(This post should have been up prior to the previous post. For some reason, it didn't show up so I'm posting it again so that the previous post makes a little more sense! GJ)
I'm in San Jose, Costa Rica on a mission trip with a team of 12 from our church.
Everything is going great so far. We've been really busy. We are already exhausted. We had a little down time this afternoon. Friday night we had orientation at the missionary house, unloaded, and got settled. Went out to eat at a typical Tico restaurant. Saturday AM we went to a July 4 celebration for Gringos. Phil Jones, our host missionary who is also a band leader/singer, was one of the featured singers so we went to support him. There were between 5000-10,000 people there.
Saturday afternoon we gave away over 650 articles of clothing in the precario (a 3 acre shanty town with 1600+ Nicauraguan refugees) where we are serving this week. Last night we went to Walkers of the Covenant Church in Alajuela. My son, Cliff, sang a couple of solos. He did a great job. I preached and Pedro did a wonderful job translating for me.
This morning we started with a Men's Breakfast at 8. Then church services in the precario at 10. Cliff accompanied Phil during praise and worship. I shared a brief message. After church, we grilled about 500 hotdogs for the people of the precario. We came home and grilled hamburgers for lunch. We've had some down time this afternoon and prep time for tomorrow. Tonight, after dinner we'll have some more devotional time and sharing.
Our folks have been super. God has already used this experience to move in their lives. I look forward to our team time tonight to hear how God is speaking to our team.
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