Can I phone a friend?

Steve and I finished our final exams! Now we just have to wait for the results. Our grammer exam consisted fourteen pages over three hundred questions, and over three hours long. Needless to say Steve and I are excited to have the weekend to relax. Our oral exams were yesterday, and we feel like they went well. Praise God for what Steve and I were able to learn through our time here, much more then another language. We are looking forawrd with anticapation to coming home and touching base with our family and friends and our supporters. We will be home for a little bit over a month. Pray that God will use us to encourage those who need to be encouraged, and that God will use our time in the states as he sees fit.
(We will be arrivng August 18th.)

Praise God for what he has done through us, and what he will do in our future!

Becky for the Diems

Is that your final answer?

Please be in prayer for Steve and I this week as we take our FINALS. We have an oral exam, and a grammar exam (13 pages) Thursday and Friday of this week. Pray that we will be diligent in preparing for these exams. Also we have home work, and regular tests in our other classes as well. We are happy to be drawing to close here with our language learning, yet sad to have to say good by to our church here, our neighbors and friends.

Cute story, Our nanny who watches Elliott during the week was watching both of the boys because the schools were shut down in CR for the swine flue. Adina was talking to Josiah about how she wanted to come see his Grandma, and Josiah said " you can come on the plane with us, we'll all go see her together" Adina explained to him that she couldn't because she doesn't have the paper work that she needs. Josiah ran and found some old plain ticket stubs that he had been saving and wrote her name on it so that she could go. When she was retelling us the story, she was crying.

Many emotions! Some of great joy as this chapter comes to a close, and others of sadness anticipation of more changes, and saying good by and starting over again in another country and culture. We are excited about this new chapter in our life! Please be in prayer for the adjustments that we will all be going through individually. Pray that he will give us exactly what we need to adjust quickly to the new chapter in Argentina.

Thank you for your prayers!!

Becky for the Diems

All to the Glory of God!

By Gods Grace alone we made it through the week without too many complications while Steve has been gone in Panama on a missions trip. Of coarse there's always fun stories to tell, like when I discovered that Elliott can open doors, and found him typing at the computer while I had been making dinner. All I saw was a blue screen that basically said, if you see this good luck, call your computer agent. God is good, and my friend was able to help me fix it over the phone after trouble shooting for a while.

Next week the school is closing the day care part of the school because of the swine flue out break. The whole country is shutting down there schools for a week to take time to clean them,and try to minimize the contact between children, who are very likely to catch and contain this deadly virus. The Adult section will go on as scheduled.

My language class ate out today, and I think something I ate did not settle with me well. I have a very sharp pain in my stomach, and full body sweat. Pray that God will give me the strength to finish out strong tomorrow until Steve comes home. Thanks!

The boys have been great, we've made lots of fun memories together! I've enjoyed the extra time with them by myself, but we are ready for our Daddy to come back from "nanama."

I look forward to hearing in more detail all about the opportunity's that Steve had to share the gospel. He said they have been very busy, and have had to turn people away, because there was only so many they could help in one day. It's sounds like he's really enjoying it. Look forward to sharing more details with you all soon! Thank you for uplifting the boys and I while Steve has been gone. Thank you also for praying for Steve's safety and the team in Panama.

God Bless, Becky for the Diems

Daddy is in "nanama"

Steve is in Panama for a week with Jack and Jenifer Mitchel (Grace Dental Mission), Steve went to help translate for them, and to share The Gospel to people who will be waiting to have there teeth worked on. Steve thrives in situations like this, I'm so glad that he has the opportunity to use what he has been learning this past year. The boys and I are staying here in San Jose for the week that he is gone, going about life as normal as possible without Daddy around. Josiah and I are still going to school during the day, which is helping us stick to a daily schedule. We are praying for Daddy at night and at meal times that he is safe in "nanama" as Elliott and Josiah have renamed Panama, very cute.

Please do be in prayer for us. There have been several robberies of nationals, and students around our neighborhood. Six that I know of within the past two weeks. We are just trusting for God in our safety, especially while Steve is gone. We are taking steps of safety and walking with people to school and back. God is good all the time!

I wanted to blog a little bit about a book that I have been reading called "NO GRAVEN IMAGE" written by Elizabeth Elliot
In the first chapter she talked about her journey by train to the mission field, and she encounters a women selling little toy suitcases with her children in toe, and no one was buying them from her, so Elizabeth bought one from her for five cents, later she sees her get of the train without having sold any more suitcases. She talks about how the women's eyes pierced her heart, and she thought she should have bought all of them. Later She sees a poor man on the street with no eyes, but head gazing in her direction, and there was a little girl sitting on his lap who looked worn out and unhealthy. At the end of the day she was reflecting over what she could have done for them besides giving them a little bit of money, should she have done something more "If only I could give the man his sight, the child her health" she later comes to the conclusion that all she can do of lasting value is share the Gospel with them. This book has been such an encouragement to me, because she is a Godly women who is experiencing culture shock, learning another language, separating from friends and family, and she is just very open with her thoughts of working through different situations that she has to encounter. Great read!

When Steve comes back we will send out our more formal prayer update! Thanks for checking in with us! Becky for the Diems