My Neighbors

           Two Jehovah Witness ladies usually come on Saturday mornings to give my neighbor, Jamili, classes. The next day our family takes her to our Christian church. I feel like we are in a battle for her soul. I’m always looking for new verses to show her that Jesus is God. I think we are winning because she’s the one who actually invited my other neighbor, Rodolfo, this past Sunday.

            For her birthday this year we gave Jamili a new Bible because the only one she had was the one from her Jehovah Witness teachers. She was very excited. After that I invited her to church to use it. She had a wonderful time and she has been coming ever since.

            Rodolfo’s a really great friend most of the time, so I thought he was a Christian. Then Saturday when Jamili brought up the subject, he didn’t quite know if he was a Christian or Catholic or anything at all. So Jamili and I suggested that he come with us to church the next day. He asked his mom and she said it was ok. At 9:45 the next morning, we all hopped in the car and were on our way. I am pretty sure he had a good time.

            The other lady in the car is Tia Susy. She is my Spanish teacher and lives right around the corner. We ride together to church a lot.

            I guess I am getting the hang of being a missionary to kids just around my neighborhood. I am glad God put us in this neighborhood. We are going to church next Sunday and I hope we will be just as crowed in our car.  

I'm Back!

Hi everybody! My mom said it might be a good idea to start up my blog again as a home school writing project.

Last night I was thinking about what I might be doing if we still lived in our house in San Diego. Although I still miss my friends, I am really glad that God called my family to come down here to Mexico. I really can’t wait until the Baby Home is done and has babies in it.

I don’t know about where you guys live, but down here in Mexico the temperature is in the 50s. Our house is made of cement blocks. In the summertime it gets so hot and in the evening our house just keeps all the hot air in, like an oven. Right now it’s the opposite. It is warmer outside than it is inside; our house is like a freezer. We have to put little heaters in all the rooms at night.

Well, I am glad to be able to write about what is going on in my life. Even if no one reads it, I will come back and read it someday. Make sure to check out the Baby Home blog as well! God bless, Lucy

Saying Good-Bye to Everybody

Today was the last day of Spanish school.  I already miss everybody.  We spent my last day at school going to the Plaza, which is like a big soccer field.  We played with a kite, played soccer and had sack races.  Afterwards we stopped by the super market for snacks. After school we ate lunch and had a surprise party.  The kids hit a pinata.

I spent my last afternoon in Tuis playing Mono en la Media with Macha and her grandchildren. 

I spent my last evening in Tuis dancing in the rain with Joe.

I miss you all and I can't wait to be home.  Please pray that we will have a safe trip home.

Turning 10 in Costa Rica

We celebrated my birthday early because my Mamaw, Papa, &  Auntie Lynn were here.  We went to a restaurant and I opened my presents there.  I got binoculars and a bird book from my Mamaw and Papa and a video camera from my Auntie Lynn.  I took some video from our balcony so you could see the view.  When we got home we had cake and I had "girls night" with my Auntie Lynn. Girls Night is when Lily sleeps upstairs and my Auntie Lynn sleeps with me. My Auntie Lynn is afraid of bugs so we moved her net to my bed.  We stayed up late looking at my new book and laughing. I already love being 10 years old!

I am leaving Costa Rica in two weeks.  I miss you all a lot.  You are all in my prayers.

Clase de aerobicas

Today  I go to a thing called aerobics class. It is something that you workout to music.  Mom and I do it together with friends from school. We do this thing called kick boxing. The part that I like the best is everything . I miss you all very much !  You are all in my pryers

Clase De Cocina

Every Tuesday afternoon we do cooking class. We make dinner and get to eat it. I think that it is fun to cook. Our cooking teacher tells us what to do in Spanish. It is good practice. My favorite part is cutting the vegetables. My favorite meal we've made was noodles stuffed with meat. 

The girl next to my sister is named Laura. The boy next to Joe is named Tanner.  Their last name is Clem and they are going to live in Costa Rica for 46 months! They are missionaries too.

I miss you all.  You are all in my prayers.

The Caribbean

This weekend  we went to the Caribbean Sea. We saw all sorts of animals like monkeys and snakes.  You won't believe how warm the water was!  In the pictures it looks cold but it really is warm!  There are two ways that you can get to the spot to swim.  You can walk on the beach or through the jungle.  If you walk through the jungle you see monkeys and  other types of animals.  The first day that we got there we walked through the jungle and we were not supposed to see the monkeys but God wanted us to see them and we did!  We stayed in a hotel and it had a pool where we swam every time after we went to the beach.  The thing that I am most thankful of is that we didn't see any pirates.  I miss you all!  You are all in my prayers!