What a great day! All of my flights went well and I arrived safely! Praise the Lord! Only a few things during the flight from Miami to San Jose were interesting. The pilot announced that everyone needed to take their seats immediately and seemed a little panicked but nothing ever happened, as we started to land in San Jose we circled around one of the volcanoes! Super cool! Wish I would have gotten a picture. Then as we go to land, it looks like we are going to land in the middle of a field!! But thankful no, there was actually a runway. What an exciting flight!
Once landed Dan and his oldest son Luke (5 years old) picked me up and took me out to eat dinner. I had a chicken ciabatta sandwich with the BEST avocados! So good! After dinner we drove to Alajuelita, passing the richest and poorest parts of Costa Rica. Its crazy that they are a block away from each other! Once arriving to a neighborhood where several of the staff live, Dan and I joined their weekly team small group. We will be studying 1 Corinthians the next couple of weeks. Im sure I will enjoy the small group time since Ill be missing my lifegroup so much.
After getting to meet everyone and get to know a few of the staff, we arrived at my new home. Casa Azul-6:8 Ministries Team House. I have only seen a little bit of it but so far it seems to be pretty different from any of our homes in the states! First of all the house isnt completely closed off. In front room, the outer wall doesnt go all the way to the ceiling! There are bars there but it is open to the outside. No A/C but thankfully we have a giant fan in our room. I am rooming with another intern Chaz. We have a lot in common and Im sure we will get along great! Our room is super tiny, only 2 sets of bunk beds and 2 shelfs that we squeezed in will fit. But no big deal.. I doubt we spend too much time in here anyways.
Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day and I am exhausted! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!
Thank you Lord for everything you do. You are constantly showing me how good you are. Thank you Lord for bring me to Costa Rica and for working through me. I can not even describe how blessed I feel to have you using me for Your glory! Thank you Lord for opening my eyes and I pray you continue to show me your grace, mercy and love. I pray you open up the hearts of the people we will be trying to reach. I have heard so many great stories of transformations already and I know there are many many more come. Thank you Lord for all of your many wonders. This place is beautiful, but I know a lot of people are hurting. I pray for your healing Lord. Please pour down onto these people and open their hearts to fall in love with You! Please bless this team and please continue to break my heart for what breaks Yours. Amen.
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