2017 Costa Rica

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Life in Costa Rica

In January of 2017, we helped lead a group of Teens on a Mission Trip to Costa Rica where they would receive training, and then embark on helping the indigenous tribes. Our base camp was a facility called Bucuare Jungle. Here is our accommodations. Some beautiful but rustic cabins for the couples. And agroup bunk house for the boys (across a rickety bridge over the alligators).

Here is a "Costa Rican Shower". Since there is no hot water, they use this contraption to create an electrical short to heat the water just before it gets to you.  

Here is our group

Here is Mark teaching and training the teens.

Outreach to an Indigenous Tribe 

We made a visit to an indigenous tribe. We brought food bags for the families, plus a ton of donated clothes. The teens played music, danced, blew up balloon animals, and played with the kids. This building is their church.

We had to ride in a wagon, which is towed by a tractor, in order to get up the mountain to the tribe.

Some ladies with their children.

The group loved playing balloon sword fights with some of the kids.

The Balloon Animals were a hit with the kids. Here they are lining up to get a balloon animal and balloon sword.

Here are two beautiful kids that hitched a ride with us on the wagon down the mountain.

Here is our group in the wagon on the ride down the mountain.

Here is our group sorting food and organizing food bags for the Indigenous Tribe.

More Sorting for the food give away.

Visiting a Nursing Home

We had a visit to a nursing home in El Bambú, Bri Bri. We talked to the residents, passed out socks, underwear, and had cake and coffee. Later the teens did praise and worship, dance, and puppets for the residents.

These folks like to get outside and enjoy the sunlight & fresh air.

Meet Enrique, the parrot master.

Meet Teo. He loved seeing his face on camera.

Meet Guillermo. He was able to share with us a bit about his life.