We finished Language School and are back in the USA till Jan.

On Dec. 12, we graduated from a year at language school in Costa Rica! What a week its been...on Monday, Debbi did her final report, both written (20 pages) and oral(20minutes), in front of the entire school body.
Tuesday, Debbi went to see the doctor, and found out she has bronchitis again (doctor said due to the mold and humidity there)! Not a good thing to have with a busy schedule ahead, and traveling.

Then on Wednesday evening, our next door neighbors (Pat & Mike Henningsen) invited us for a going away supper at their apt., and while there, a bunch of students from the school showed up for a surprise party for our 32nd Anniversary! Then they all suprised us with a Mariachi Band who came to play for us! Both Roger & I wept with joy, as it reminded us so much of Mexico!!

On Friday, we received our diplomas at graduation....what a feeling of relief..no more studying, no more tests, etc! The next morning, our good Canadian friends who lived upstairs (Scott & Melissa Williams)drove us to the aiport in their rental car (thanks!!)..and we flew into Minneapolis, MN and stayed with Debbi's family. The next 2 days were spent visiting family in a whirlwind trip with temperatures of -18 and wind chills of -30 below zero! We had to just layer our clothing, as our winter clothes are in storage in Texas!

Then on Tuesday, we flew into Springfield, MO and were met at the airport by Jim Wellborn with our new Speed The Light vehicle (thank you So. Tx Youth)! Roger was so excited to be able to drive again, after a year of walking or taking bus or taxi! We then drove to JOsh & Albessa's in San Antonio, where we will be basing ourselves out of, while we drive to the Valley to visit Jeremy and some of our friends, and to Utah to visit Charity.

This Christmas will be the 1st time our family will all be together in 6 years...even though Charity will only be here for 10 hours (and is actually working a flight overnight here)...but together is together, no matter how long, we're just thankful to all be together (including Zacky..who by the way is very old now).