This week we'd like to tell you a bit about the school that Joshua and Kayley attend. It is called ICS which stands for International Christian School. It was started as a missionary kid school but has since developed into an English language school attended mostly by Costa Rican kids. It goes from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade.
The school is about a 10 minute very bumpy, pot-holey ride with some of the prettiest scenery you can imagine. One hill is so steep, I many times must shift down to 1st gear to make it up. (I'm sure that grade of slope would be illegal in the USA!)
Do you see those potholes? Let's just say, you weave yourself down the road!
The school has 5 main buildings. One for primary, one for a chapel and lunch room, one for administration, one for secondary and the last for a beautiful new gymnasium. (Joshua is hoping for a basketball team later this fall). The primary and secondary buildings have three wings each attached by outside walkways. There are 3 soccer fields of which Joshua is famous for finding the muddiest, dirtiest hole to fall in during his lunchtime tackle American Football game.
The kids are pleased to have a short week of school this week. They did not have classes on Monday because of Dia de la Raza (Cultural Day) and tomorrow (Friday) is parent-teacher conference day so no classes once again. Three day week....could it get any better? Well, maybe so since Kayley has a friend overnight tonight and Joshua is off visiting his new Russian friend Mike, shown in the picture below.
Tey, Mike and Joshua in front of the secondary wing.
Kayley and Jasmine ready for a sleepover.
Last weekend, David led training sessions in the North part of Costa Rica, an area not far from a pretty and active volcano called Arenal. Shelley, meanwhile, attended the Costa Rica Central NMI (missions) convention, much like what Nazarene churches celebrate each year in the states with some official voting along with reports of what has happened during the year. Unfortunately, neither Webb family member managed to remember to take photos, so we're nothing to show you for our efforts. But, it was all good!
This next week will be busy with lots of meetings here on campus. There is a retreat for Pastors and wives as well as seminary graduation. It will be fun to see many leaders here from the three countries.
Our schedule for 2008 is booking up already, but if you are interested in taking a missions trip to our area, please let us know as soon as possible. Already we have teams booked for January, February, March, May, July and two in August! We'd love to see you! Email us at dwebb@nazmac.org or swebb@nazmac.org.
God bless you all!
The Webbs
David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley
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