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Beautiful Day at Apoyo Lagoon
The last few weeks have been pretty crazy. We have been here now for almost three weeks and most of that time has been spent getting settled. We’ve lived in hotels, hostels, and finally found our home in Diriomo. We’ve had to find furniture, a car, and other things to try and make our stay…
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Rice, Beans, and a Little Music: Our First Night on the Town
We ended up getting to Diriomo on Wednesday night July 17, exactly one week after we left SLC. We love it here! The Saturday after we got here we went to a wedding and baptism and were even invited to the party afterwards. We had a great time hanging out and getting to know the members.…
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We Made it! Hello Diriomo, home away from home.
We didn’t get to see everyone before we left. We just had too many things come up right at the end before we left. But we did get to see some family. Grandma Mae Madsen Grandma Alma Whiting Last sunset in Utah Saying our last goodbye to Ari and Hannah She didn’t know what was…
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Let Freedom Ring
We are leaving in 5 days! We are excited to start our new adventure in Nicaragua but we will also be a little sad to leave family. Our parents live in the same town, Mapleton. It is nice having them so close because on holidays we can visit both families on the same day. But…
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Anyone Can Make A Difference
Beautiful day at Chance and Michaele’s wedding in Texas We are getting closer to our departure date. We have been really busy with our packing, family trips, weddings, and work. But as the days pass it is starting to hit us more and more that we are actually leaving. Enjoying the wedding treats and helping…
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Who Needs an Adventure? Why & When We’re Leaving.
Well, it is official! We have booked our one-way tickets out of Salt Lake City to San Jose, Costa Rica. From San Jose we will find some sort of transportation, probably bus, to the city of Granada Nicaragua. Starting about a month ago we put many of our belongings online to sell. We sold a…
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A New Life… No, a Real Adventure!
Big announcement everybody! We are moving! We have already moved a couple times in our marriage, but have never moved out of Springville. This time we want to make a bigger change so we are moving out of the state…and country! We are headed to Nicaragua. Where is Nicaragua you might ask? Just south of Honduras which…