Pure Vida!!!!

Pura Vida! To the loyal followers of our Adventure here in Costa Rica!
This is Sammy (aka. Adult Leader #5… or something),
Today was filled with lots of activity and new experiences for us. We started our day getting ready (all 16 of us) in our 3 bedroom (1 bathroom) house. Organized Caos is the best way to describe our mornings.. But to round if off we always have an incredible breakfast made by Momma (Anita, our host mom). Soon enough we were off to the Nursing home down the street. We were all pretty nervous, not sure what to expect. Its tough relating to people out here when you cant hold a conversation with them. Its easy to relate with kids even with the language barrier, but it is a whole different story when dealing with adults and senior citizens. Basically the only way to entertain at a Nursing home is to engage in conversation. So God definitely helped us put those fears and nerves aside so we could open up and just love these people. We sang for them, Levi jammed on the guitar-o the whole time, we bought a ton of fruit to cut up and hand out, and we painted the ladies nails. Me and Liz talked to this one lady Regina for most of the time, she told us all about her marriage and her relationship with God. It was neat, she was 97 and still has a lot of life left in her. So it was definitely a cool experience, especially for those who haven’t had the chance to interact with elders like this before.
Our afternoon was set aside for shopping, we went to a Souvenir mall in Sarchi where we found some pretty sweet things for all of you back home 
The end of our day consisted of cleaning the church that Carlos preaches at here in Naranjo. In Costa Rica there buildings are less than air tight, they don’t use insulation and they don’t seal up windows and doors. Needless to say when we sprayed down the church we basically gave the inside a bath as well. We walked in after washing the outside only to find a lake on the floor of the church.. Lesson learned: we need more towels when washing the church here.
Last but not least, we had our devotional/prayer time in the church after we finished cleaning. We sang some songs and then Mark had us do something a little different than we are used to. He anointed us with oil. He prayed a special prayer over each one of us and consecrated us with oil. It was really cool and I feel God is pushing us to be so much more than we are right now.
So keep us all in your prayers as we continue our journey as young Christians in this crazy world! Thank you so much for all your support!
Much Love! Buenos Noches!
-Sammy