A Surprise Retirement In Panama

 

 

 

 

So, why Panama? Why Pedasi, Panama? It has been a 3 year journey to this point. Neither of us ever dreamed that we would be living outside the United States, especially a country with a different language and culture. So, how did we come to this decision?

Both of us have always loved the beach, but we knew we couldn’t afford to live near here in California. Mikkel was basically retired and Connie had a few more years before retiring as well. Mikkel started thinking about moving outside the United States. One day he met a man living in Auburn, CA who already had a home in David, Panama, but planning to move to Pedasi and possibly build a retreat for pastors along with working with the local people. He invited us to come and visit him where he was renting a house in Pedasi for a year while exploring the possibilities. We thought, if it was God’s will, that we might be interested in being caretakers of the retreat. So after a few meetings, we said goodbye to this man and his wife as they flew down to Panama, and started making plans to visit in February 2012 during “carnival”. We bought our plane tickets soon after, but in December 2011, we received an email simply stating “will not be in Pedasi when you come”. That’s the last we heard from this man.

Well, that did not stop us, since we had already bought the non-refundable plane tickets. Now we would have to find places to stay in both Panama City and Pedasi, and transportation. After a lot of research, we had reservations for a hostel (bed and breakfast) in both cities as well as transportation which included taxis, buses, and a car rental. The adventure began, and what an adventure it was!

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