Oh my goodness it has taken so long to get to this point! I know it should go fast now that it is less than a week before I can hold both my girls in my arms at the same time! I don’t know about this Kevin guy he is on his own when the girls step off the plane, cause I’m not in the mood to share! They will be in around 12:00 noon our time so I plan on having the room nice and tidy, food waiting, and my hair done! I might even put on some make up so Tifka doesn't send me to the M institute!
We will be taking more pictures once the girls get here. I am going to be deaf to their protests because I listened before and regret not having current pictures of them.
Kevin conducted his first bookstudy here, last Tuesday night. The brother who normally does it has been a brother of many hats. Bethel Lawyer, head of the legal department, something in the RBC, secretary of our English congregation, spear heading the Arabic in this country. And much more but I don’t know all the titles. The guy is the one you go to for anything. One of those sweet brothers who is everyone's first pick for telling problems too etc. So Kevin is doing the bookstudy to give him more time for the other jobs, and also the secretary job too. But all were a little melancholy at the change as this brother did a lovely job. Kevin was aware that the changes would be a little hard for our bookstudy group so he went to the store and got 2 store bought cakes for goodies, and was very mild and gentle in his questions..(no festival of booth questions thank goodness!) by the end all were participating and enjoying the study. but what happened after the meeting well….was priceless. I never have a camera when I need it.
One of the native sisters who is a few years older than us offered in service one day for her and her husband to teach Kevin and I how to dance Costa Rica style! Well they put the music on and watched us with cautious eyes and started the first steps for us…we were doing the salsa at bookstudy! Yahoo! There were maybe 6 of us dancing and the Cutie girls sat on the couch and made fun of us and I loved it. Kevin had his monster boots on so couldn't slide around properly so he just stomped and I tried to lift my ___lbs body like my chiquita sister who jumped around like a grasshopper and my feet would not cooperate and move so fast but it was fun to try..I think I will put my own twist on their steps reducing them by half. anyhow what a fun and happy thing! Not inappropriate at all !
Remember you really want to come visit us before the end of this system of things!
Jamie Wilson…Why have I been thinking of you lately? Must be time for you to check in so I don’t worry about you. Remember my email, and do a detailed report including uhem gossip…
Love you all
Katalena
6 comments:
Only 3 more days now! And our last day of work! How wonderful to not work in a call center any more. And no, we didn't make good on the promise to burn the whole place down. But trust me, we were close. We are getting more excited to be going, and a bit more nervous, now that we know its for real. But we will be there. Right now you are talking to Tiffka on the phone, so you probably know the rest. Ok, hasta luego!
Cassie
Have a great time with the girls, but you really should share them with Kevin and the rest of Costa Rica. I wish I could have seen you dance, you'll have to show us someday. I remember Karla dancing Costa Rican style at one get together. She got dressed up in the traditional garb and put on a show. I'm glad to hear you are able to offer help to the congregation there, both of you. Kathleen, I love your writing style, you should write a book. You always make me laugh and I can just picture you saying everything you put in the blog. I love it.
Love,
Tracey
Hay momma! Guess what? Its only a matter of hours until we are there!Well at least till we are on the plane. We are overpacked, and going to have to leave some more stuff, because everything is 60 lbs. Soooo....other than that, we had a mini goodbye party with Abel y Vivian- We had a gorgeous pink and black ice cream cake, and enjoyed a movie with Viki. Perfect. She even brought over fermented pineapple, which doesnt tast a thing like it. But Tiffka liked it. Well, we love you mucho, and we will talk to you in person the next time! Love Cassie y Tiffany
As parents who have gone for years without seeing our son & we know that your parents have gone for years without seeing their daughter we know how excited you are to be able to have your girls with you again. Remember that when you plan future trips. There are 2 sets of parents in Reno who don't get to see nearly enough of their kids. Kids get over missing their parents, but parents never get over missing their kids!!! Love Mom & Dad
I am going to miss the girls so much. They want us to come stay with you but we just don't know if we can. We had a little bookstudy good-bye party last night and Abel was pretending to be Kevin! It was so funny... Kevin I miss your huggable dadness and Katalina I miss your protective momness. Enjoy your family time! Brad misses you too esp. Kevin. Well lots of love, Tina & Brad
Wow what a neat place. Truly a great example of the variety of creation.
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