Culture Day

Today our day started with a wake up call to see an active volcano, Volcan Turrialba (see pictures below). It was pretty amazing to wake up to see a volcano smoking like that right off the back of the campus. We had another great breakfast cooked by Jamie, and then headed off to experience our culture day. Steve wanted us to spend the day like we were missionaries just starting out in a new country, new to the language and challenge to get around town.

To fully experience being in a new to a culture, we skipped the luxury of jumping in the car and heading off to church. Rather, we started out by walking a mile down the hill from the campus to catch a bus. After a long ride we made it to church, a little late but we made it! We then experience a great Costa Rican worship service. It was a challenge to understand the message without a translator (again, part of Steve’s master plan), but we were able to read along with the passage the pastor was teaching from. We were all amazed at how much passion the pastor had in giving his message as well as how warm we were welcomed by the congregation. After Church we went to Lunch at a local restaurant then headed to Britt coffee followed by a trip to San Jose. The weather was great today, it barely rained and we actually saw some blue skies. It was great experience to the local culture of Costa Rica, especially through the eyes of what it would be like to be a missionary in a new country. It was also great to have a day for our bodies to rest after a hard day of work on Saturday.

Tomorrow it’s back to work…

Paul