Chad Lee:
When you go on a trip of this nature there is are a couple of things that you come to expect to happen; First and foremost a work from God, second is for God to reveal himself to you, and cold showers. Now the first and the third have occurred many times but some of the things that God has revealed to me are what I will take away from this trip.
About the second night of our trip we were invited to come to a night service of a church that we were working with the next day and it was there that I had one of those wonderful moments with God that he decides I needed to be broken down to be build up again. To be honest when I started out on this trip I was scared out of my mind and had no idea how I was going to handle this new culture and a language that I could not speak.
So here we are sitting in the evening service during a time of worship, I tried to be polite by clapping my hands and swaying side to side a little doing the best I could not show my fear. Towards the end of worship it was time for our group to get into place because we were next to go up. Right there in that moment is when the Holy Spirit began to work on me so much the next thing I knew I had thrown myself on the altar of this church that moments before scared the crap out of me. And for me when I get to have these moments with God I am nothing but a blubbering baby but that is what was need to for me to see what God was trying to show me.
Basically God wanted me to see that everything is just as real in Costa Rica as it is in Springfield, Mo. The way that we connect with God in worship is the same. The way that he shows us his love is the same. God wanted me to see that he is the same no matter where you live or what language you speak. When he wants to be with his people you better be ready for big things to happen.
Bergen Oleson:
My favorite memory in Costa Rica is when Krista & I picked up a tambourine to use during worship … our hands started to hurt but it was worth it.
Victoria Hylton:
My favorite memory is when the pastor called all the kids from the church to the front for prayer and our team went up to pray for them. The pastor gave us a liquid for our hands that looked like germ-x. After we rubbed it all over our hands, little did we know...it was anointing oil! Talk about embarrassing...but SOOOO funny lol :)
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