In the beginning of October we were fortunate to make it back to the states for my cousins wedding. Seth and I are both very close with him and would not want to miss his wedding for anything. We are grateful it worked out for us to take a long weekend to go to his wedding.

Ricardo is a pastor friend we have here in Nicaragua. We have shared pictures from his land before and from the well he is digging by hand. Enjoy some more pictures of his land as well as an update on the status of the well (they are still digging, but have reached some water). They will continue to dig until the well fills up.

In the beginning of September we went to San Juan del Sur with Beth, an MCC friend. We had a wonderful time enjoying new uninhabited beaches. We even saw turtles mating on our boat ride back from one of the beaches we visited. We had a wonderful time enjoying the water, sun and sand.

We have moved to Teustepe the town located in the area where we work with AsoFenix. See the pictures of our home in Teustepe.

Last Saturday night we took the night tour at Masaya Volcano, an active volcano, which is just located outside of Managua. We did some hiking before it got dark then walked through bat caves that were caused by lava. To end the night we got to see a little red glow (lava) at the bottom of the crater.

We spent last weekend at a beach on the north west coast of Nicaragua. The town is a small fishing village that is accustomed to foreigners visiting to enjoy the beach. The first day was overcast, but the second day we had a beautiful sunny day.

We celebrated our 10 anniversary on July 9. We went to a movie and then a nice dinner at a beautiful restaurant on the hills outside of Managua.

We had the opportunity to spend two weeks with each of our families in June. We saw snow, slept with a comforter, ate all kinds of ethnic foods, played with nephews, played games with family, caught up with family and friends, helped my sister and her husband move into their first house, had a pedicure and manicure, spent my birthday with my family and went four wheeling, kayaking, climbing, hiking, golfing, miniature golfing, bowling and to two water parks.

Seth gave a capacitation to the 3-6 grade kids in the community of Son Zapote, where we finished a water project recently. He wanted the kids to understand that everything in nature is interrelated. The area is highly deforested and the kids are used to killing every animal because it is "harmful", so it was a much needed topic. Seth had them make webs to help them see how things are interrelated.

I organized a night for the the MCC gals to get together for pedicures, manicures, beading and girl time.