In Progress...

Today we actually got into the work part of the trip. we went to a mission that a pastor uses for children's ministry and such. They split us into two groups. The first group of five of us cleaned the mission. We washed the floors and cleaned the bathrooms inside. We also scrubbed the outside walls. Manuel (a man from the SCORE Villa) took us over to work with Pastor Gabriel and some other people. We also had some great discussion with Manuel afterwards. He has been in Guatemala and Argentina as well as Costa Rica and it was very interesting to hear the differences between them. I have to say that the way we cleaned was very different than the way we do it at home. To mop the floors, we actually just sprayed the floors and then swept them. The other group went and sorted recyclables. So that was our morning!
Hasta Luego,
Kaylin

Greetings Calvary Monument family and assorted other persons. So far things have gone amazingly. Today we went out in the the villages for our first immursion into the actual Costa Rica culture. When we arrived at the village, and we got split into two groups. Unlike Kaylin, i was on the other team, the one that went and sorted the recyclables. At first I kinda looked at it and thought, "we've traveled this far to come and sort Costa Rican garbage?" But then I thought about it, and I remembered that Jeff had told us. He said we should be F.A.T. (Flexible, Avalilable, and Teachable), and I thought about it this way, "if this is what they want us to do, then that's what we'll, and I personally will do it to the best of my ability because that is what God calls me to do." So long story short, all I needed to do is change my mindset into one of service. I have a feeling this isn't the only lesson God wants to teach me, but I think I'm ready to learn the rest.

In Christ,

Jon Gouge

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