Until Next Year...

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! May you allow the Lord to reveal Himself to you and seek His will for your life in the coming year!

As we sign off from blogging for the holidays, we leave you with this beautiful song by Marcela Gandara called "Dame Tus Ojos". Que linda!

Dame Tus Ojos

Dame tus ojos quiero ver (Give me your eyes, I want to see)
Dame tus palabras, quiero hablar (Give me your words, so I can speak)
Dame tu parecer (I want to be like you)

Dame tus pies, yo quiero ir (Give me your feet, I want to go)
Dame tus deseos para sentir (Give me your desires, so I can feel)
Dame tu parecer (I want to be like you)

Dame lo que necesito (Give me what I need)
Para ser como tu (so I can be like you)

Coro (Chorus)
Dame tu voz, dame tu aliento (Give me your voice, give me your breath)
Toma mi tiempo es para ti (Take all my time, make it yours)
Dame el camino que debo seguir (Show me the way to follow you)
Dame tus sueños, tus anhelos (Give me your dreams, your deepest desires)
Tus pensamientos, tu sentir (Give me your thoughts, what you feel)
Dame tu vida para vivir (Give me your life so I can live)

Déjame ver lo que tu vez (Let me see what you see)
Dame de tu gracia, tu poder (Give me your grace, and your strength)
Dame tu corazón (Give me your heart)
Déjame ver en tu interior (Allow me to see your heart)
Para ser cambiado por tu amor (So your love can change me)
Dame tu corazón (Give me your heart)

Kids Christmas Recital

What can I say...the video says it all. The kids are too cute for words!

It's about 5 minutes long after editing (a length only grandparents can appreciate) but you gotta check out Kendyl's air guitar moves about half way through! That one's for you Uncle Blaine.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Nathan!

After a somewhat uneventful birthday, thinking Jamie had not even remembered to make a cake (yeah right!), Nathan walked with Jamie to a friends house to "deliver a serving tray to borrow" and SURPRISE! a bunch of friends were there to party! And not just any party...a scrabble party, complete with sloppy joe's and doritos...oh yah!

God saved us tonight!

Disclaimer: contains content that will make mom's worry (particularly ours)...

Just a few minutes ago (at about 11:40pm) we were walking home from Nathan's surprise birthday party (more on that later) at a friends house. They live just on the other side of the big park about a 1/2 of a mile from our house, so we didn't think of calling a taxi.
Like usual we kept getting ready to leave their house but always got into more conversation and ended up staying later. As we left, we stood outside their gate talking for another 5 minutes.
As we walked passed the park a big police truck drove by, which is semi-unusual in our neighborhood, but then again, just this morning, we saw a guard get out of an unmarked car at the grocery store casually swinging a pistol grip shot gun, so we've become accustomed to that sort of thing and thought nothing of it.
As we rounded the corner near our house, our dear Tico friends, Gus and Joconda, we're standing outside their house. Gus yelled at us, "What are you doing out here! It's not safe!"
Apparently, just 5 minutes before, at the very park we had just passed, Gus and 2 friends who were returning from playing pool were held up by 6 guys all armed with guns. Gus had two pistols held to his head and a shot gun to his stomach. Praise God for their protection! All the robbers got was some cash and a cell phone and no one was hurt.
Praise God that He had us talk five more minutes or it would have been us...the perfect targets...gringos, with kids, and a purse with a Cannon Rebel in it. It just makes us so thankful for His protection, even when we don't know we need it.

PS: Thank you to all of you who have been praying for our safety... keep up the good work!