We hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. This picture was taken from the balcony of the new house we're staying in for the month of January. The family who live here (McQuereys) have gone back to America so we're house sitting.
Over Christmas and New Year we had a very relaxing time. We we're hoping to go away on the 26th for a 3-4days to the coast but it's high high season at that time.
It would have been very busy and expensive so we're hoping to go at the beginning of Febuary. So we went out on a few days to the nearby towns but alot of it we stayed on the campus, did alot of reading, going through the Spanish we'd done and spending time with the people on the campus. We had a nice meal with Donald and Erika, it was called Casada, which translated means 'marriage'. The reason they call it that is because you have a variety of things on the plate, so it's a marriage of different flavours, something like that. Very nice. We spent alot of time talking (trying too) about England. 
We find most people here would love to visit England but it's just so expensive. They couldn't believe that to rent an apartment would cost minimum of around $800 a month. Here it's nearer $200-300. In a few years, Donald and Erika are hoping to spend some time in Africa working with a Church there so at the moment they're learning English. Their little daughter, Nasaret, contiunes to make us laugh. She hasn't really grasped the concept that we dont' speak her language very well, and moreso that we haven't got a hope of understanding her if she keeps her current level of 'words per second' up. 
By the way , for those of you who don't know, you can click on the photos to make them bigger.
It would have been very busy and expensive so we're hoping to go at the beginning of Febuary. So we went out on a few days to the nearby towns but alot of it we stayed on the campus, did alot of reading, going through the Spanish we'd done and spending time with the people on the campus. We had a nice meal with Donald and Erika, it was called Casada, which translated means 'marriage'. The reason they call it that is because you have a variety of things on the plate, so it's a marriage of different flavours, something like that. Very nice. We spent alot of time talking (trying too) about England. 
We find most people here would love to visit England but it's just so expensive. They couldn't believe that to rent an apartment would cost minimum of around $800 a month. Here it's nearer $200-300. In a few years, Donald and Erika are hoping to spend some time in Africa working with a Church there so at the moment they're learning English. Their little daughter, Nasaret, contiunes to make us laugh. She hasn't really grasped the concept that we dont' speak her language very well, and moreso that we haven't got a hope of understanding her if she keeps her current level of 'words per second' up. By the way , for those of you who don't know, you can click on the photos to make them bigger. 
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Hi Helen and Tim, Great to hear from you again. Rach is in Uganda, you're over there in Costa Rica so we're having a bit of a quiet time family-wise. Mind you that might end any time after Monday if our first foster children turn up! (Don gave us a slide and swings from Anna's house which will be lvery useful)Mum survived another week teaching, we both went to the new Bridge on Tuesday evening where Chris Jackson had his first "events" meeting - we're having a Barn Dance on 10th Feb (complete with bales of hay!). I did "Rainbows" on Wednesday, we both did our new housegroup on Thursday which was great. Mum says did you get her e-mails?. We miss you both loads and love hearing from you!! Mum and Dad
Hi Helen and Tim, Ruth gave me the address of your blog yesterday, so I've ben reading it this morning catching up with how you both are and what you've been up to. Its lovely to be able to see what you're up to and the photos are tres fantastique (oops, wrong language, haha!). I'm back at uni now and living in the library! Got my coursework done a week early so i can start my dissertation. Ruth visited last night and i cooked for us then we went to the cinema. We got lost driving round Erdington trying to find the cinema!! Take care. Love Sam xxxxx
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