Pura Vida Misional

At Crocodile bridge on road to Jaco

Sawyer in Flight

La Paz Waterfall Gardens

Sawyer and Stockton as Cataratas Cortez

Atop 27th Floor Apartment Building (Torre Paseo Colon)

La Paz Waterfall Gardens

Sky Adventures Canopy Tram-Arenal

Pizza Hut in Quesada (San Carlos)

At apartment, Sawyer with Great-Grandma Iris

Fast Sunday at Puntarenas Branch

Playa at Manuel Antonio

Sunset Playa Flamingo

Ready to hit the road again-Flamingo Condo

One of many beaches visited Tuesday in Guanacaste (Pacific Ocean)

Cataratas Cortez near Bagaces, Guanacaste

With the Riveras at Torre Paseo Colon

Poor Mom always got the worst bed arrangements

Playa Conchel-Sand is shell fragments

Near Playa Avellana

La Paz Waterfall Gardens

No matter where she is, she always finds the dishes

86 Years and 6 months young!

Spent too much time in the van, in the driving rains, in the dark,
but Mom always was smiling : )

With some of Melanie's friends and converts at church in Puntarenas

Back in White Hundai Van for another 3 hour drive. This one from
Puntarenas to Quepos.

Playa Manuel Antonio
Mom always puts her feet into every ocean or
body of water she visits.

Playa Avellana
Remembering Verlo

Deep Sea Fishing off Playa Coco

Hiking the trail back up from Cataratas Cortez and then it was home for the airport

In August the mission got around 30 new Elders and Hermanas, mostly North
Americans. Hna.Pete took many great fotos on that day, but accidentally deleted every one of them!

Elder Petersen teaching a Workshop in San Ramon

The Chaverri's at the Los Yoses Chapel 50th Anniversary. He was the Area Seventy,
the Mission First Counselor with Melanie and Jeff and recently called as Temple President
in El Salvador.

Nine year old Diana from Cartago is amazing, & dreams of being a journalist but
we think someday she'll be President. Her public speaking has been on the
National News TV stations.

The Los Yoses Chapel was the first built in Costa Rica & dedicated in August
1964 when there were only 400 members in the country. We really enjoyed the celebrations honoring the
original members, and their memories of "old days" when the Church was in its
infancy. 9 year old Diana (above) gave the "keynote address".

Dr Cragun (Central American M.D.,from Virginia) oversees 4000+ missionaries in Central America.
He, his wife & the 3 mission Nurses (Garner, Petersen & Markel) are pictured here. The Craguns came from Guatemala
to present info.to all the C.R.missionaries about how to stay healthy,, during Zone Conferences.

The honored members still living from the 1964 Los Yoses Chapel Dedication

We celebrated with Gabby, her recent baptism in the Morovia Ward, Toyopan Stake
by going out to eat at Chili's.

We went to give a workshop at the JAS Conference (YSA) in Guanacaste at African
Safari Adventure Park. Pres. Patey in middle above (1st Counselor in La Sabana Stake)
recently acquired it. We think of the movie "We Bought A Zoo" whenever we go there!
Stake President Angulo, wife and daughter went with us as Pres. Patey gave us private
guided tour of the Waterfalls.

This is President Quirroz, 2nd counselor in La Sabana Stake feeding a giraffe!
He's is such a riot and reminds me of Marcos Martinez, our good friend back home.

Thru God's tender mercies we met Daisy (friends of Melanie's) and her family when talking at Los Yoses Ward.
She is from La Campinas Ward but son Daniel was helping us hand out flyers, saw our names,
put it all together that we were Melanie's parents and called his mom, who promptly left her ward and
came to meet us with other son David!.