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!
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| We welcomed The Bridge Fellowship Church from Tennessee |
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| We also welcomed a dental team, Kuras Dental, from Michigan |
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| We welcomed a SCORE International volleyball team for one day to the Project! |
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| Bruce was able to participate in the "March for Jesus" in downtown San Jose. |
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| Over 1 million people... |
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| Bruce has been busy making coffeemakers! |
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| Bruce showing a team how to make coffee the traditional Costa Rican way--Chorrear cafe! |
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| Had the dental team over for dinner |
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| The team gifted me these flowers and candles--so sweet |
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| Leyton hanging out...he's so cute! |
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| 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! |
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| A mini jam session with workers and interns |
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| Work on the new bodega continues |
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| 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!
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| Setting up the net |
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| Doing some passing drills |
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| Jen and I--Two missions working hand in hand! |
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| Bruce went on the 3 crosses hike with Eliel and Adrian on Adrian's last day of internship. Good times! |
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| Why yes, Steve Jr LOVES pink ice cream in a special cup! |
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| 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!!!
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| Really, Steve and Steve!? |
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| And these sorry mugs.... |
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| What is in her hands you ask!? |
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| A frog of course! |
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| Leyton got to go on a "ride" on the lift! It's great having connections! |
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| 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!
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| Taking bags into the new house |
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| They were excited to help and see the new house! |
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| Moving all the big stuff |
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| What a sunset! |
We found a dog park--really nice, and pretty close! Cooper loves it!!!
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| Cooper checking out all the obstacles |
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| The kids love it too! |
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| 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! |
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| 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..... |
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| My parents celebrated 47 years of marriage in August! |
Our family was gifted 2 nights at a hotel as a family.
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| This was the view |
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| And this is where we stayed for 3 days |
August was also a time of celebration!
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| This is my running buddy, Blake and he turned 8! #chiariawareness |
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| 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
