Our Costa Rica Team of 36 Volunteers: Riding in Style

1/7/08

Riding in Style

This doesn´t really show how all are taking a little siesta after a morning of painting, digging, removing nails, hauling rock, welding - name it and we were doing it. Picture doesn´t show the whole team.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Nice bus! I'm sure you deserved the "rest" after a long day of construction work. Hope everything is going well for all of you, and know you are having wonderful experiences and making memories. Looking forward to hearing all about these things when you return. I'm sure you aren't missing the cold weather of Iowa. God Bless you in this task, and be with you on your journey. Missing you.(!) JMH; January 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM

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.