Our Costa Rica Team of 36 Volunteers: Returned to the USA

1/19/08

Returned to the USA

With hugs, tears and promises to return to Costa Rica we have landed on U.S. soil in Dallas, Texas with 3 hours to spare to make our next connections. The Des Moines, IA group made it back around 9 p.m. last night.

I'll post some later today. Sorry I didn't get any messages sent last week.

Part of our hearts are now in Costa Rica.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Just wanted to add that the Cedar Rapids group made it back to Iowa about 8:40 last night to be greated by very very cold temperatures!!! Was a wonderful trip and all will be greatly missed!!!

Lori; January 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM

Background Information

Our work group of 36 volunteers under VIM leader Beverly Nolte will travel to Costa Rica from Jan. 5th through the 18th to help with designated projects. We will be working under the leadership of Charlie Strong who with his wife have established Strong Missions to assist the children of Costa Rica. Charlie is a registered individual volunteer with UMVIM. One of the main focuses will be working with Hogar Vista de Mar (View of the Sea Home), an orphanage housing eighty children ranging in age from infants to 12 years old. Many work projects will be available which will include painting at the orphanage, building a home for a family, renovating a Methodist Church in San Jose, caring for the medical needs of the people, presenting a 5 day Bible School, providing hair cuts and taking part in a children's feeding program.