Hello all,

I just finished up spending time with 4 of the 5 mission trips that came through this summer. What a humbling experience. I got to see up close the faces of 75 adults, young adults and youth who made a decision to take time from their summer vacations and help minister in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The settings ranged from the dumps and barrios of Diriamba to the jungle of the Sarapiqui. I saw one young woman reward a group of youngsters who had memorized some bible versus with medals she had gotten over the past half dozen years for her excellence in soccer. She gave them all away with a huge smile on her face. All that hard earned hardware given away with such joy. I know I couldn't have done that.