I remember when we lived in Maine, we had occasional droughts, and we had to measure the depth of the water in our well regularly. I thought that water supply was one thing that we would never have to consider here in Shell, Ecuador, “on the edge of the rain forest.”
I was wrong.
Ecuador is experiencing their worst drought in decades. Since Ecuador is so dependent on hydro-electric power, the government has begun to ration electricity. We have had the power turned off for 4-6 hours most every day.
A while ago, we had issues with the water supply as well. We are still keeping an eye on that.
Please join us in praying for rain.
Communication has changed so much these last few years. And it is still changing.
We’d like your opinion.
How do you like to communicate? How do you like to be communicated with? How can we best communicate with you?
Here are some options:
Blog entries on our website
Monthly (or regular) formal newsletter
Short e-mails about daily life
E-mails with pictures
Snail Mail
Please tell us what you prefer. Choose as many as you like. If you think of another means of communication, please let us know that as well.
We can’t guarantee that we can do all of them all of the time, but we will probably do all of them some of the time. Your thoughts will help us in determining how best to keep in touch.
Can’t wait to hear back,
Steve and Diane
Since it’s the rainy season, it rains most afternoons. Here’s a little sample.
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Quite frequently, there are short term teams from the US who visit our church here in Costa Rica. We usually talk with them, find out where they are from, etc. Well, one Sunday about a month ago, we were talking with one team, and they said they were from Hermon, Maine! And one of them came up to me, and it was someone we knew! What a small world story. Check out the picture of the team. Some of you may recognize Glenn, near the middle in the green shirt. He came to an EE clinic at Hollis a couple of years ago. And here we were meeting again in Costa Rica.
Yes, we do get to watch NFL games here. The CBS station is in English, but the Fox station is in Spanish. If you’re interested in learning how they call a game in Spanish, click on Read More….
