Day 3: First Day at School

Today was the first day at  Hogar Escuela. We started the day off by teaching the kids inVBS. We split up into four stations, skits, arts and crafts, games, and music. Each age group of kids rotated to each station. After we ate a traditional Costa Rican meal with lots of fresh fruits. After lunch we started our work projects. Including Sanding the outer wall, digging a ditch for a drain, and painting the front gate.  Many of the girls helped Alison with the arts and crafts for VBS and played with the kids on the play ground.  We took a break and walked to a delicious bakery down the street and got yummy Costa Rican treats.

Overall, the school was different than everyone expected it to be. The inside of the school was not modernized but it was very well maintained. We were all expecting a run down, poverty stricken school; instead what we got was a colorful, multi-personal environment that had been especially made to welcome the children of the surrounding neighborhood. The team is bonding and learning how to except changes that we have recently encountered in our mission.  Through this mission trip, our two churches have truly become one body of christ as we become the hands and feet of God. For a majority of the team, the children are serving as the light of Jesus. They are thankful for everything they receive, for which they give back twice as much.

Tomorrow we plan on starting the day with VBS, to be followed by continuing our renovations to the school and starting new projects to further that cause. Keep the children of Hogar Escuela and us in your prayers. Pura Vida!!