Hola from San Jose! We are excited to return home, but also sad to leave. Our day started out in the Air BnB, where we were woken up to monkeys bombarding the tin roof with missiles of fruit. Breakfast was ready as soon as we woke up, consisting of eggs, toast (with long awaited peanut …
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Costa Rica Day 8: Work Hard Play Hard
This morning, we started our day with eggs, toast, beans, rice and juice. After hearing the roosters crow all morning, our chaplain Matt wanted to share a devotion about Simon-Peter’s relationship with Jesus when the roosters crowed. We discussed how Jesus gave Peter another opportunity after his resurrection to claim his love for his Savior. …
Costa Rica Day 7: Welcome to the Jungle
Hey everyone! Marie, Deven, and Abby here. After hearing about everyone’s bug stories from last night, we headed down for a devotional and breakfast. For the devotional, Matt led us through Psalm 34. We talked about its meaning and its significance in our lives. Breakfast consisted of pancakes, eggs, watermelon, and pineapple. Then we got …
Costa Rica Day 6: God’s Beautiful Creation
Hola familia y amigos, this is Kam and Bella. We started the morning with waking at the early hour of 4am to prepare for our travels to Talamanca. We loaded the bus and by 4:45, we were on the road. The morning was very calm and quiet, due to the exhaustion from minimal sleep. …
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Costa Rica Day 5: Reset Sunday
By: Jonas and Kerrigan First, we would like to wish all of the fathers a wonderful Father’s Day. Also, “Happy birthday Mom, you mean the world to me and I wouldn’t be here without you.” -Bella Turner To begin the day, Jonas (that’s me) went for a 6 mile run. I took a new route- …
Costa Rica Day 4: Capturing the Moment
Hello everyone! Madison and Abby here. A couple of us started our fourth day in Costa Rica by going on a run. This was an amazing experience to be able to see the scenery and the calm of the morning in Costa Rica. The rest of us woke up to a delicious breakfast of pancakes, …
Costa Rica Day 3: Unexpected Friendships
By: Jennaka and Luke After a full night’s rest, we woke up to Luke and Jonas getting back from a sunrise run, and we headed downstairs for eggs, Costa Rican sausage, fresh pineapple and mangos, orange juice, and hashbrowns. Our breakfast conversation was led by Matt, and we talked about what life looks like …
Costa Rica Day 2: Futbol is life
By: Daniel and Marie After a restful 3-4 hours of sleep last night, we woke up to our first delicious meal in Costa Rica! The chefs made us rice and beans, eggs, toast, and fresh fruit (amazing mango and pineapple). On the bus ride to our first school, we got our first look at the …
Day 1: We’re In Costa Rica!
By: Hannah and Devin Hi, hi, hi everyone! Sorry for the late post! We had a little bit of delay at the airport. A three hour set back had us getting in later than anticipated into San Jose. Nevertheless, we wanted to catch you up to date! We left DeVos parking lot promptly at 7:30 yesterday …