I guess I never expected this to happen month 3. I assumed it would come at some point, but not this early. I knew that’s what the race is about, you fall in love with places and then you leave. And then you fall in love again and then you leave again. Maybe month 8 or 9 or 11? But this is stupid, why would I put god in a box where I decide in what places I want to leave my heart?
Anyways it’s month 3, we’re in Jaco Costa Rica and I never ever want to leave this place. I wasn’t even sure if I should really write this because as you probably know, Jaco is a beach town. Who would not want to leave a beach town, duh? Let me tell you: yes, learning how to surf has been a lifelong dream of mine. Watching the most beautiful sunsets on the beach makes me feel more alive than hardly anything else. Living this beach lifestyle where you basically wear your swimming suit everywhere, being marked by the sun and even swallowing so much saltwater you just want to throw up; it all adds up, yes I wouldn’t want to miss those memories. But let me tell you also, that’s by far not the only reason. I love the ocean and the beach but there is one more very important fact that would make a foreign place like this home. And that’s the people. The community. In these past four weeks I have had the chance to get to know some of the most amazing people I have ever met. I have loved and felt loved in a way that leaves me speechless. I have been part of a community that feels like family. The stories that are written here are beautiful, when I see Jaco I see god’s work. When I hear these stories I hear god’s voice telling me that he’s able to make beautiful things out of dust. This place makes me feel like no other place ever made me feel. I don’t know why. It just is. There is something beautiful about leaving your heart somewhere. But it also hurts. Right now i don’t want to say goodbye. I don’t want to leave this place. I don’t want to go on a 14 hour bus ride across two countries and start all over again. I’m just not motivated doing it right now. I’m being very honest. And I know these emotions will change eventually but right now that’s where I’m at.
Alright but enough of that, I hope it sounds worse than it actually is. I still want to tell you very quickly what our month has looked like. We lived at the christian surfers property about 10 Minutes from the beach. One part of our ministry was to make a video and writeup for the different ministires that are in town. I have never made videos before but I had so much fun doing it and learning new skills! So that was a big part of our work. We also worked with kids and thaught sunday school and just in general helped out where help was needed. We also got invited to a lot of peoples houses that were usually at some beautiful place on the beach and had a pool. They would always make us delicious food and we just had the chance to relax. At first I was feeling bad because it’s officially ministry time but then our host (who by the way is pretty awesome) said something like ‚this is ministry because you are allwowing other people to bless you’ I never thought about it this way but it’s true. So that’s a really short summary of our month. It has been amazing, I’m thankful that I was right here right at this time.
Jaco Beach
