Category: Missions

  • Costa Rica Day 15

    Not much to report about the last day there.  We took off at 1a or so to get to the airport.  5 hour flight to Denver, 5 hour layover (thanks to my aunt for meeting us for lunch), 2 hour flight to St Louis.  Got to STL around 8p, home after…

  • Costa Rica Days 11 & 12

    yesterday we had 2 more ESL classes and they were both really good.  we there were 7 of us ladies in the morning class and we all shared testimonies or stories from our lives.  It was a really sweet time.  Had some really good conversations with the group of ladies…

  • Costa Rica Day 10

    10 days already??  wow! Today we took a drive to San Isidro.  It’s a larger town in the mountains a little ways away from Quepos.  Beautiful drive, cute place.  We ate a nice little cafe for lunch and stopped at a cute little cafe on the way home for coffee…

  • Costa Rica Days 8 & 9

    Yesterday I spent the morning and afternoon with my new friend Holly.  She’s working with an organization called Seeds of Hope.  I’ve mentioned this before, and I still promise to talk about that soon.  Anyway, she needs to develop a video for fundraising, which I was taking photos to help…

  • Costa Rica Days 6 and 7

    Half way through day 7 already, but here’s what we did yesterday… Debbie (we’re staying at her house) hosts   a cooking class on Thursday and we made some chocolate truffle tarts.  So yummy!  We kinda had a relaxing day though.  Yesterday evening we went to a church were the…

  • depression testimony (giving at Costa Rica and thought I’d share here too)

    In the past few years, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis and depression.  For a little over 2 years (mid 2010 through about 2 months ago) I hated my life and my body.  I felt like nothing worked correctly and knowing that in Heaven I’d have a…

  • Costa Rica Day 5

    Super tired, but wanted to check in. Today was a ‘relax’ day.  We went on a catamaran (boat)!  I, who can’t swim and who is afraid of deep water, actually got in the ocean for a little swim!  Well, I had a life-preserver on and held on to a rope…

  • Costa Rica – Dia 4

    The ESL classes last night were fun!  I even told a bunch of stuff about myself in Spanish, ya me!  I know a lot more than I thought 🙂  but still very little. Today we did the last day of the last VBS.  Very poor area, very needy children.  Heartbreaking…