Today we had slightly better working weather as we broke down pallets to reuse the lumber to help build more structures around the facility. We also prepped some walls in the daycare building by washing and taping up for painting to be done.
Ready to work
Breaking apart pallets and removing nails.
lunch time in the cafeteria
Awaiting the bus in the lobby tohead out to work
Guide Dustin Woida and his wife Paola(also a guide which joined our team for a brief time). We had to say goodbye to “Pow” (her nickname) due to her having another team arrive today.
Hey everybody! Mr. Markey was so kind as to allow me to send a message home to y’all, so here I am! Costa Rica is pretty epic. I’m so glad we came. I can’t eat most of the food here, but the people are accomadating, and I have been very well fed. Two nights ago I sprained my ankle, and for two days I’ve been on crutches, but tonight I started walking around again, albeit with a limp. Yay God! Tomorrow I get to hang out with kids ages 3-9 and help teach them English, so I’m pretty pumped about that.
A shout out goes to the 7th grade class (and to Kafran). I hope you guys have been using my gift! Kindness cannot be underestimated, and I am really reminded of that here. People have every oportunity to say mean things, or to make fun, or to just me mean. The cool thing is that they don’t do the mean things that tear people apart! They are so kind, and they just seem happy. God is working through them and doing amazing things. I just hope you guys aren’t forgetting kindness. Make me proud, homies, and fight the good fight.
-Luke
Hey Everyone! Hola hola.
So far I’ve been having a great experience living in Costa Rica. Today we ate a delicious breakfast and headed down to the Abraham Project to serve God and the missionaries. On our bus rides, it is impossible for me to sleep or close my eyes because there’s so much scenery for me to take in. The ride is usually pretty long though. When we got there, we took nails out of as many wood blocks as possible. But THEN it started to rain. We had to stop what we were doing and go indoors for other work. We washed the dirty walls in the school area of the orphanage so that they could be painted later.
There was a little niño (boy) who had a mini conversation with me as I was working in the hallway. He was so cute and I was touched that he tried to speak in English to me. He was pretty good for his age. ❤ Anyway, then we had a break and ate lunch in the cafeteria. Our food was so spectacular.. haha I love the cook who works hard to give our team a yummy meal! It was rice, juicy chicken, mashed potatoes, and salad. P: After that, it was USA vs. Costa Rica in a soccer game outside. Then we worked on getting nails out of the wood again and finally ended our work by 3:00ish.
When we got back to the hotel, I went swimming with a few people (even though the weather was cool and drizzly outside). After that, we drove out to a restaurant and ate dinner. I’ve noticed that every meal is served with a juice in the beginning and a little dessert at the end. So the same thing happened with tonight’s dinner. 😉 I think everyone enjoyed their meal. Later, in the hotel lobby, a few people and I had a coffee party and hung out for a while. Then we had devotions. After that I was too tired to do anything else, so I went to sleep in my cozy bed. Buenos noches! ZZZzzz
PS- a special shout out to the 5th and 6th grade class: thanks so much for praying for me. You guys are the best. ❤ I’m really enjoying my time down here! 🙂
another PS- Happy belated birthday to Mom!! love you bebe. I hope you had a fun-filled day with mucho pampering. ;D
Erica Scheidt
Our day began with a wonderful breakfast and then we headed to the Abraham project site. Our eyes and hearts were opened wide as we were given a tour by Kirby who is the female you see speaking with us on the soccer bleecher steps. After the tour, we donned sunscreen and put on our gloves and got down to business. One group of students moved dirt, one group worked to dig earth away so that a brick/concrete slab could be laid, and another group got the fun exciting job of clearing out a septic gutter, meanwhile our disabled member stripped paint and sanded a coffe table. You want to guess which job I got? I’ll just say that all of us enjoyed a shower upon returning home! We also got to eat with the local volunteers and workers which was a real blessing. Then it was “Game On” as the local work crew invited us to play soccer. We tried to do more work, but the local weather (rainy season) had other plans as a rain deluge ensued and cut our work day short. We now look even more toward going back tomorrow and cannot wait to dig in again (literally). Thanks for all your prayers and support and know that God should be given all the glory for this wonderful work. Hasta luego!
Brett Markey
Evening Devos
Having fun playing a card game
Some sweet tooths at a Costa Rican chocalate store…Yes Mrs. Good that is your husband buying some so you should be getting some when he returns!
Mrs. Lauson possessed to eat more…actually just looking possessed!
We revoked their man cards!
Here are just a few of the areas of the Abraham project. The bleechers to the soccer field, playground under roof due to rainy season, living quarters for many children in what we would call foster care.
Red rooves and bars on every window and door-typical.
Jared lost his first pair of glasses and had to go for his second pair
Hola de Costa Rica! Hello to my friends and family back home, and a special hello to the 4th grade class! I have been having so much fun here! There are so many fun things to do here; swimming next to a waterfall, ziplining, relaxing in hot springs, and getting to work alongside of Costa Ricans at the Abraham Project. Its amazing to see how God is working here. Seeing how God can unify people from different nationalities, and move people to accomplish things, even when it seems the odds are against them was truly a blessing to me as I cleared out a sewage ditch today. I hope everything is going ok back home, please continue to keep us in your prayers as we do have 3 more filled days ahead of us, pray that we may do God’s work here for the people and that we may grow in our spiritual maturity.
~Austin Weaver
LC Senior Go! 