This last month has been busy for all the students at the institute including us. Not only have we all been learning Spanish but we have been preparing to receive about 50 new families in the school for the next trimester (starting in August). We have all been house hunting for the new families and trying to get them a place to live. Please be praying for each of these new families as they are preparing to make the adjustments to living in Latin America, leaving their family and friends, and adjusting to the new life of a missionary.

These are some photos of the girls with some new friends at the waterfall gardens playing in an Ox cart (a national favorite). This is an awesome park that we have been to in the past but we are still amazed at the beauty that God has created. We got to see some Macaws up close along with some toucans and other birds, wow. We also had a chance to go on the swinging bridges at another park at one point. Wow they were high but pretty.

This past month we also had a chance to go to Arenal Volcano with several students from the school. It was an awesome experience, we had the chance to see Gods powerful creation first hand. Watching the lava flow out and erupt was indescribable. We could have watched it for hours and never gotten tired of it. We tried to capture some of the beauty in photos for you. One photo is the volcano in the rain during the day, one is a picture of a hot lava rock rolling down the volcano during the day so it is not glowing but still very real. The last photo is of the lava at night time. We also had a very unique experience when we saw 2 baby jaguar cubs playing in their nest in a tree.

The other night our family devotion was about the fact that Christ has gone back to heaven to prepare a mansion for us there. As we talked about this I was reminded of the beauty that God created here on this earth in a short 7 days. Then it made me realize that Jesus has been in heaven for more than 700,000 days preparing a mansion for us. I can't imagine how much more beautiful this manision will be compared to the beauty of this world. God is an awesome God that loves us so much. Please join us in praising Him for his majesty and awesomeness.

Kaitlyn graduated from kindergarten this past month. She is growing up so fast it seems like yesterday when we brought her home from the hospital for the first time. Well now she is grown up and a little girl. She started first grade now and loves it. During the summer months it is all about fun; she has gymnastics, soccer, cooking, music, art, and Spanish class. If you want to see a short video of the graduation click on the link to the right for the video.

Kaitlyn had her final Gymnastics Program this past month. She did great. If you want to see a short video of the program simply click on the link to the right for the video and watch it on your computer. Now Kaitlyn is helping teach Gymnastics during the summer program and she is translating for the english kids in her class. Wow she is learning spanish great.