things to do on a weekend out at the farm...

Victor and Aurora's house in Llano Verde...
Victor and Aurora, and us... this couple kept Katie for a week so she could improve her Spanish and help their son, Arsol, with his English...

Things to do:
watch the bean pot cook over the fire...
check on Victor's homemade cheese drying in this can...
pick sweet oranges off the heavily-laden tree... (no, they are not orange like ours!)...
air up the flat tire (later, stop and fix it on the way home)...
stop and smell and marvel at the flowers...
laugh at calf antics, and go to sleep to the mooing of cows and the crowing of chickens...
rest during the heat of the day...
help with English homework...
ride horseback...
help chase down the chicken for lunch...
nap...
note with amusement how the power gets to the church (see the cord coming from 2 houses down the road?)...
go to church (Sat. night and Sun. morning)...
sleep in a row on air mattresses on the floor...
pet the "fern grass" (that's what I dubbed this grass that cringes and folds up when you stroke it)...
watch Arsol take the cows to the pasture...
listen to the kids recite Bible verses and sing songs (in Spanish, of course)...
reluctantly say our farewells and head back to San Jose...
(from left to right: Victor, Ronnie, Aurora, Faith Wisdom (front), Erin Wisdom(back), me, CJ Wisdom, Dale, and Arsol)
We are feeling sad that this is our last "outing" in Costa Rica before we head home to the States...
We are feeling sad to say our farewells to the Wisdom family who has hosted us in Costa Rica for two months. But looking forward to seeing loved ones back home...
May God richly bless you all. And may we all realize how long is our list of blessings for which to be thankful at this time of the year! All our love to you all...