pictures galore

I realized way too long ago that I have tons of pictures. And most people probably aren't going to check them out at Flickr - which is totally fine. I personally don't love Flickr. You have to scroll through pictures slowly one-by-one and can't easily download them in their original sizes... but none of that really matters. I decided I'll try to post pictures more regularly on here. I've got plenty to spare - and that way you can hopefully better understand my life and the people in it! Okay. So first off - meet Gaby (above). She's probably the cutest thing to hit this country since her sweet Panamanian mom. Her family is good family friends of Eli, one of our beloved students from Evangelica. Eli is our lifeline here. She's always inviting us to fun events and introducing us to her friends.. taking us new places. And little Gaby is kind of like her extended family. We all spent a day together in Costa Del Sol a while ago... this is her playing with remnants of somebody's lunch :)

And this (above and below) is Costa Del Sol. It's the one beach we've been to that's been the most like Southern California beaches, in my opinion. Lots of white sand... and lots of houses. Here they don't really have public beach access. Of course much of the beaches are public, but you can't really just hang out on the sand without a place to house your things. You generally have to eat at a restaurant or rent a house. This day - they got a house. It was wonderful!!