A land of toilet paper flushing toilets.

Things are going well here. William is no longer sick with Dengue Fever! Thanks so much for praying for him, it worked!

Baxter had graduation last Saturday so we got to visit some visiting Americans from both Park Plaza and Memorial Road. We enjoyed getting to visit with everyone and meet with all the preachers from around town. We went to Jovenes one day with the people down here for graduation. It was really good to get to be out there again playing with the smiling kids.

We had area-wide church Sunday morning at Baxter with all the members of the churches of christ in Tegucigalpa and those who were here from the States for graduation. What a neat experience to get to worship with so many people. It was amazing to sing praises in English again. I realized how much I miss that.

With Will better and free from Dengue we made the trek to Costa Rica to renew our visas which expired on Monday. We got up at 4 in the morning on Monday and drove 3 and half hours to San Pedro Sula on the north side of Honduras to catch our plane, it was cheaper to fly from there to Costa Rica than to ride a bus to Belize so we jumped on the tickets. Gotta love the cheap tickets from TACA, aka, take a chance airlines... it was actually one of the nicest planes I have been on.

Costa Rica is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen. It is a land covered in mountainous green rainforest with amazing trees and plants I've never seen before. We rented a car and went to the closest beach we could find called Jaco. It was great. We stayed at a hostel 50 yards from the beach. It was so good to have a few days off and be able to relax. Will wore himself out surfing and I got sunburned enough for 10 people but we loved it, and loved Costa Rica. And you can flush the toilet paper... awesome.

We rented a car and got the cheapest one they had which was called mini... Mini almost couldn't make it up and down the mountains the 50 mile trip to the beach but we managed. On one bridge we passed over we had heard that there might be alligators under so we stopped and walked across the bridge looking and were shocked at the amount and size of the animals living under the bridge. It was quite impressive to see in the wild.

The Christmas is coming so soon! We are so excited! We put a base coat of sky and sand colors on the front wall of the church building yesterday. We almost have all the costumes done, now we just need some serious rehearsing. Especially practice with being quiet and still... haha.

Amber's purse was stolen yesterday right out from under us while we were sitting and eating lunch at the mall. We were really worried since her passport was in it that she might have to go back to the states to get a new one, but thankfully she found out today that she can get a new one here in only two weeks. Phew...