First Day on the Job

Our first full day in Cost Rica was full of being immersed in the Costa Rican culture. We started our day out at 7am with a delicious breakfast to give us fuel for the hard work we had ahead of us. At 7:30am we headed to the Abraham Project, and met all of the Costa Rican workers that we will be working with for the rest of the week. Our main goal this week is to finish the courtyard/garden which is central to all of the buildings at the Abraham Project. We were all assigned to various tasks. Some of the tasks included mixing cement for the pathways, ripping out an old brick sidewalk, preparing trenches for PVC pipe, leveling the top soil for sod, relocating a palm tree, mowing, and weed whacking. There are a few girls who are helping out in the day care by doing some crafts and games with the kids. We finished working at around 4pm, and headed back to Franco's to get cleaned up and have dinner. After dinner, we went to church at The Abraham Project for some worship and a short sermon that was all in Spanish. This was difficult for us seniors since we speak very little Spanish, but it was definitely interesting to see how believers in a different culture do things differently than we do. We finished off the day with meeting as a class, and discussing the experiences that we had on our first full day and experiences to come. We are all ready to get some rest for a day full of hard work and new experiences. We appreciate you keeping us in your prayers, and we will continue to post updates on our adventure.