Monday, July 27, 2009

Residentes

Great News!!!: We are official Costa Rican Residents! We got our CEDULAS (like a SS card) last Friday! This means we have legal rights to live here, can get our own phone line, get discounts at national parks, etc. We are super excited, as you might guess. This process has taken over a year, as well as lots of $$$. BUT, it could have been much worse, and we are so thankful!! We also have to keep really good track of our money exchanges from now on, to make sure we are exchanging the $3000 into colones each month that is required, but otherwise we only have to renew our residency every couple of years, and we can do it at the bank through a fairly simple process! Thank you Jesus, and thanks to all of you that have been praying about this with us!!

From Earrings, teams, tortillas, cedulas, and campesinos

2 comments:

Steve and Jenn said...

Great news! We have our informational meeting next week. We just sent our support letters. We are excited too! :)

Mary Ellen Meyer said...

Great picture!! Congratulations on becoming residentes =)