Going Home?
The Last thing that Jesus told his disciples, his friends, his missionaries before He left this earth to go home was …GO and MAKE DISCIPLES… He didn't say go and make great worshipers, or go and make great workers, or go and make great church go'ers. Those are all really good things but what Jesus wanted (s) is DISCIPLES. All of those things and many other great things come out of being a true disciple. Being...
Monday Night Reflections from Costa Rica
It is Monday night and we are all regrouping from spending last night and today in Punta Leona. It was a beautiful place in the rain forest. We saw all kinds of interesting critters, an iguna, an orange squirrel, a weird looking thing in the racoon family, crazy looking birds of all colors, 400 yr old trees… We all got to spend some time in the Pacific Ocean and some of us got a little burnt like my little Carlee, she's...
Sunday Morning in Costa Rica!
Hey everybody in Buffalo I here you got a little snow this weekend, sorry about that not so much here! We are getting ready to load up and to church but thought I would download some experiences that we have had here over the last few days. friday morning we loaded up and left the Villa around 9:30 and headed out to a town about an hour away. We spent the day passing out flyers to the community to invite them back to the church that...
Thursday Night Recap
Morning.Oh man I feel really bad – kinda, it is stinkin' BEAUTIFUL this morning. Should I describe it… sure. Not a cloud in the sky, the temp is around 70, and they have a little pool area so everybody is sitting around having some quiet talk with the Father…priceless. Carlee loves it and I love that I get to see and experience her first interaction with a third world country. Just a little adjustment for us...
We Are Here!
Trip Down Well it finally got under way – the trip at 3:30 we were off to CR via Newark NJ. The flight down was pretty uneventful. Once we landed we went right through customs and got our luggage and onto the SCORE bus and to the Villa. The Villa is very cool, a lot of open air – wood palm trees and such. We had a late night snack and the ladies got al of their Gift Bags ready for the next morning as the Thrive team...