Birthday in Playa Tamarindo & Liberia

We had a wonderful weekend exploring some of the Nicoya Peninsula where a lot of the known tourist beaches are. Since it is not tourist season right now, we had the beach to ourselves! And lower prices too! It is a very pretty area! 

We stayed at a hostel that had a super fun hangout area with a nice kitchen & hammocks! We cooked 3 meals there, kinda fun! 

Tamarindo Cabinas where we stayed

Nice warm ocean water! We tried snorkeling out to an island until some jellyfish got in our way and we turned back.

Not very much ocean life here for some reason but we did see a few fish and this cool blue starfish!

Beach & Surf town

Landon got me a massage on the beach for my birthday! This was the view we had when we were done. So beautiful!

Beautiful cat eyes!

Hmm.. lots and lots of mosquitos here :(

Casada for lunch again! 

Waiting for the bus to Liberia

These sweet friends had a birthday cake made for me :) Tina, twins Valeria & Mario, & Claudio (oldest son) 

Little baby doggies :)

The twins, 9 years old, Valeria & Mario

Ever seen a double barrel banana ??

Adios, Ricardo & Efrain!

Sooner than we would have liked, we had to say good-bye to our dear friend Richard as he heads off to start convention rounds and begin in his new field in Guatemala. Gerald & Angela Schober from Nicaragua (originally Washington) came to visit and he left with them to have a few days at their place. We will miss him! He was such a HUGE help to us as we were planning our trip here and helped get us situated. Cannot thank him enough! It was such a sweet experience to travel with one of God's servants and see the love for the people. It was fun to get to know everyone and hopefully we can remember how to get back to some of the homes for future visits :) We are excited to get to know the new workers who are coming in a month or so. Barbara and Hilda. Efrain will be laboring in Panama with his brother Everardo.