Peace and contentment!

Today we once again went to Punta Uva. This is such a beautiful beach! Travel advisor rates it in the top 10 beaches in the world! Today it was quite hot and we all got a bit rosy-even Gabriel has a pink nose... We are in the rainy season, so by the time the heat comes again, our skin will have become a bit acclimatized. The heat is not like we experience in Saskatchewan, not even as it gets on the Pacific coast. Here it is balmy and pleasant, with a moist breeze. The water feels like a bathtub once you get into it! It was a very clear day-the colours looked perfectly "Carribean". We can't get over how much the kids love the ocean! they spend 3+ hours at a time. They never tire of it! It is an incredible experience: tasting the salt water on your lips and feeling the tingle on your skin, realizing the power of the waves as they build and swell and advance toward you, anticipating the next rush of ocean spray seeing the white-capped curls rushing at you, ending in a foamy rush carrying you toward shore. Sometimes you get disoriented, if the waves are particularly forceful, yet if you just let yourself ride it through-underwater or bobbing up and down-sensing eventually the the ocean floor and knowing you can stand up as soon as you get your bearings and all will be well. Trust. Not in self, completely. Certainly not in this force of nature that has the power to dominate and realistically crush you. No, trust in the relationship between the two, and ultimately God, to protect, direct, and process the outcome. Such is life!
On the way back, we stopped in at Bruce Walker's stables. Bruce is from the States and has been in Costa Rica about a year and a half. The kids loved petting his horse and his dogs! Bruce offers horseback tours and rentals. He is also managing a lodge up in the mountains for a friend of his. He is one busy, busy person yet savours every moment!