by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog Post
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...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog Post
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...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog Post
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...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 5, 2020 | Blog Post
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)...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 4, 2020 | Blog Post
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...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 3, 2020 | Blog Post
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...