Mid December

Hello all,

I apologize that i haven't written in a couple of weeks and am ready to update you on all the happenings.

Things were looking up at the beggining of the month as we had mailed all of our information to the Costa Rican counselate in Washington D.C. to be notorized for our student visas before being mailed to us to be completed on our end. About a week ago the paper work came back and was returned with a note showing incorrect paperwork; therefore we have began to collect all the information once again. However, the praise is that we will not have to mail it back to the Washington D.C. office thanks to a new law, effective TODAY. The signatures by each secretary of state are efficient for legalizing our information and we hope this means we will recieve the information here in Costa Rica by the beggining of Janurary and we wil not have to leave the country. This is a large upfront cost; however, it iwll save us from spending more by having to go to panama every 90 days for the next year.

We have began to befriend and get to know some of the students who have been here for a trimester and are involved in a Sunday study group as well as attending chapel services twice a week when the school is open. The offices are on vacation for the next few weeks until Janurary so we are excited to see what we can get ivolved in once the offices open back up for the trimester. Justin is ready to jump in and get started! Rosetta Stone has helped him to learn a lot and we hope this might mean he can begin a little further in than the begginer classes. Of course, if not our goal is to be able to minister to Latin American cultures and we want to be able to communicate the gospil! Until school starts we are all still working in Rosetta Stone. Justin completes his lessons every morning, Kevin completes his as part of homeschooling and every night at 7pm Justin watches the kids until bedtime so that i can complete my lessons as well as read, etc...

Family Update: ANNIKA IS WALKING!! Kevin is doing okay, he is doing excelllent in school and has made several friends. He is however, needing some prayer as he has been in trouble a few times this week and just seems to be in a bit of a rut. He usually jumps back quick, but the prayer is always helpful as well :). Justin is doing great. He was able to teach last week at the Sunday bible study and really enjoyed that. He is also ready for school to start soon. I (Bobbi Ann) am doing well. I am thankful to have a set time to get my language studying done (thanks to a wonderful husband) and other than that have been doing my usual house upkeep and homeschooling.

We pray you are all well and love to hear from everyone. We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas this year and are excited to celebrate overseas this year.

God Bless,
The White Family