March 13, 2012

March 13, 2012

Tell stories!?!

That was my word when I asked what it was I was to do in Costa Rica. So for the next 5 weeks that is what I will be working on. Since my Spanish is so poor, it looks like the pages of my Word docs will be the place that these stories will be told. We will see after that where they will end up.

Since I came here and finished my study on Hosea, I feel it only right that he will be the first story I tell. What an incredible, strong and loving man of God he was. I only hope that I can catch even a glimmer of his personality in my storytelling. What a difficult time and place he lived in, but then that could be said for any of us. We each face our own set of problems and opportunities each and every day.

Now for the latest in the ongoing Marlowe saga. Last night we kept hearing rustling in the leaves along the tree line next to our driveway. Finally I got David’s headlight and tried to see if I could see what was moving around down there. We could see movement but could not see what it was. So we go downstairs and over to the trees to see what it is. Really smart…huh? Anyway, I got to see my first armadillo since we’ve been here. It was the second one for David.

Funny how my attitude has changed in the few weeks we’ve been here. A couple of weeks ago there would have been no way I would have gone down looking to see what was rustling in the bushes. And now here we are out looking for the wildlife. I even do not mind the bats that live downstairs; my only problem with them is they do not eat enough mosquitoes.

The only thing I really want to happen now is to get a really good rainstorm. I would love to see the trees with green leaves instead of dust covered ones. Well we have 5 more weeks so I am pretty sure we should have at least one rain storm before we go…hopefully it won’t be the day we go!