We discovered, about a month ago, that there were small bunches of bananas on a little tree in the back yard. Ok, so it’s not a banana tree but a plant. It’s still got bananas on it. I took Jocelyn’s flipvideo from Mr. Nison out there and got some videos of it, from which these photos were taken. They aren’t the best, and I wish we had a camera so I could take some really good ones… but… we don’t, so, I’ve got to make do. :) Enjoy! (here they say platano for banana and for plantains. :) but there is a difference in the two.)

Do you have any fruit trees at your house? We have a mandarin orange tree (which are so good!) a mango tree, four coconut trees and an avocado tree. Thank you, Father, for blessing us so much!

I love our train tracks… they are so old fashioned, and I love the sounds of the passing trains. Its especially fun when you are walking on the road and they are RIGHT next to you and you get to feel the wind rushing past, being pushed on by the driving force of the train! Its an amazing thing… really it is. If you ever get the chance to do it, stand on the road when a train it passing. {Just make sure you’re not too close to it…:)}

When we first moved here, I used to wake up in the middle of the night when a train would go by. But now, after living here for so long… well, its just a part of everyday life to see a train go by. We’ve even seen a circus train go by and a passenger train! That was a lot of fun.

Mostly we see train cars carrying coal, as in the photo above. The trains can be really short or realllllllllllly long. It just depends. One train can go by in a day, or ten can. Once time I tried to count the number of cars on one train, and once I hit over 200, I lost count. There was no way I could recount, but it was fun trying anyhow.

Sometimes during the summer, when I hung out the laundry, the trains can get a little annoying when you’re trying to talk to someone on the porch and can’t hear them. It was fun having people who someone was on the phone with ask what in the world that huge noise was. “Oh the train is going by.” “The TRAIN?” “Yes the train.” hehe

That’s our mail… it got in the photo just as I took it. Oh well. :) You can still see the train.

shalom!
-Ra’chel

This was one neat sunset. I miss being able to see the sun when it meets the horizon. :( Haven’t been able to since we moved to Costa Rica.

“Let me see!”

“Move over!”

“I can’t see him!”

“Guys, c’mon!”

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it”

Isn’t it so often that we feel as the words of this song say? We must remember we can call out to YHVH and he will answer us, even if the world seems to be tumbling down around us.

In my distress I called to YHVH; I cried out to my Elohim. Out of his temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.
Tehillim (Psalm) 18:6

(The lyrics in English – from the video)

When the heart cries only YHVH hears
The pain rises from the soul
A man falls down before he sinks
He cuts the silence with a small prayer

Sh’ma Yisra’el, my Elohim,
You are the mighty one
You gave me my life
You gave me everything

A tear in my eyes, the heart cries in silence
And when the heart is silent the soul cries out

Sh’ma Yisra’el, my Elohim,
I am all alone now
Make me strong, my Elohim,
So I will not be afraid

The pain is great and there is no where to run
Make it end, I don’t have any strength left

When the heart cries time stands still
A man sees is life passing in front of him
He doesn’t want to go to the unknown
He call his Elohim as he stands on the edge of the deep

Sh’ma Yisra’el, my Elohim,
You are the mighty one
You gave me my life
You gave me everything

A tear in my eyes, the heart cries in silence
And when the heart is silent the soul cries out

Sh’ma Yisra’el, my Elohim,
I am all alone now
Make me strong, my Elohim,
So I will not be afraid

The pain is great and there is no where to run
Make it end, I don’t have any strength left

shalom!
-Ra’chel