by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog Post
This morning me and 2 other team members did a devotion on how sometimes what we focus on, isn’t what we need to focus on. With this in mind, I was able to think about the devotion throughout my day. So thinking about what was important, and what God wanted, made me...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog Post
Today was our first day of the VBS at our first original church. Personally, I think this day went very well for our team. I felt like the team was really connecting with the kids. I started off the day doing name tags and by 5 minutes till 9 we only had like 5 kids....
by Kaitlin Riffel | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog Post
The Biggest Blessing Hello, my name is Ricardo. I’ve said that a lot these past couple of days. Inviting people and the kids of the different communities in Costa Rica to the VBS events we are having. I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to come on my very first...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog Post
Faith, complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Faith is something our team used today. We had faith in Jesus to get us through this day. Today was a bit crazy to be honest. Don’t get me wrong it was a good kind of crazy. Today was just a little...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog Post
After flying through the night, our team took a bus ride from the airport in San Jose to our host Susan’s home in Boca de Arenal. Along the way we stopped at a beautiful waterfall!
Once we settled in and organized our VBS supplies, we met the sweet pastor of Iglesia...
by Kaitlin Riffel | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog Post
Today is the day! The 2019 Costa Rica team arrived at the Fresno airport at 5:00pm, awaiting our first flight traveling to Phoenix, Arizona. As I am writing this, our team is flying there excited for the adventure ahead. This adventure entails one more 5 hour flight...
