by jimmy | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog |
When we got here to Costa Rica we had one car and it was tough. Because it basically means we are together as a unit always. For those of you back in the states just think about that for a second. One car. So if two people need to be in different places at once or heaven forbid three places at once with three kids it is very challenging. Just think through the execution of that in your life. We decided early on a second car is something we should purchase and we did. It was a 1987 Russian Lada Niva. We bought it for a $1000. We spent some money fixing up the motor and the dashboard which was torn up and the lessons the Lord was teaching us began immediately. It was hard to drive at first and on more than one occasion I “battled the russian” like the time I could not find reverse and had to get pushed out of a parking spot by a couple of guys. As I started to roll down the window I pulled off the crank and so I had to just yell “empuje” out one of the side triangle windows. It was humbling from the beginning I had big plans for this little car. I was going to get it painted and get a radio put in and a few other things like some new wheels and such. Nothing too crazy; maybe another $1000. I did my research and I knew that was about the cap for resale so I figured I was good. Then it happened. One morning...
by jimmy | Sep 28, 2014 | Blog |
I’m sitting here on my porch going through some of the things we have to get done this coming week. One of those things includes the car we need to pick up. We recently bought a second car for $1000 and let’s just say it came with some personality and was ‘named’ by its previous owners. More on the Vladi later. But as I sit here pondering how much more we will be able to do now, and how Jeannie and I can be in two places at once, I started to think about whether that meant we were settling in here in Costa Rica. Then I started to wonder, “Is that a good thing?” Is the goal to find some settled feeling that then allows life to move forward as normal again? I thought I wanted that. To be settled into a life where we are moving forward in progress and things are happening with the ministry and kids are meeting Jesus and we are building a camp and friends and family are coming to visit. I want to see club on the East side of San Jose at all these international schools. I want to spend the night at a camp with 100 kids hearing the gospel. I want people to come here and meet people that will change their lives forever. But why? Why do I want these things? To prove that this was all worth it? Or because I get to be part of seeing people get freed? There is nothing settled about being here if I really think about it. I mean, we know...
by jimmy | Sep 14, 2014 | Blog, Videos |
Kids gave us some advice as we headed back to school to learn Spanish.
by jimmy | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog, Videos |
A look at the first day until we arrived home to a new chapter of our lives.
by jimmy | Jul 5, 2014 | Blog |
Pina for miles…literally. We went to the Corsicana Pina farm today for a day trip and it was amazing. There is couple here staying with us on the last three days of their honeymoon and it was a great surprise to the kids. Jordan and Ellen are two very special people in our lives. Jordan is like a big brother to Beck and when they booked their honeymoon to Costa Rica and asked if we could surprise the kids with a visit we said OK not knowing what state we would be in. It was a great thing for them to show up yesterday. Here is a clip of the surprise: IMG_4228 Ellen’s dad went to school with Mr McNutt and they just so happen to run the largest organic pineapple farm in the world here in Costa Rica. It is 3200 acres of PINA, that is 5 square miles of pina. We got a private tour from Maikil (Michael) and he was awesome, funny funny guy. He would ask you a question then when you answered he would say great job, then pause and say “NO”. He took us out into the fields on a huge tractor buggy thing and we learned how to pick pineapple the correct way. And by the way, you are doing it wrong. I was. We were taken back into the conveyer room and packaging where they refrigerate for four hours to stop the fermentation process. Then they load up in trucks and ship to you. Yep, this farm produces 70% of their crop for Whole Foods. After our Pina lesson we were...
