Saturday -
We were able to go help Glen, a man involved with Pastor Paul's church in San Jose, break ground on an auditorium for a new Christian camp site near Jaco. We dug trenches and holes for about 6 hours so that they could pour in the cement for the foundation of the worship amphitheater stage. We couldn't really move after that work, so we then traveled down to the beach and spent a couple hours taking in the beauty of God's creation and body surfing on the huge waves! It was a great time of working together and team bonding between the 9 of us that will be serving together for the next week!
Sunday -
This morning we attended church at Pastor Paul's church, International Baptist Church. Philip DePrang was able to address the congregation in both of their services to tell them about why we are here and what a blessing it is to partner with such great people at IBC. We (the camp team: Casey Clark, Philip DePrang, Pastor Morris, Ryan Jackson, Michael and Samantha Jasch, Gabby Ortiz, and Brad and Logan Rector) then went to the Youth Sunday School class and met some of the kids who will be going to camp with us this week. It was strange to see the first service more full than the second service, but then we remembered that there was some sort of important "futbol" game going on, and we were able to watch it over lunch at a local restaurant in San Jose.
Today was the calm before the storm of camp begins in about 8 hours. We covet your prayers for strength, endurance, and protection as we try our best to teach the kids about faith, and what faith is, and how we must act in faith as followers of Christ. We miss you all and will update you about how camp was when we return on Thursday night! Pura Vida!
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