Well, March was a pretty busy month. We welcomed 5 teams in total. So needless to say, we didn't have a whole lot of family fun....it was all about the teams. But we do it as a family and to us, it is fun!!
Enjoy!
The first team we welcomed in March was from Pepperdine University! They were a great group and we had lots of fun with them. It was actually Steve Jr's team, but we like them so much, we wanted to work with them!
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| The team! |
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| Pepperdine team and our workers |
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| They worked on Phase 2--a picture of the lighthouse from Phase 2 |
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| This is what a machete does to your hands.... |
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| Leyton played goalie while the team played soccer with the children's homes kids! |
The second team we welcomed was a Joshua Expeditions team from Fort Bend Christian Academy in Houston, Texas. The team was 55 and they worked with us for one day.
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| The team! |
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| Lunch with 55+ people |
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| They worked on moving wood from Phase 1 to Phase 2 |
The next team we welcomed is a returning Joshua Expeditions team from Prestonwood Christian Academy in Dallas, Texas. There were 38 team members and were with us two days and they worked hard!
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| The team! |
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| Stacking and sorting wood |
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| Spending time in the daycare! |
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| This is working hard..... |
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| You can never get enough sanding and painting! |
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The next team we welcomed was Grace Community Chapel (GCC) from New Jersey. They were Steve Jr's team but we absolutely love this team and we worked with them!
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| The team! |
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| Dinner night! |
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| The team blessed us with shoes--all the missionary families! |
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| Took them to Irazu volcano |
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| They worked on the fence |
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| Unfortunately the team was sick the whole time they were here, so we went easy on them. |
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| Hanging with the team. |
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| Going to the bakery! |
The GCC team left on Saturday and we welcomed another team the same day. We welcomed Eastern Christian High School from New Jersey through Touch the World. We welcomed a team of 15 and we had a busy week and it was soooo good! They were such a good, fun, flexible team--AMAZING!!!
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| The team! |
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| The team at the cell group! |
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| Having fun with super human powers! |
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| Selfie at the waterfall gardens |
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| Lunch with the workers |
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| Sanding and painting |
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| Dividing all the donations! |
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| Feeding ministry in La Carpio |
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| Time in the daycare with the kids! |
This is what we looked like after all the teams left...
While all the teams were here, we did have some family time to have some fun!
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| We love having visitors in the house! |
We also took a day to explore Cartago--the ruins and a botanical gardens. It was a good family day!
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| Leyton playing fountain |
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| Emme too--It was Bruce's idea! |
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| Exploring all the plants |
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| At the ruins in Cartago |
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| Feeding and playing with the pigeons |
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| Bamboo walkway |
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| A picture of us...for once! |
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| Emme checking out the plants! |
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| Walking through gardens |
Here are just some daily living in the Crawford family life....
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| Mortal Kombat arcade games!!! |
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| Leyton's artwork of a volcano erupting |
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| One of the teams gave Emme and Leyton Color Alive coloring books. Artwork that comes to life with your smart phone! |
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| It really is cool! Good gifts for kids! |
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| Bruce made a mate cup from a coconut |
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| Bruce stabbed himself with his knife.... |
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| 5 stitches....again |
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| Bruce on top of the roof from the lighthouse |
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| Another one of the children from the homes adopted! |
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| Leyton's artwork of Bruce and taking a shower |
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| Bruce made some foldable chorreadores (typical coffee makers) |
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| Trying to go for more family walks while the weather is still nice! |
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| Emme had her first round of exams....2 weeks of teams, sickness and hardly any studying (except with one of the team members) and she pulled off: 100, 100, 95, 85 and 85! She rocks!!!! |
At the end of the month, during Holy Week, we decided to do a one day beach trip to Herradura Beach on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. It was only about 1 1/2 hours from our house to the beach. We were given some money to have a family day, and we finally took it!
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| Getting ready to head to the beach.... |
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| We stopped at the bridge of the Tarcoles River--with the BIG CROCS!! |
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| Emme and Leyton liked it! |
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| Then we stopped by one of the typical restaurants and had a good lunch! |
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Although March was busy with teams, we tried to steal away some time during Holy Week and have some family time! We are so thankful for teams that pour into us and TELL us to take time for ourselves! It truly is a blessing!
In HIM,
the crawfords
