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This is Terri Sauder. Today we arrived at a church in the morning, all dressed up and ready to do some ministry! Then we got to clean! Haha it was pretty much awesome… separating recycled stuff in a dress! Got to love that! So we did that for a while and it was fun! They have this one type of milk (milk here is in small card board boxes like juice boxes but a lot bigger) that apparently a lot of people drank because we had our own separation just for that brand of milk! We met two ladies, one was named Elizabeth and they are paid to separate recycling from the government. Then we came back to the villa and ate lunch. The food is amazing! So that is a huge blessing! Then we went back to the same church. Next to the church is a public school. When we came we had no clue how things would go, but in the end they worked out really really well! So praise God for that! When we got there they were having recess so we gave out our tracks and brought out the soccer balls. Then it started to pour. Every day it rains here for like a couple hours. Then after our program we did a service project by sweeping, mopping and picking up trash all around the place. Then we when we were suppose to be leaving, some of us were still picking up trash out of the gutters in the rain. As I was the bell rang and all the kids came out of their class rooms. They were all wondering why we were picking up the trash in the rain. Then a kid talked to me in Spanish and I said si, not understanding what he said and then he started helping us pick up trash in the mud in the rain! I just thought that was the coolest thing! God is teaching me a lot! I’ll fill ya in, in the next blog! Lots of Love, in Christ Terri Sauder


Hey Ya’ll Greetings from Costa Rica!!!
So currently we are staying at a seminary place that is about ten minutes from the actual villa of Score, because there are so many groups. On Friday we are suppose to go to the villa and stay there for the rest of the time. So I know you all have heard a lot about our day so far but in the afternoon we did a program at the school we went to and we had only about a half an hour. The pastor of the church that we worked with told us that we had to really wait on the principal and see what mood he is in order for us go into the school. But in reality he didn’t really let us just do our ministry stuff he let us because we said we would clean which was cool too. But the school is different because it is set up as class rooms that are open to the out side with an interesting gutter system. Back to the program, it was really interesting we got to do two of our skits and sing songs and Katie Ewing and Jordan Schaeffer gave their testimonies. We ministered to a lot of younger kids so we had their full attention for only a short time but I think the message was plainly spoken out, so I think they understood, so only God knows if seeds were planted or watered but I’m sure they were. I have definitely been opened to the culture down here and just wish I knew more Spanish...I mean I took two years in high school so I know basic things but not enough to carry and full conversation. When we were sorting trash this morning for recycling we really didn’t have a translator it was basically here walk down the street and sort the trash, it was hard in the beginning but we made it through! The seminary that we are staying at is bigger than the villa and has an amazing view of mountains that surround our complex so that is really cool to wake up too!! Well I have to go but tune in next time to blog with Katie!!!

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