Costa Rica Day 1

Day 1 in Costa Rica.

So this morning was super early and I think that I will be recovering for a few days from that. Leaving at 2am with 3 teenage girls who didn't really sleep much at all. Neither did I. Took off from Detroit and had a smooth flight all the way to Houston, then to San Jose, Costa Rica. Met a man on the plane who is coming to Costa Rica to start a mission for drug and alcohol abuse. Guess there isn't much of that here.

Everyone got through customs just fine and since all 31 of had on orange shirts we were easy for our contact to find. Hopped on a bus for about an hour driving very fast through the busy city. We were warned NOT TO PUT ANY HANDS OUT THE WINDOW OR YOU RISK LOSING THEM. No kidding - wow do vehicles drive close to each other, and fly by super fast. You could reach out and touch the truck next to you.

Arrived at our home for the week, welcomed with a snack of sandwiches. I loved how our contact told everyone - instead of listening to your ipod, take your bible and go off and spend time with God and allow him to work in you.

So I headed outside in hopes of trying to get in a run - that didn't look too promising since the grass is so tall and the ground is super uneven - so instead a group of the boys asked me to come and play soccer with them. The goalie net was made out of wire. :) So off I went with the guys to play some soccer. Aren't you proud of me Tim. :) It didn't take long before a few more girls joined in along with a local. We had to play with one wire net so we played 1/2 field. I love these kids - and to top it off I scored a goal. Hear that Tim!!!! :))))

Well that's about it for now. Here's a few pics from today. This evening is hanging out and relaxing and hopefully getting a good solid night sleep. Up and at it in the morning.

Thanks everyone for your prayers.

We pray that God releases us big time for ministry here and removes anything that can get in our way. Especially ourselves.

The picture of the orange shirts is just part of our team at the airport in Costa Rica.

The guy in the pink shirt is our contact discussing getting our bus through the gate.