These pictures were supposed to go below with the others, but hey're being annoying. The top one is from Larissa and Michaela's going away party (two girls in the center, Larissa's holding her daughter Azariah). The second was taken at Larissa's birthday party at my house, at the top from the left: Michaela, Ralna, Meg's daughter, Me, Meg. Bottom from the left: Mary, Alia, Larissa, Schlomit, Katie and Nellie.Hey Everyone!
I hope this blog finds you all well as you wrap up your summers and get ready for another school year. Things are going well down here, the weather has been even more hot and humid than usual, and school is keeping us both busy.
Sam is in the middle of finals. He's done with regular class and has just been studying like a maniac for all his tests. So far he's taken 3 in the past 9 or so days, and they've gone pretty well. Tomorrow (monday) he has Mini 3 and then on wednesday he has his final and then he's free!! Pray for him these next couple days. He's getting a little burned out and so it's hard to stay focused. He's very ready for a break, which he has definitely earned!
I finished my summer classes (yay!!), and have now started my fall semester, with no break between them (again). I'm excited for the new semester and classes, especially since its my last semester! I'm hoping that the load isn't too much with work and stuff for the next few weeks. For the next 8 weeks I am taking intro to cross cultural missions, fundamental theological issues, and history of the Christian church part 1. This will be the first time I take 3 classes while working, so pray that I have enough time to stay caught up with everything.
That's about everything going on in our lives. We are SO READY to have a little break. We're excited to get off the island for a few days (going to Antigua!), and to have some time to relax together.
Alright, as usual I've attached some pictures from the last couple weeks. These first few were taken on our 2nd anniversary!! Sam was able to take the evening off and we made reservations at this little place called the Iguana Cafe. It's a tiny little shack on the side of the road, but I'd heard the food was amazing, so I called them the day before to let them know we were coming. It rained all day that day, but we still managed to get all dressed up and call a cab to take us there. It's run by a really sweet woman and man, who opened the place just for us that night, and waited on us hand and foot. They were so sweet. We both ordered lobster ($45 EC for a giant bowl of it--that's only about $17 US) and it was delicious. The only problem was, as you can see it's mostly open to the air with no screens or anything, and because of all the rain, there were a TON of rain flies. These things are attracted to the light and they just swarmed it, and therefore, also us, the whole time we were eating. Definitely annoying, but didn't ruin the whole night. After dinner, we both realized we'd forgotten our phones, so we had a nice walk home (it had stopped raining, fortunately), and I managed to make it all the way home in heels without twisting my ankle, which if you knew what the roads looked like here, you'd know that's quite the feat, especially for me.
I hope this blog finds you all well as you wrap up your summers and get ready for another school year. Things are going well down here, the weather has been even more hot and humid than usual, and school is keeping us both busy.
Sam is in the middle of finals. He's done with regular class and has just been studying like a maniac for all his tests. So far he's taken 3 in the past 9 or so days, and they've gone pretty well. Tomorrow (monday) he has Mini 3 and then on wednesday he has his final and then he's free!! Pray for him these next couple days. He's getting a little burned out and so it's hard to stay focused. He's very ready for a break, which he has definitely earned!
I finished my summer classes (yay!!), and have now started my fall semester, with no break between them (again). I'm excited for the new semester and classes, especially since its my last semester! I'm hoping that the load isn't too much with work and stuff for the next few weeks. For the next 8 weeks I am taking intro to cross cultural missions, fundamental theological issues, and history of the Christian church part 1. This will be the first time I take 3 classes while working, so pray that I have enough time to stay caught up with everything.
That's about everything going on in our lives. We are SO READY to have a little break. We're excited to get off the island for a few days (going to Antigua!), and to have some time to relax together.
Alright, as usual I've attached some pictures from the last couple weeks. These first few were taken on our 2nd anniversary!! Sam was able to take the evening off and we made reservations at this little place called the Iguana Cafe. It's a tiny little shack on the side of the road, but I'd heard the food was amazing, so I called them the day before to let them know we were coming. It rained all day that day, but we still managed to get all dressed up and call a cab to take us there. It's run by a really sweet woman and man, who opened the place just for us that night, and waited on us hand and foot. They were so sweet. We both ordered lobster ($45 EC for a giant bowl of it--that's only about $17 US) and it was delicious. The only problem was, as you can see it's mostly open to the air with no screens or anything, and because of all the rain, there were a TON of rain flies. These things are attracted to the light and they just swarmed it, and therefore, also us, the whole time we were eating. Definitely annoying, but didn't ruin the whole night. After dinner, we both realized we'd forgotten our phones, so we had a nice walk home (it had stopped raining, fortunately), and I managed to make it all the way home in heels without twisting my ankle, which if you knew what the roads looked like here, you'd know that's quite the feat, especially for me.
Last week was my friend Larissa's birthday! Mary and i put together a little party for her at my house. We stuffed about 15 people in my tiny house, ran out of plates and forks, but had amazing food and fun company! It was a lot of fun to hang out with everyone. Unfortunately, Larissa is fourth semester which means she's leaving us! =( I've realized lately how many great friends I have here, but that a lot of them are leaving this break. I'm especially going to miss my workout buddies, Larissa and Katie. Also, pray for Mary and James over this break as they decide whether or not Mary should come back or stay in the states for the next semester, since the health care here isn't all that wonderful. I don't know what I'd do if Mary didn't come back!!
From the left, Katie, me, Nellie, Larissa, Mary and Alia.
Me, Larissa and Mary!
These last few pictures were taken at a going away party for our friend Heather. It's so sad how close you get to everyone here, and yet how quickly we have to say good-bye to each other.
From the left, Larissa (holding her daughter Azariah), Sarah, Elizabeth, Heather, Liz, Ashley, Ralna, Me, Mary. 
Me, Larissa (and Azariah), Liz and Sarah.
Mary, Liz, Ralna and Ashley. Such a great group of girls!
Ok, that's all from us!! Good luck to everyone as you start the next year...We miss you all so much! Christmas seems a little far away....
God bless,
Katrina
