Sunday - a day of rest and preparation

This morning we awoke early, ate breakfast, had personal devotions and fellowship, then headed for church at 10:00. We enjoyed worshiping in a sister church. All of the service was in Spanish until the sermon, and they had an excellent teenage interpreter help us understand the message. It was a great morning with our Costa Rican brothers and sisters.

We were treated to Brazilian pizza after church. It was delicious, and our group had some great fellowship. We enjoyed the afternoon off in town, then returned to dinner.

The evening was fantastic. Our team looked like elves on Christmas eve. There was much to do in preparing the medications for the first day of clinic--pouring up elixirs, labeling bottles, repacking all the medicines, etc. Take a look at the photo album to see the group in action.

The construction people are ready to start work at 7:00 in the morning. They have carefully surveyed their project (see photos of the work done so far on the missionary apartment). The leader of Score International Costa Rica shared with us the awesome things God has done in the last nine years in Score's ministry in Costa Rica. It made us feel a part of some incredible things.

The medical and evangelism teams leave at 7:30 for their destination. The clinic will be located in a highly populated area that is made up of 80% Nicaraguan refugees. Please pray that God will use our team in a tremendous way. We hope to meet a lot of physical needs, but our "primary directive" is to meet spiritual needs--to give them the cure that lasts for eternity. We are teamed up with local churches and SCORE International missionaries to insure that the gospel is clearly proclaimed to these wonderful people. Please PRAY that God will do mighty things this week.

Scott Mitcham and Walt Meadors led our group devotions in the last two nights. God is certainly leading our devotional leaders in selecting what we need to hear. I am thankful for those that are leading our devotions this week.

We are praying that God will not only do wonderful things in the lives of the people we meet, but that He will also do great things in the lives of our team members. I look forward to sharing more with you tomorrow.