We have arrived!!
This is just a quick note to let you know that all is well… in fact, better than we could have imagined! I will write in more detail soon as I don’t want to forget our trip and our earliest impressions of this magical place. But, I did want to post a couple of pictures so you can get a feel for our journey and destination.
Skipping to the present moment: Truett is currently napping happily to the sounds of all sorts of tropical birds, the middle children are swimming in the pool, and the older children are being tutored in how to run the coffee machine and make the smoothies at the restaurant bar (which they are thrilled about). Ben is setting up his office for remote work, and we are prepping additional rooms for other families who will be joining us here soon.
The staff that work here are amazing and so warm… they have created an incredible community, and they are keen to teach the children so much. We are learning Spanish rapidly, the big boys have already been out getting acquainted with the waves (I think they did stand up a bit too on their boards, so technically, surfing), Snowy has already received an invitation to go on a sunset horseback ride, and we have been enjoying discovering all the fruit trees on the property, and eating the delicious food in the restaurant for our meals.
We feel like we’ve landed in heaven… we’ve been meeting neighbours and walking the sandy country roads, slowly getting oriented. We love the birds and iguanas (apparently there are monkeys, but we haven’t seen them yet). There is a little ginger cat who has already adopted the children and follows them everywhere.
Besides still feeling a little tired from the intensity of the last few weeks and the time change, we are feeling so energized and encouraged about following our hearts and enjoying an uncommon adventure at this chapter in our family’s life.
We are calling the resort “Mar Adentro”, (Spanish) which means “the ocean within”… this makes me think of ‘Jesus within’ (streams of living water)… something expansive and impossible to contain, overflowing with life and wholeness. Only a few days here, and we are already feeling the reality of this vision.
