House in Costa Rica!

This is our house

Ms. Nancy helped stain the wood that goes on our cieling!

The house looks nice! Thank you Team Maplewood!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

What do Missionaries do?

Nancy and I left this tranquil spot this morning at 11 with high hopes of getting her banking going, and pick up stain for our house, and other errands! We get about 10 minutes away from the house and there is a truck in the way. So I honk to see if they would move. They continue to unload about 200 cement block! So I waited afew minutes getting frustrated I pull up to where they were unloading and asked if they could please let me through. They guy was a little perturbed by this "gringa", and says, NO, I can't move till we finish in about a half hour! WOW! Pick a fight, or go the other way! Well needless to say we turn around and go out the other direction.
So we get to town and this is now our 3rd trip to the bank. So we park and go in very quickly get a number and were called to the window. The little banker dilligently works on getting her new bankcard out and starts entering things in the computer, and mentions, it is a little slow today! SO, we wait, and sure enough it didn't work, tomorrow he says, same story as Monday!
Manana means tomorrow in the Spanish language, but here it means just not today!
We call about the stain and by this time I had picked up James from school, but the stain isn't in neither the guy who ordered it,,,,,, you get the point, it was a very frustrating day! Here we spent 2 hours, to get nothing accomplished! BUT, in all this we have to remember, GOD is with us! Our testimony must remain true to JESUS, WWJD!!! So we get an ice cream and head home, a little dejected but knowing that if GOD is for us who can be against us! ( the truck with the cement blocks was out of the way by the time we came back thankfully!!!)

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

Little house in the woods, or jungle?

This is Corey he will be our adopted son for a few months! Praise the LORD for young people who seek GODS will for their lives and truely want to live for JESUS!

The Friday morning Feb17 crew!
What a blessing, GOD sent angels to help us out putting on the roof, it is true, GOD already knows our needs before we ask! Amen!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

Fredonia Baptist Church in Costa Rica!

Ms Earnesteen and Ms Rose how many boards did you stain? 1000 or so at least!

House of many blessings!

3 days and already has the rafters up! Thank you Bro Chris and crew from Frddonia Baptist church! You guys are a huge blessing to Franklin Mary James and I! We love you very much and want to thank each of you and your families, we thank the LORD JESUS for you!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

Building our house

This is our family from Kentucky who came in to help work on our house! Franklins mom came to help along with Emmette, Helen Franklins sister and her husband Marty. We are nailing down the flooring for our house, it is exciting to finally be living a dream Franklin and I have had for the 19 years we have been married, to have a home of our own! Thank you to each of you who have given to this ministry! May GOD richly bless you and prosper you this new year 2011 and always!

She is finally taller, was it the Costa Rica food?

Emmette is this sun too hot for you? Thank you for helping build our house!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

GOD is good all the time!

These pictures were taken one year ago! It helps us to see the pictures of what happened last year. It encourages us that GOD is still at work and HE is in control! Thankfully!

Franklin building doors for the dorms upstairs!

Mary and friends on the swing at Camp Taller del Maestro!

James is the rice and chicken ready yet?

Mary Rebecca and Carolina cookin it up!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James