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Wow! I cannot believe that I have the honor of writing the last blog of this trip! And I also cannot believe that this trip is already over and our team is back in America. This morning, our team of 24 was in Dallas, Texas and after quite a few hours of travel, we all...

Today was our final day in Costa Rica. We started our morning off with our typical breakfast of what we eat in Costa Rica. Lorinda, Riley, and Eion gave us our devo, and we talked about what it looks like to head back home and how to continue using our gifts and...

Today was our third and final day of our vbs at Boca Baptist. We had a record amount of 191 kids attend our vbs and scrambled as some of the teams ran out of supplies due to the amazing numbers of kids. Mr. Holck and my dad (mr. Riffel) are our van drivers and would...

Hey everyone! Happy Sunday! We hope you had an amazing day all the way from Costa Rica! Today, the team had time to worship, meet with God, and fellowship, as we let Boca Baptist have their usual Sunday service. We arrived at Boca Baptist at 2:00pm today, and I (Eion)...

Today we had an amazing first day of vbs at Boca Baptist. Several vans full of kids just kept coming to the vbs and so many kids were there. All together, there were 175 kids. It was so so cool. We have never had that many kids show up on the first day. Today we...

Greetings from Costa Rica! Today, the team led day 3 of the VBS at El Ferry church. It was a bittersweet morning as we said goodbye to the many friends, new and old, that we’ve made. We had the opportunity to teach the children how God calls us to love everyone. The...

Blessings from Costa Rica! Today was day two of our VBS at El Ferry and God is working in powerful ways. Our team had the opportunity to share and teach about God’s love. From games, to crafts, to Bible story our team was able to serve and love the children at our...

Today was a really cool day! It started out with devotion and quiet time, everyone split up for about an hour and spent time in God’s word, worshiping, praying, or just being quiet. It was a really cool time. When we came back together we talked about what we were...

Una sonrisa es universal. A smile is universal. Today the team went into different communities talking to locals to invite the children & parents for the first day of VBS. Though the majority of the team knows no Spanish, the connection between them & the...

Today was the first day day of vbs and it was so great! This church was called Santa Rosa. When we first got there the kids came and we played with them. I loved hanging out with the kids and trying to speak spanish with them. Soon we went into the main room and did...

Wow. Today was our first day in Costa Rica! After a sleepless night of traveling, our team arrived to San Jose Costa Rica. From there, we took a three hour bus ride to Boca de Arenal. Just after we made it to Susan’s house (our temporary home), we had just enough time...

Today is the day! Our team is heading off to Costa Rica! We will be traveling all of today and will arrive in Costa Rica tomorrow. We are all so excited to get there and start serving God! Since today is our travel day we are heading out of Fresno and on to Phoenix...