Pura Vida

Life in Costa Rica seems like ages ago. This is obviously since I haven't blogged in forever. Things changed after that trip. Although the sun stayed out longer, it felt like the hours went by faster and time slipped away from us. Especially blogging and computer time for this one.

So at last, here is a short and sweet synopsis of our Costa Rica trip.

Day 1...we traveled to San Jose, CR and then took a short bus ride to Carrillos just outside the San Jose. We were greeted by Charlie Strong and his fabulous staff at Strong Missions just in time for an amazing dinner and our first night in CR.



Day 2...we began working on the wall you see below in these pictures. Strong Missions is helping the community build a small park. Most open spaces are soccer fields in Carrillos so they are wanting a space for children to play and families to gather. We spent most of our time here working on the wall and will return working on the same project in July.



Day 3...after working on the wall again we went to a community pool with the group. This place was amazing. The view was incredible and we had the Olympic-sized pool all to ourselves. I can't wait to go back and take the Sr. high students.



Day 4...More work on the wall and then a trip to a Methodist church in town. It was a large screened in church full of students singing praise songs and women raising their hands to Jesus. A Gloria a Dios! Strong Missions is starting a new project with this church that we will hopefully get to work on in July. They are hoping to help them build an office and classroom space, I believe.

Day 5...We traveled through San Jose to the 8th district of Los Guillos. At this church we met Pastor Edgar and his amazing family. His work in Los Guillos helps feed children, educate women, train workers, build families, and teach anyone that will listen about the word of God...truly an amazing man! Here, we got to help feed the children and learned more about Pastor Edgar's work.



Day 6...After arriving in Cauhita late in the evening, we woke up early to start our adventure through the rain forest to go zip lining. The journey was full of some scary car rides through the jungle, but we had a blast and are planning to go back again when we return.



Day 7...we waited in a VERY LONG LINE to get to the airport and just barely made our flight back to Houston.

Thank you all to helped support us and make this trip possible. I can't believe we return in almost a month. If you want to know more about Strong Missions, please check them out here!

http://www.strongmissions.com/index.html