news from cr

right now i have a ticket to return to canada dec 29th. after that i have no idea what i will do or where i will live. i have no job and no home in canada right now. i don't know if i will ever be back. i do not feel i will be returning with the team in march. but i have no idea of anything i will do. only God knows and He hasn't told me anything that He would have me do. i guess i will return to mission and look for an apartment or basement suite and look for a job. i won't return to my job as secretary at the police office. i always enjoyed serving coffee at church - maybe i will become a waitress. who knows??

sylvia isn't married yet but her baby is due in febrero. yasar, her novio, is a few years younger than her but he is very nice.

at times i have wondered what i have accomplished here and most times i feel that i haven't done anything. i have come into a closer relationship with God. and maybe that's why He allowed me to come. i have wondered if i have followed my own heart and He has taken care of me while allowing me to do so. or if i followed the desire He gave me. i don't know. i know i love the people here, i love the country. but i do feel that my time here is up for now. which is why He told me oct 2nd last year that i was only here for one year. thinking of that now i do feel that He just allowed me to come because it was the desire in my heart. maybe He will give me a desire for something/somewhere else. or maybe He will give me something to do here and i can return.

sylvio has never returned and no one has heard any more of what happened to him. i can only guess that he stayed in nicaragua because he is wanted by the police here.

there is a grand new church for pastor henry. it's been under construction for several months and a friend that works at the parada said they will have a big fiesta to celebrate it's opening in febrero.

the church in amparo celebrated it's 5th year last weekend. there were a lot of people and we served food and coffee after service.

i don't know if you know these people in amparo or not but sharo, marta watson's daughter, is expecting a baby in 6 months. lydia, santo's wife, had a baby 3 weeks ago. not sure if gerry is the father of the baby of the girl he was walking hand in hand with last week in los chiles.

this is part of an email i sent to lisette who was here with her family 4 years ago as missionaries. thought i would share it for those who have been here on missions trips before and would know these people.