Sorry it has been so long since we have sent an update, but here is what we have been up to in the past month. School is still going great and we are learning a lot and enjoying it. My confidence is getting a little bit better and Patrick is doing great! He talks to people all the time with no worries. Homework is getting a little harder as we end the trimester. We have two more big tests and then we are done for the trimester. I also had to do an hour long bible...

Last weekend we had to renew our visa for Costa Rica. To do this you have to leave the country for 72 hours. So, we went to Panama! We spent the weekend on a nice chain of islands off the eastern coast of Panama called Bocas Del Toro which means “mouths of the bull.” We left Friday morning around 7:30 to wait for the bus. We took the bus to the border. It took about 4 ½ hours to get there. From there, we walked across the border and got our passports stamped...