Well, this post is late in coming. Life has been quite busy since mid-May when
we last updated the blog, but we are thankful that everything is going well.
Currently, we are driving from Jacksonville, FL to Atlanta,
GA as we make our way north for the last 5 weeks of our home assignment. But I get ahead of myself. First, we should share what is happening with
CALL in Costa Rica.
PLNU (Point Loma Nazarene University) arrived in May and have 8 students and 2 profs with the program this summer. It is a 9 week program lasting until July 11th. The students have enjoyed their field trips
and travels as they study with the intense Spanish program. Gaby, our CALL professor, provides assistance
both in the classroom and in additional tutoring hours.
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| PLNU/CALL class at SENDAS |
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| The group from PLNU at Cafe Britt |
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| PLNU students at Poas Volcano |
Two other students arrived in June: Kathy and Caitlyn Jetter. They have been enjoying their classes, field
trips with their CALL professors Zeidy and Nuria, as well as their weekend excursions.
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| The Jetters (Kathy and Caitlyn) at the Coronado Cathedral |
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| Kathy Jetter in CALL class with Professora Nuria |
We are thankful for Kay Lynn, the CALL volunteer
assistant. She has been and continues to
be such a blessing to us this year. She
is living in our home, caring for our little dog, and running the program in
Shelley’s absence. We are so grateful
and thankful for her. She is planning on
returning to Costa Rica after a quick break to raise more funds in early
September. If you want to help a great
volunteer to stay on the field, see her webpage at http://web.nazarene.org/goto/kaylynnrobson
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| Kay Lynn (left) giving her first official presentation in Spanish about her trip to Nicaragua. |
Kayley had a good end to the school year at ICS. She is glad
to be out of classes for the summer, although it will be a short one with just
7 weeks of break before heading back for her senior year.
David started our home assignment one week ahead of the
girls, speaking in three churches in Iowa and Missouri. We give thanks to the Cedar Rapids First
Church of the Nazarene, Leon Bible Church, and the Kirksville, MO Church of the
Nazarene. Soon after, David met up with
Kayley and Shelley in Tulsa, OK where we spoke in Tulsa Regency Park and
Claremore churches. Then we were off to
Memphis where we did our first bilingual service of three for the summer. We had a wonderful time visiting family near
Athens, GA before heading off to the great state of Florida.
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| Shelley, David, Larry and Cathy Webb |
One goal for the summer is to visit a number of Nazarene
Universities as we travel. The first was
Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK.
It was a great visit and Kayley really enjoyed the school. The next visit is Trevecca later this
week. Future visits will be made to
Olivet (near Chicago) and MidAmerica in Olathe, KS.
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| Kayley and Meleah at SNU |
We just completed a fun and busy week on the Florida
district. We spoke ten times in eight
days. We enjoyed each and every church
congregation. We started in Tampa, then
Lakeland then Orlando and ended the time in Jacksonville. Thanks to our LINKS district for all the
support, prayers and love. You are the
best!
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| Our friend, Pastor Harv from Cross Pointe Church of the Nazarene in Lutz, FL. |
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| David preaching at the Cross Pointe church near Tampa. |
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| Our many friends from the Cross Pointe Work and Witness team. |
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| Kayley with Allison Tooley at New Smyrna Beach |
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| The Gober and Webb girls |
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| Our friends the Gober family in Orlando, FL |
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| Addison, Geneva and Kayley in Lutz, FL |
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| Kayley and Shelley speaking at Tavares |
We are looking forward to being with our great friends in
Tennessee, then NYC (youth event) in Louisville, KY and then on to Chicago,
Iowa and Kansas before heading back to Costa Rica on August 10th.
As we are here in the USA, our minds are still in Costa Rica
with the CALL students, the local churches, the W&W team currently at
SENDAS, the leaders who will support the census in Tayni in July, and the other
activities happening there.
For now, we will enjoy good friends and food as we travel
the country. Pray for safe travel and
great services where we can be a blessing to all we meet.
The Webbs
2 comments:
Wishing you lots of blessings during your home assignment! We have a room for you if you can make it to St. Louis! We'd love to see you!
thanks Janet! We would love to see you and Dan but we won't be driving through St. Louis in our time in the US. Hope you both are doing great and we thank you for the great hospitality you blessed us with the last time we were here. Que Dios les bendiga muchísimo :-) David
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