Dear Friends,

Hello from Costa Rica! How are you doing? This letter will center more on family, because that has been the main focus for me, Juli, these past months.

We keep the medical economy going here. It’s incredible. James (now 12) had been complaining about stomach pain. After shuffling between several doctors for over a month, and many trips around town for tests, it was determined he had mono-hepatitis. He is over it now, but struggles with bouts of severe anxiety. He’s seeing a Christian counselor. In the midst of that, Joanna (10) fell in soccer and broke her arm. She says the cast was put on by an "ortho-potamus". Then she began to have a kind of stomach pain that worried the pediatric surgeon. And he didn’t like the fluid sloshing around outside of her intestine that he saw on an ultrasound. He expected appendicitis. Several tests and visits later, she began to feel better. Whatever it was, God had healed her. Now she has a persistent rattle in her lungs and is using an inhaler. The doctor hopes it’s not the beginning of asthma. The rest of the family has been doing well, outside of the usual viruses.  We really feel Satan has targeted us lately more than ever.  Our church elders prayed over the children.

School
School ended May 31^st. It was a good year. Sarah had a lead role (Eliza Doolittle) in the school play and did a great job with a cockney accent. The kids all participated in the end of the year praise program and amazed us with the amount of scripture they memorized. Sarah, Sam and James, though they got good grades, are in summer school. It’ll keep ‘em busy.

Church
Sarah and Sam participate in the worship music team. Sarah sings and Sam plays the guitar. Their youth group hosted an evangelistic coffee house a few weeks back and really did a great job.
Our church however, is struggling with a lack of leadership since the church-planting pastor left. Pray that God will give direction.

Prayer requests:
Ted: As he finishes the semester at the seminary and as he rushes to complete the course materials on CD for his hermeneutics course starting in August with students in Peru, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Me (Juli): Energy, as I manage the household with kids mostly on break.
Sarah: As she considers colleges. Pray too that she remain undepressed.
Sam: He has changed to a new type of insulin. Pray he masters the art of balancing those blood sugars.
James: That he improves reading skills over the summer.
Joanna: As she says good-bye to friends who are moving away.

We love you and appreciate your hanging in there with us.

Yours,

Juli