work crew

I hit the ground running in Costa Rica! Two days after returning to the country I left to serve as part of the Work Crew at Vida Joven camp! Vida Joven is the local YL ministry...local Tico leaders leading Tico kids in the various neighborhoods around the country.

It's the middle of summer here, weird, but it means local kids are out of school and the summer camping season is in full swing! I had the best time at camp and it was so incredible to work alongside other young adults who are lights for Jesus in their communities! We washed dishes, prepared meals, cleaned bathrooms, and helped execute programmed events. It was 4 days straight of Spanish, which was exhausting but great!

The 4 day camp was another way I was able to experience the grandness of the Kingdom of God. That it's huge! That He is Lord of all the nations and relates individually to all people.

Hardest working Work Crew I ever did see!  But seriously, they were the best!

My teammates and I participating in “Pleito de Pelos”!  That’s Spanish for hair
fight if you’re wondering...But basically, it’s a big, surprise, water fight for the campers!!
(Here, they call misty-rain “pelo de gato” or “cat hair”, hence the hair-fight/water-fight
translation.)  We got SOAKED but it was so fun!!