After our trip to the Caribbean at the beginning of Ethan and Cora’s school break, we sent Devin off to Columbia for the Impact Latin America conference in Medellin! (She is the treasurer)
It was an inspiring time of hearing from leaders of leaders from different Latin American countries in this quickly growing house church planting movement. God is reaching a lot of unchurched people through this work.
With Devin in Colombia, Luke and the kids went to Manuel Antonio National Park, along with (allegedly) getting our car repaired in Parrita.
With Devin safely back home, the kids returned to school and Ethan joined a volleyball club. Cora joined a soccer club with our neighbor girl.
We celebrated Devin’s birthday and a family from church invited us to their home for lunch and even got a birthday cake!
Ethan joined a soccer team and we have a library card now and people are starting to recognize us more around town, and all these things big and small are helping us feel more settled. A lady in a store asked me (Luke) “?es de aquí, no?” which made my day.
We are counting the cost of our commute to our house as we pile on the in town activities. So we are considering moving at some point to be closer to the action, but we shall see.
Devin and I have been attending various church events including a “marriage safari” event which gave us a lot of laughs:)
We are all learning a lot and mostly enjoying the process! Spanish has its ups and downs, but we are all progressing in our own way and continuing to have tutoring twice a week and (more or less) maintaining a “Spanish Tuesday” at home in the family.
We miss Seattle at times, but are grateful for this big adventure!
Bruckner Year in Costa Rica 