Ohio and WV

Hello Friends and Family,
Our trek across America has continued with the latest stops being in Ohio, West Viriginia and now Maryland.

We had a great time visiting with a recent team to Nicaragua from Coshocton, OH. We spent a lovely Saturday evening with part of the team, Sunday morning with the entire congregation, Sunday lunch at the Patio Grill located at the local airport
(see photo) and a great evening with the entire team at the home of our friends, the Limburg family. It was a wonderful day to catch up with friends and make future plans for a return to Costa Rica in 2010 with a possible Father/Son team! Thanks friends from Coshoscton, for a fun-filled reunion!

Next it was onto Columbus, OH where we met with a church interested in bringing a youth team to MAC South. We enjoyed a Chinese meal while discussing the goings-ons in Nicaragua. We visited the church – Northwest Church of the Nazarene – took a tour, burned some photos to a CD for the youth pastor and waved goodbye, hoping to see them again soon with their teen group next year.

Then off to the East Ohio District campgrounds near Alliance. We had a wonderful day with the kids holding missions events and even a parade!
In the evening we presented to the adults and enjoyed meeting many new friends and prayer partners.

A quick pit stop was made at the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
David and Joshua enjoyed this experience, especially all the Green Bay Packer memorabilia – and there was lots of it!

We spent Wednesday afternoon touring Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, giving Joshua another option for college. It is a beautiful campus that reminded us lots of Simpson College in Iowa.
That evening, we spoke both with kids and adults at the New Life Church. This church has brought teams down to Nicaragua numerous times and has been instrumental in building the La Carbonera Child Development Center. Thanks New Life for all your support in MAC South!

On Thursday, we traveled east to Morgantown, WV. On Friday we hiked the hills of West Virigina at a State Park. Beautiful! It was the hottest day they have had yet in WV this year, so it was a scorcher!


After a much needed shower, we enjoyed a cook out and evening service at Pierpont Church. We enjoyed the hotdogs and smores over the bonfire.
We are already beginning to think how much we will miss the long sun-filled days of the USA. With daily sunset at 6pm, these beautiful nights are short lived for us. But Costa Rica is calling and we will be home soon. Everyone in the family is ready for this chapter to close and the next chapter to begin - even if it means going back to school! Kayley especially is ready to be done traveling by car - here she is on an Ohio roadside - trying to beat carsickness. She even smiles when she is sick!


We are now in Baltimore, preparing for a Spanish service this evening. This is our one and only Spanish-speaking congregation this summer – and just in time! We are beginning to lose our Spanish!!! Actually we are very excited to speak in Spanish this evening and share about the work going on in MAC South.

The next blog will likely be written from Costa Rica and I can’t wait to share some of our experiences in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and our Nation’s Capitol! See you next time!


The Webb Family

Tulsa and Beyond!

Hello Dear Friends and Family,

This weekend we had the pleasure of visiting our friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Geoffrey and Sharon Gunter were our pastors 18 years ago in Junction City, KS and now pastor the Regency Park Church of the Nazarene in Tulsa.

Geoffrey and Sharon shared their home with us and we shared much time reminiscing of our days in Kansas. We enjoyed speaking for their Faith Promise Missions focus weekend on both Saturday night and on Sunday morning. Geoffrey is an avid fisherman so he planned a special fishing trip for the guys early Monday morning. Joshua caught 3, Geoffrey 2 and David 1. A successful trip and perhaps the beginning of a new sporting hobby for Joshua!


We also enjoyed an evening at another Tulsa Church called Tulsa Hills. There we enjoyed the people and of course, the homemade ice cream. Joshua most enjoyed the gym and the teenagers who played BB with him after the service.


We are in the process of washing and packing once again. But in the process we are enjoyed moments with David’s family – especially his Mom and his sister. Here you can see the kids and then David's sister Tina with Lydia (one of Tina's 6 grandkids).
This time when we leave Iowa, we will not be returning so it once again time for goodbyes.

Our future plans include trips to Chicago, Central Ohio, West Virginia (Morgantown), and then a district tour of the Mid-Atlantic District which includes areas of Maryland, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.

Well, just in case there is not Internet access on the road or in the places where we will be, this may be the last blog until September when we return to Costa Rica. We hope you have enjoyed coming along for the Summer Roadtrip 2009!

Prayer Requests:
Safe Travel and Blessed Services in each location.
Improved Health – We have all been fighting off summer colds.
A good transition to San Jose – school and regular work schedule starts once again.
The perfect person to buy our Chrysler Town and Country van - It has served us well!

Thanks for thinking of us and logging onto the blog! The Webb Family