It’s official. I am on the World Race!
This blog will serve as an incredibly brief overview of the journey so far. If you have questions that I do not address feel free to comment with those or email me directly and I will respond as I am able.
X-Squad left the Atlanta airport at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, September 9 and flew to San Jose, Costa Rica.
A few teams left to go to their ministry from the airport but the rest (I think 5?) went to a local church where we stayed the night. In the morning our hosts prepared a wonderful breakfast for us and after we had eaten we packed up and slowly dispersed to go to our various ministries for the month.
Team Bioluminescence (my team!) was picked up by Seth Sears, our ministry contact for the month, and we were treated to lunch at his home with his family. After a fun afternoon of food and fellowship Seth took us to the ministry where we would be working and staying this month. If you would like to know more about Give Dignity you can read my previous blog post here.
We quickly jumped in to help however we could and several of us joined a weekly prayer meeting while a few went with Seth to get groceries. We then proceeded to make and enjoy our first team meal on the Race. Rice and beans are going to serve us very well I think.
Even though we have a building to sleep in we decided to set up our tents for some extra privacy and protection from mosquitoes so we got on that after dinner. We decided it was a pretty successful first day on the Race and in Costa Rica so we headed to bed shortly after our tents were up.
The days since our first have consisted of many things. Morning stretching has been almost as common as the afternoon rain showers. We have toured La Carpio, we have taken the bus into San Jose, we have met locals, played with children, moved piles of dirt, cleaned up building scraps, prepared and eaten our own meals, woken up early to the sound of our neighboring rooster (we named him Alfred Foghorn), we have taken bucket showers, done laundry by hand and hung it to dry, and we have thrown knives.
We were also able to celebrate Costa Rican Independence Day (it’s not as much fun as the 4th of July shenanigans we have in the States) with a parade in San Jose on Tuesday.
On Thursday we took a bus to Jaco (where we are now) to visit two of our other teams for the weekend and get some surfing in while we are here. This afternoon we will get on a bus to go back to La Carpio and resume ministry duties.
But first we had to make sure we saw a Pacific Ocean sunset.
Much more has happened than what I was able to write here but I hope you have a small glimpse into what our lives have looked like for just over a week now. I’m so thankful for all of you who have supported me to this point and I can’t wait to update you with more stories.
Please continue to keep me in your prayers as I am ministering with my team. And, as I said above, if you have questions please ask them.
I am so thankful for the support from all of you. It truly means so much to me.
Until next time.
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