by jeannie | Jul 4, 2013 | Blog, push to costarica site |
Here’s a few pictures from our time here with Capernaum (Special Needs) Young Life. The kids and their leaders put on a talent show in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Jimmy, the kids and I had a beautiful time with these sweet kids, their leaders, and the community. These kids had rehearsed and worked toward this day for a month, and many of their parents were in the audience. It was such a great day. While we were around these kids we were struck by how free, courageous and joyful they were. We learned a lot this day. ...
by jeannie | Jun 29, 2013 | Blog, push to costarica site |
Hello Friends! We had a great sendoff, Wednesday night when our Pastor, Thom and his wife, Celia came over to pray with us, and drop off a dinner. Thank you to all of you who have sent encouragements and prayers our way. It means so much to be loading the plane and get txts from you with prayers. Thank you. It feels like we’re in it together, which I know is how God intended this to be. We arrived Thursday to Costa Rica, and we had lunch, worked out an international phone (AND Maps more importantly) and then arrived the house where we are staying for the month. We are staying in the Regional Director’s home while his family visits the states. Young Life gave us a van to drive while here. We are up in the mountains, slightly isolated, and it’s cold up here! It’s beautiful, too. Here’s a view from the back patio: But as you drive the streets of San Jose, it mostly looks a lot more like this: We began our first day here with a meeting at the school we are hoping to send our kids. It’s an American school, on an American schedule. (but starts August 5th and goes longer in June) It’s the smallest of the International Schools here that we visited, and we dropped off test scores, report cards, etc.for them to begin the kids’ files and we’ll go back later in July and drop off our applications for admission. They did not seem to see any issues with admission which was a big deal. Another GREAT thing is that we...
by jeannie | Jun 14, 2013 | Blog, Videos |
by jeannie | Apr 23, 2013 | Blog |
Today I spent a long and precious morning with Jesus, and the beauty of Him astounds me. How often have you had what you would call a ‘breakthrough’ or the process of being unstuck? I know it well. Gloriously delivered and given the gift of seeing and feeling His presence with you. Remembering how important to stop, surrender and offer it all back up over and over again. It’s crucial really. We have to figure out how to really see these times of feeling stuck. Lord, give us new eyes. How it secures our understanding of intense need for Him, and certainly validates the futility and limitations of our own desires, hopes and plans. The beauty of seeing our entire reality change from one moment of feeling stuck, to letting a truth in scripture wash over us. ”Because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the path of life, you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:10-11 “Eternal pleasures” paints a good distinction in my heart, from all I see here, surrounding me, and the contrast and pull of us settling for the temporary rather than the eternal. Limping rather than running. Wanting resolve and continuing to have questions. Today I see that it all flows from the truth of Him making known to us the path of life. Real life. Not the life we try to create, but the one we seek only in Him, and learn to walk through. It’s so simple and yet so completely impossible without the Spirit of God doing it all in You. In us. For...
by jeannie | Apr 11, 2013 | Blog |
Hello Friends! We had a great advance trip to Costa Rica. We saw many things, schools, various parts of San Jose, and met many people. Thank you so much for notes and great sendoffs as we were leaving, and thank you for praying! There is so much ahead of us! We met some great people there, and learned a lot about what’s already happening in Costa Rica. We were blessed to meet with pastors, supporters of Young Life, leaders, Interns, staff, moms of YL kids, and met with a few families there that were wonderful and offered to help us find a place to live once we get there. We spoke with them about schools, transitions for themselves and their kids, and we really think they will be great friends and support once we arrive. We met up with the International Schools team, which isn’t big, two staff people, and 3 interns. We heard about how they came to Costa Rica, what they enjoyed about the internship, what could be better, and then we got a chance to share our story, and some of what we hoped to do during our time there. I especially liked this time b/c we’ll be working closely with interns once we get there helping to refine what internships will look like going forward. It was so great to get a front row seat into their world, and hear about the many needs they have. We visited many international schools while there, and got a great sense of schools and community for both the West and East sides of San Jose. One of my...
