Can't stop thinking about Costa Rica!

My first trip to Costa Rica was amazing. Here I am in another country with beautiful people speaking absolutely no English! Ok, ok, we met a few Tico's that spoke English but they were travelers. Thank goodness for our wonderful friends who joined us on this trip. They added to the experience.
Our host at the villa was an older German man named Heinz who no doubt enjoyed spending time just hanging out with us. He rode around with us for probably 11 hours one day.
We drove to the beach house in Playa Avellanas that I swore would be the perfect house. Turned out to be... not so great. I was very disappointed, It wasn't a total loss for Heinz who found a particular plant that he managed to convince the owner to let him cut a branch for transporting.  I had hoped that we would reside in Guanacaste, near the Pacific Ocean but God must not of wanted that for us. While walking around that property all I could think of was praying night after night that God would close that door if it was not his will. That he did.
By day 4 we finally decided on the first home we saw with the wonderful view. This home is in Patarra, less than an hour from San Jose. One draw back... it is totally unfurnished... can a sister borrow a mattress?

I left the morning of day 4 and Tony stayed behind to sign the lease. I got on a plane with Catia and made my way back to the US and couldn't shake Costa Rica off of my mind. Is that normal?
I was really sad to leave the country and this was after meeting just a few people. Before we boarded the plane to head to Ft Lauderdale, we were held up in security. Not because of anything in our bags or person. But because the security guards took literally 20 minutes to hold and play with my daughter. They took turns holding her and playing with her. All this with our language barrier. We arrived in Portland at about 4am after our horribly long layover in New York.
On the home front, we were able to find a renter that I believe God has given a divine appt with us and secure a deposit. I truly believe that the Lord is in this and will do exceedingly great things!  We are scheduled to depart Maine on October 19th and move into our new home before November 1st. I can't even imagine what the Lord has in store...
More to come...