Picture Favorites from Costa Rica

Volcano day

Up at the volcano it was so rainy! But the whole way up it was sunny!

Up at the top part of the volcano.

Look at what we saw on the way up! This was so beautiful.

Chad and I standing next to some of the big leaves on the way up to the volcano Paos. It was raining hard that day, so we donned poncho's and headed up.. unfortunately we didnt see anything but the clouds. I still took a picture of the sign with info about the volcano so I could look it up once we got home.

Kerby told us that Jurassic Park was filmed in Costa Rica! I believe it!

Jason & Kerby's home

Our team had the privalege of being able to visit Jason & Kerby's home. I could ramble, but I will let the pictures explain!

Abraham Project - Fencing

Jay Adington, Ron, Chad, Scottie, and David all worked on repairing the wooden fence around the small play area by the children's homes. Then they started repairing/replacing the warped fence boards that surround the project.

Abraham Project - Phase 2

Phase 2 was my dedicated project all week. Sure, I helped with nails, I smeared spackle, and painted, but I also was blessed to be part of a clean up project in Phase 2. Aldolpho who is the guard for the Abraham Project, his home is at the beginning of Phase 2. His yard was a wreck with years of trash, wood, and weeds. Day one I was given a machete! Oh my are those things sharp! This is the tool they use to cut their grass and weeds, and as I found out later on in the week, to cut down trees!

First, our team dug out all the trash and put it in wheelbarrows and toted it to another dump site. Then we attacked the weeds and the nasty wood pile. Once the lot was cleared, we raked it and prepared it for the new fence.  We dug holes 60 centimeters deep and 9 feet apart. Then we brought up 18 -150 pound concrete posts. We were able to place 5 of these posts this week! Girl power!

Coffee!

The bananna trees are everywhere, fresh mangos at our disposal, and coffee bushes are plentiful! Pastor Ron actually was caught hugging one! Kerby told us that if we picked a red bean off the vine, and squeeze it slightly, there would be a little bit of sweet juice we could taste. It was true.

This is actually the walk way on Phase 2 of the Abraham project where they plan to build a new bridge across a stream and two or three more children's homes, and a place for incoming mission teams to stay.

Abraham Project - Pulling Nails

This is a picture of the woodshed with the finished wood that teams before us have finished pulling nails/staples out.

 Kerby is showing the team the wood that needs to be worked on.

Dr. Boles, Cathy, Betsy, and Julie prepare a bedframe for repair.

We all pulled many nails and staples out of wood planks this week. This is a photo of one nail that the head broke off and I had to go chase it and dig it out of the wood! I was so proud I photographed this little booger!

The Community

These pictures were taken as we drove through the community. The poverty, the trash, the noise, are hard to portray through pictures. There are bars on all the windows, in the hills homes are stacked on top of each other (much like Brazil). In town, there are bars and gates that enclose homes with constantine wire some with electricity running through to keep out intruders.

Abraham Project - Soccer Area

This area of ampitheather seating and dirt soccer floor at the base, is going to be indoor one day. This is behind the community/medical building. On the bottom floor of the building are showers and toilet areas for future athletes to utilize when coming to play games.

What an amazing contribution to this little community! The vision of these people to reach folks in their community for the Lord, is just amazing!