Day 1 - Travel Day


First, thank you so much to all of our friends and family who have helped support us financially and in prayer to make this trip possible. Please continue to be in prayer for our 18 students and 4 chaperones for safety, opportunity, and boldness as we travel about Costa Rica this week working with various ministries.

Day 1–Travel Day

Today we met at VCHS for a time of prayer with our families before we got on the bus to head to the airport! Our flight was about 6 hours with no delays or issues and we landed in Costa Rica around 7 PM. As soon as we made it through customs and walked out of the airport our hosts Ronald and Ricardo were there to meet us and help us load our bags into a truck. While we were waiting for the passenger bus our boys started cranking their Latin tunes and we had a full on dance party at the airport. The party didn’t stop when our driver, Enrique, arrived! He loved our boys’ music so much that we was dancing along with us! After an hour drive to the house we settled in, played a couple games, then ate some dinner—fish, salad, and mashed potatoes. Dinner was followed by our first team meeting where we did a quick devotion then planned for our first clinics tomorrow! We have a game plan going into our day tomorrow, but all of our students are  aware that we are going to be flexible because nothing will go as perfectly as we hope in our heads! Please be praying for our kids tomorrow as they lead PE classes in the morning and a basketball clinic in the afternoon.









Mr. McClain works for SWA, so Macy got to see him before she took off! 

We made it to CR! Pura Vida! 

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