Wow !!!! That went fast!!!!

Today was just like all the other days. It was different!!! We got up early and prepared to go to a public school to share with students there. The principal is a member of Carlos's church. She was very eager for us to come and to share with the students our own stories of faith. The school also fed us breakfast, it was delicious. We split into 2 groups and one painted and the other went into the classrooms to meet the students. The first class was a little awkward and only lasted 10 minutes as the bell rang and the class emptied. We went on to 2 other classes with much more success in telling our stories and helping them to hear and understand English. The final class we went to was the music class. There we got to exchange our music talents with each other. Scott and Levi jammed on the guitars and after Scott gave a testimony about how he hears God through music the students put their band together and played a song that they wrote. They were great to listen to and I saw inspiration on their lives. Each of the teachers were very interested in the things of God and wanted their students to connect with Him.

We stopped at a nearby garden that had dozens of sculpted plants. It was raining and our stop was very brief. Then off to "home" for some more rice and beans. Very good by the way. We are getting better at this meal thing. We can eat and clean up in a very short time ......if we want to....hahaha.

On our first day here I met a man named Norman. He is the director of tourism advancment. He gave us a real deal to go on the "Coffee Tour". coffe is the big industry here in Naranjo. Normaly it would cost a group our size about $300 to do the tour he hooked us up for $50 for the whole group plus all the coffee we wanted during the tour. We drank, ate and spelled coffee for 2 hours. Very interesting time. Cathy would have so loved this. Our tour guide was a very nice young man that I actually got to pray with. Lots of open people here in CR. Open to The Lord that is. A big rush to buy coffee ensued with most ending up buying at the local super market.

Again "home" for another meal and fellowship with our host. Very sweet people Carlos and Anita. After supper we packed and sent most of luggage to the YWAM base to make it easier tomorrow for our 5 am departure. Some went to the church to teach balloon twisting and some went shopping for repair parts to fix some stuff we broke in their home. After that time we gathered for probably our last team meeting on this trip, and encouraged each other with sharing and prayer. We made some decision on gifting for our hosts and set forth our plans for tomorrow.

Finally ........The Best News of The Day............I am now a grandfather. What a day
Aiden Carcamo is now fully alive and well. I can't wait to see and hold him.

Blessings from CR, Marcos Mentzer