First Day of School in Costa Rica

Joshua (7th grade) and Kayley (3rd grade) in front of our new home on the grounds of the seminary in Costa Rica. The vehicle behind is the one we are considering buying.

Hello Everyone!

It was a great week for us here in Costa Rica. The kids had their first week of school at International Christian Academy. It is located about 15 minutes from the seminary where we live. Joshua and Kayley take a small bus each day to and from school. The school is larger than they are used to with about 60 kids in the 3^rd grade and about 50 in the 7^th grade. (Their school in Guatemala had less than 20 in each class!). They have adjusted beautifully even to the idea of wearing uniforms with tucked in shirts! Mom loves the uniforms since there are no more last minute discussions about what to wear each morning.

David and Shelley spent much of the week in the car learning their way around the east side of the city. San Jose has over 2 million people and they use a series of rotundas (traffic circles) around the perimeter of the city. We are beginning to become more accustomed to the rotundas and the fact that the car on the inside land has the right of way.

We are still waiting on our shipment of crates. They should be delivered early this week. We are hoping sooner than later since David will be leaving on Friday with Eric Buell to meet up with a work and witness team in Panama. He will be gone for one week.

We will have some additional training in early February and then we’ll be off and running with our new positions in Evangelism and Youth Ministry. There are many leaders to meet in the area of Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua so we see lots of traveling in our futures.

We do have a new post office address here and have learned that the mail actually arrives here in Costa Rica, as opposed to Guatemala where we rarely received any of our mail!

Please address mail to David Webb, Seminario del Nazareno, Apartado 3977-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. It is best to send by first class mail through the US Postal Service.

One of the VBS classes at the Tibas church. Notice Kayley and Paige on the right side as they memorize a verse in spanish. The lady teaching is actually Joshua's English teacher at his school.

The church in Tibas where we have attended the last few weeks held a VBS this week. (Costa Rican schools do not start up again for a few more weeks.) It was wonderful to watch as the teachers had standing room only in their classrooms! This is the first time for the church to hold this type of activity in a number of years, so it is a great start. They also had a medical clinic, youth evangelism, and a concert for youth in a local park after repainting and cleaning the area. What a great outreach to the community.

We do have a few prayer requests this week as we continue our adjustments here:

1. Pray for our crates to arrive soon and with all our dishes unbroken!
2. Pray for the kids as they continue to adjust to their new school and for Joshua’s school schedule since we’ve requested a change in his French class.
3. Pray for our continued growth in the language. We cannot be fully effective in ministry without more fluency.
4. Pray for David and Eric as they leave for Panama this coming weekend.
5. Pray for our many necessary purchases in the coming weeks: vehicle, household goods and some furniture.

Thanks to you all for your faithfulness in prayer! You are the best!

The Webb Family