September Fun!

See what all we were up to in September! Our life through photos!

ENJOY!!

Is September we welcomed just one team to the Project to end the busy team season of 2019.

Riverstone Men's Team, Atlanta

Leyton got his class picture back!

We had a surprise visitor, Savannah, who was our intern in 2016 came for a visit unbeknownst to me or the kids! She came for a little over a week and we absolutely LOVED having her here with us again!

Our tribe and Savannah

She came and brought a gift for the puppies....yes, that is a saddleback riding squirrel! The dogs LOVED?? it! haha

Miles was the guinea pig!

 Another beautiful sunset in Costa Rica

#hastag no filter

Leyton got a really cool "Tico" haircut

September 9th is Children's Day in Costa Rica, so all the kids were presented and prayed over in church. Emme was working child care, so she was holding one of the babies!

Emme and the baby she was holding

Leyton with his class

 September 15 is Independence Day in Costa Rica and every year there are parades and activities in the schools.  This year Emme was in the Flags again and Leyton was part of the parade! It is always a fun, cultural experience for us!

The parade

Leyton and his Costa Rica flag with national symbols

Emme in flags

 In September, Bruce and I found a Vietnamese restaurant that had Pho. If you know anything about us, WE.LOVE.PHO!! And we were so excited to find an authentic Vietnamese restaurant in Costa Rica that we could afford! It is life changing!

Us with our bowls of PHO

 We also welcomed into our tribe Cecilia. She is an exchange intern from Germany and staying with Natalia and David. So for the next year, she will be along the ride when we hang with our tribe!

Cecilia eating her first ever S'more!

 This is also our tribe....you leave your phone at church and THIS is how it gets returned to you....

#dontleaveyourphoneunattended

 We had s'mores with Savannah and our tribe

 In September we were also blessed by attending a retreat here in San José, Costa Rica by the Christian Hospitality Network( link: https://thechn.org/)  It was a 4 day 3 night retreat completely paid for by CHN--our hotel room, food and activities. It was a time of spending time as a family and regrouping after a busy team season! A time of relaxing and rejuvenating and mingling with other missionaries from Costa Rica and 11 other Latin American countries. It was amazing!

View from our hotel room

 The best part was there were a whole lot of missionary kids there and they had a kid game room. That is where most of the kids hung out all together.

Leyton hanging out with the kids

Boys just being boys

Emme also had a good amount of missionary teens!

Hanging out at dinner together

Bruce was awarded the "Best Beard" award....no surprise!

Receiving his "award"

They were beard accessories!

 One of the days for lunch, Bruce and I snuck away for date afternoon. The kids had a pool party, lunch and hang out day, so we could go have a date! And of course, we went to get PHO!!

Our favorite restaurant now!

 The CHN offered haircutting services, doctor appointments, chiropractor appointments, counseling and just the ability to self care....whatever that may look like for each missionary.

Emme and I took advantage of getting our hair cut!

 Emme getting her hair cut

 

 We also took advantage of the pool!

Having fun with dad

The kids had to share a bed, but look how cute (they posed for this, of course!)

 All of the missionary families were able to take part in it! So we took a picture together on our last dinner there!

Our Abraham missionary team!

Saying goodbye to new friends at the end of the retreat!

 Finishing out the month with a movie night with the kids!

Leyton, Sophia and Sebastian watching a movie at the Crawford Theatre!

Thank you for all your support!

the crawfords