Dinner with Jim and Nancy

The President/CEO of our organization is visiting for 9 days. Their names are Jim and Nancy Hall and they flew in Wednesday night. Josh and I had the pleasure of taking them out for dinner last night. During the afternoon yesterday, we had our regular weekly staff meeting where all the families of the staff get together at someone's home. Normally, we take one family and pray for them and have the focus on their family for the week. Well, yesterday was about getting to know Jim and Nancy who have a long history of working with international missions, mostly in Uzbekistan. They worked there for many years until God closed the door for their ministry there several years ago. Jim was instrumental in the early years of EMI also. It was so great sitting in an outdoor restaurant with the sun going down and hues of pink and purple around us, just talking about what the Lord has done in both of our families. We went to one of our favorite restaurants called Guanacaste which is up on a hill so it has some pretty views and it has pretty good food. Can you believe I actually got barbecue short ribs. Now, they were nothing like pork ribs you get in the states, but pretty good. It was just great sitting and sharing what the Lord has done in our lives and hearing all the stories of faith and provision that God has given them over the years. It was definitely an encouragement. Jim and Nancy will be here for another week which is full of all kinds of events taking place so they can meet everyone involved with EMI in Latin America. Tonight, we're having dinner at Tom's house and all the families and interns will attend. Then tomorrow, we are heading to the beach with all the office staff. Josh and I have not seen the beach yet, so we're very excited. I can't wait to see the beauty of the Costa Rican shoreline. We'll definitely post some picture after we get back.