  They brought some volleyball players!  First time to play volleyball in the multi-use building!



Setting up the net

Doing some passing drills

Jen and I--Two missions working hand in hand!

Bruce went on the 3 crosses hike with Eliel and Adrian on Adrian's last day of internship.  Good times!


Why yes, Steve Jr LOVES pink ice cream in a special cup!

This sign is from POPS ice cream shop.  It says "This Wednesday the people with the last names, Quiros and Jimenez receive a 30% discount.....I wonder if they will ever have the last name Crawford!!?? Ya think????
 NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE UNATTENDED!!!
Really, Steve and Steve!?

And these sorry mugs....

What is in her hands you ask!?

A frog of course!

Leyton got to go on a "ride" on the lift!  It's great having connections!

Emme and Leyton were introduced to Surprise Eggs....Thanks Bess and Shawn.....
 We said good bye to our favorite neighbors, David and Natalia.  Thankfully they just moved to the next neighborhood!
Taking bags into the new house

They were excited to help and see the new house!



Moving all the big stuff

What a sunset!
 We found a dog park--really nice, and pretty close!  Cooper loves it!!!
Cooper checking out all the obstacles

The kids love it too!

I FINALLY got a picture of this!  It is an "IGUANA CROSSING" road sign.  It has taken me 2 YEARS to finally get it!  It makes me laugh!

We found a really COOL barbershop.  Now Leyton doesn't mind going to get his hair cut.  He feels like a man too bad he goes with his mom.....
My parents celebrated 47 years of marriage in August!
 Our family was gifted 2 nights at a hotel as a family.

This was the view

And this is where we stayed for 3 days
 August was also a time of celebration!

This is my running buddy, Blake and he turned 8! #chiariawareness

August 15th was Mother's Day in Costa Rica--I'll take 2 days of Mother's Day--AND--breakfast in bed!
 Thankfully, August was the beginning of a slower pace for us.  Although we are still busy, it is just not hosting teams.

We are working really hard on completing PHASE 1 of the Abraham Project before the Inauguration on November 28.  There is a lot to do before then, so we will try to keep you updated!!!

In HIM,

the crawfords





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