My squad had spent the last 2ish months living in San José, Costa Rica. We live walking distance from Walmart, Quiznos, McDonalds, and Starbucks. It’s the polar opposite of Ethiopia!
My whole squad lives in a house. My team has our own room and it’s so fun!
We got to San José on April 13th, and for that first week, our ministry was a little wacky. Because we arrived on Holy Week, all our ministries were closed. So we did ATL (Ask The Lord) most afternoons.
We spent Easter at the beach. We did worship and my squadmates shared messages, we did a Easter egg hunt, and one of my teammates got baptized.
On the 23rd, my team, team Raw, and team Covenant left to Talamanca for 5 days. Talamanca is in the jungle. It was a really cool week! Our three teams were in charge of 3 church services, and a men’s, women’s, and children’s night. We did a little bit of manual labor and did a few house visits. We’d hike a little ways into the jungle to see people. We also hiked to get to a waterfall! There ended up not being a waterfall, but it was still really fun! We jumped off of rocks into a pool of water, and there was a natural water slide in the rock!
When we got back to San José, we started our regular ministry. My team’s ministry is to play with and teach kids. They come before and/or after school to eat, and while they’re there, we spend time with them. Before we leave, we do some sweeping and mopping. The kids often say “cabillito” to request a piggy back ride. They also love it when we serve as a human catapult and swing them through our legs. During our bus rides, we enjoy the company of our super and really funny bus driver. And two times within this last week that we’ve been driving home from ministry, he’s stopped so we can buy 17 cent chocolate bananas!
When we get home, we eat lunch. After that, we nap, go to coffee shops, go and talk to people, write notes for people on our squad, etc.
We eat dinner around 6, and then, depending on the day, we do worship anywhere from 7-8. We made a squad goal to have everyone share their testimonies before the end of the race, so we’ve been trying share two testimonies every week night.
Fun Fact: On the 20th, team Kaleo on my squad hosted Homecoming. It was themed 90’s & early 2000’s. We had a lip syncing competition, and played fishbowl! It was so fun!
Our last ministry before the end of race is tomorrow, which is crazy! Then we have a day to deep clean our house, take 5 days to debrief, and then we all go home. It’s mind blowing!
For the next portion of time after the end of the race, I’ll be going home. I’m not sure what will be my next step after that.
Thank you all so much for reading and supporting me! I can’t believe that it’s almost over.
•For 6 days in June, the Racers have an opportunity to come back to Gainesville, Georgia to the Base for Project Searchlight. We will have sessions about how to readjust to life at home and encouraging us to continue living out what we learned.
I have to pay for the majority of my flights, both home from the field, and to and from Project Searchlight. From my research so far, it looks like it will be around $1,100. If you’d like donate towards that, email my dad at:
*Don’t donate on my blog, because it won’t go to me:)•
