Ask and Ye Shall Receive

This week started off a little dismal as the rain has been relentless. We have tried to entertain the children with little forts, mini fiestas, nice hot bowls of chili (thanks Nana!), and mugs of hot chocolate. Who knew that Costa Rica could get down into the 50s during the day?

All the rain has helped everyone sleep a little better I think, as we have metal roofs and the noise of the rain drowns out most of the street noise. I just listened to Ken go over a passage with the children in Matthew where Jesus says, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." As you can see Kayleigh really took that passage to heart the other day waiting for her evening Bible story.

This week had a really bright spot in it, though. We received some packages from Nana and Papaw, Grammie, and our friends Miss Beth and the Dickinsons. There were some hand made cards, skittles, jelly bellies, spices, grits, and some cool tattoos the kids are sporting for the camera here. It felt like Christmas had come early for all of us! Ken lamented how one of our friends at school said he gets a little more glum with each day his mail box is empty. (I noticed that Ken did not volunteer any jelley bellies to him though...) So thank you so much for brightening up our very dreary week.

We have been told that this current tropical depression, or whatever it is that makes me feel a compelling need to start constructing an ark in the back yard, will leave by the end of this week and we will go back to only 12 hours of rain a day instead of 24. ¡Gracias a Dios!