Tico Tuesday, May 29th

Yes! We're back! Happy Tuesday to you all once more from Southern Arizona. Just over a month and I'll FINALLY get to go back home to Costa Rica! I apologize for the lack of warning regarding the absence of Tico Tuesday the past two weeks, but more on that to come in the upcoming May Chronicle.
This past weekend was a VERY special, important time for my immediate family. It was the first time we had all been together for 4 years, and that time it had only been for a couple hours. Needless to say, it was a real treat to have us all together. It was really nice to talk, play, swim and catch up. Saturday night, the 7 adults (my 2 brothers and their significant others, my parents and me) went out to celebrate my parents' 33rd wedding anniversary. In the picture you can see everyone but Nathan, who was already asleep.
If you haven't been able to spend much time with your family lately, I hope you get the chance soon!
Blessings,
Carrie

Tico Tuesday, May 8th

Happy Tuesday from sunny, southern Arizona!

As I mentioned last week, it was Alumni Day at the Bible Home. I was sad I couldn't be there, but Pam (my former supervisor) very sweetly sent me a piece of the day. You can find my brown eyed beauty on Roblealto Association's facebook page. Ashley was one of my favorites. God totally transformed her life and restored her relationship with her mother and she "graduated" from the Bible Home in December. I wish I could have seen her, but Pam said her face lit up when she took the picture and told her it was for me. It sure made my day to get that note from Pam!
Praise God, he is opening doors for me to share with various churches in the area here about my service and my beloved Roblealto. Please continue to pray for God to provide my needs as I keep raising support!
With love,
Carrie

Tico Tuesday, May 1st

Hmm, I guess it's not Tuesday anymore for most of you. It still is here in Arizona, though! I'm delighted to be in a warmer climate again, though it was wonderful to see so many people up north. As you can see in the picture, I'm getting started with my online Master of Arts in Religion program through Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. There's a nice mix of reading, writing, watching powerpoints and lectures and other stuff. It's a challenge getting back into "student" mode, but I'm hoping to get settled back into it pretty quickly here. And, I'm glad I'm doing it sooner than later! I'm really excited about this program and I firmly believe it will help me be more effective in my ministry in Roblealto and bring more to the table not only as a Christian Education Assistant, but in all I do everywhere I go. Speaking of Roblealto, today was a special day there because there was a pig roast and carnival. Nationall in Costa Rica, it was Labor Day, but at the Bible Home, that means it's the day for people who lived there to come back and visit. I REALLY wish I could have been there, but I know God has me here right now.

May we all be dedicated to the work set before us and do it with joy as unto the Lord!

Love,

Carrie

Tico Tuesday, April 24th

It's been a beautiful, cold week in New England! There have been highlights every day, but I really loved getting to attend to baptismal services at East Auburn Baptist Church this weekend. The people who baptized shared some phenomenal testimonies of how God worked in people and showed them His love and goodness. They were a great blessing and encouragement to everyone who got to hear them! As I shared for a few minutes in each service, I also took advantage of the opportunity to share with the congregation the work God has done in my life. I was able to take a little more time to do this in the youth service Saturday night since I had a whole half hour to talk. That was really fun. It feels a little funny to hang out with kids I used to babysit, but it's cool to engage with them and encourage them to seek the good things God has in store for them.
A fun note about the picture: the guy in the white robe and I were in the same 8th grade class. How awesome to see him proclaim his faith in Jesus!
May we all proclaim Jesus with our lives this week!
Love,
Carrie

Tico Tuesday, April 17th

Happy Tuesday!

Boy was it hard to pick a picture this week! Snow in Western Pennsylvania, hanging out with my friends, amazing make your-own-sundaes, the 9/11 memorial, me sticking my face into delicious lilacs and lots of pictures of me with people and other frozen goodies...you'll soon see many of the options on facebook. I had to go with this one though. Saturday, this beautiful girl (my mentor and friend Julie) and I hung out in NYC. We had a fantastic day full of fun sights and a lot of really good conversation. I never knew it was possible to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, but we did that and a whole lot of other things too!

I'm having a really good time getting to connect with prayer and financial supporters, friends and some relatives I haven't seen in a long time. And today, I even got to go to the library of the main campus of the seminary I'm getting my Master's with to get some tips on how to research from afar!

God's goodness and love are so awesome!

May we delight in God and his love this week!

Carrie

Tico Tuesday, April 10th

Hello!
Happy Tuesday from Western PA! It feels very odd to be back in the States and I miss Costa Rica a lot, but it really is good to be here. Except for the cold. It was flurrying off and on today and I had on all the warm clothes I had and was still freezing. My body has definitely gotten used to tropical climates! I had a lovely Resurrection Day and enjoyed a nice long run. I've had some down time and have recovered my voice that I lost at camp and finally gotten caught up on a number of little things. My social schedule is now picking up and this afternoon I spend the afternoon at a friend's house and got to built a helicopter out of K'nex with her son who is about my oldest nephew's age. It was insanely fun. So, all is well here. It's wonderful to visit my church and connect with my friends here.
God is so good to me!
Lots of other stories to share, but it's time to head to InterVarsity!
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

Missing Tico Tuesday?

Yes my friends, a Tuesday came and went and I didn't post!! I was at camp on Tuesday and got home late and then was making homemade anti-lice shampoo (just to make sure my camper's lice wasn't going to get to me), doing laundry and packing packing packing! All my stuff is now in my cute little apartment in S José de la Montaña and I'm now safely in the States and will be here until July 1. But never fear, Tico Tuesdays will continue again on Tuesday. Now I'm going to get the March Chronicle out.
Blessings to you,
Carrie