Greetings from San Jose, Costa Rica!
We are relaxing after a big day. Most of us woke up very early today since we went to bed early last night. We had all been up around 3-4 am on Saturday morning to make it to the airport for 6 am flights. Fortunately travel was pretty smooth. We arrived at the Seminario Metodista in time for a delicious spaghetti dinner.
We started the day with devotions at 9am and off to church at 9:30. We visited a church (Monte de los Olivos) with a young pastor, Gustavo, who is a recent seminary graduate and student of Will Faircloth, our mission host. The service featured some very enthusiastic singing and dancing, including some songs we knew (We Want to See Jesus Lifted High and Trading My Sorrows), but sung in Spanish of course. The congregation was mostly made up of Nicaraguan immigrants and we especially enjoyed the child who twirled around in the aisles while we sang.
We enjoyed a delicious buffet lunch after a scenic drive up and down the mountain, with stops on the way home at a scenic overlook where we met "Captain Morgan", at least that's what he said his name was. He did take a lovely group photo for us in front of the scenic mountain overlook. We also stopped to visit the ruins of Iglesia Ujarras that was built in the 1500s. This was a popular destination for Costa Ricans as well, not to mention a lots of random dogs. Luckily, we got deals on mangoes, water apples, and tangerines to enjoy later in the day.
Tonite we had dinner at the seminary (our home for the week) and made kits of the crafts. (Portion control is a necessary part of crafts with large numbers of children!) We're relaxing now and one by one drifting to bed, since tomorrow we will be hard at work. Devotions are at 6:30, breakfast is at 7:00, and we depart for the worksite at 7:45.
Dios te bendiga! (God bless you!)
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