Residencia de Vida

We wanted to give you a bit more background and information about the orphanage where we are volunteering.  Residencia de Vida (Residence of Life) began as a dream almost thirty years ago of a truly giving and Christ lead person in Cherie McCullah.  We are blessed to call her a lifelong friend after just a couple…

Adventures in Babysitting

Kyra Stickford, one of our favorite babysitters in Indiana, just flew home this morning after a 10 day visit with us.  Kyra has a real heart for volunteer work and every summer she goes on a mission trip.  This summer we were lucky that she chose to visit us so she could work at the…

Estamos Aqui en Costa Rica

We’re here in Costa Rica!  We arrived a little over a week ago and so much has already happened.  It honestly feels like we’ve been here for a month.  When we arrived at the airport here, it took us FOREVER to get through immigration.  When you have three kids, any wait in line longer than 30 minutes…

Hardship in Paradise

Disclaimer: Blog posts like this one are not to come across as ‘holier than thou’ or that we are better than other cruisers.  That is not our intention at all nor do we think that.  We write this blog to keep in contact with family and friends but also to record our trip so that Marc,…