It's July???

We've been busy here with a three-week team; this being their first full week here in Costa Rica. It is a children's ministry team and we've been working on the VBS program that we will be doing at the campground for the orphan home kids. Tonight, in between smelling bags of popcorn popping in my microwave, I happened to flip the calendar over (having already missed the first two days of July) with working with the team. That means in 9 days, I will be traveling home to the States with Heather, Kyle & Jordan on July 11th to wait for the arrival of our first grandson, Mr. Liam Scott Towle, provided he cannot wait to meet his Mom & Dad before then! Let me just say right out that "no...I have nothing done towards getting ready to leave Costa Rica for five and a half weeks", but with all that is going on here I am trusting God to carve out some time for me!

First week in review: Team arrived last Saturday afternoon, beginning of the week was spent working on details of the VBS program, learning music in Spanish, tracing and cutting out crafts. Wednesday was the free day (Britt Coffee Tour) and souvenir shopping. The rest of the week was much the same with the exception of Thursday afternoon when we cooked a spaghetti dinner for 95 men at the homeless shelter and took that to San Jose to serve. Three team members gave their testimonies, Kyle & Heather did an awesome job interpreting! The team also performed a drama. I think they were really humbled by the experience and many of the team members said they were taken out of their comfort zones.

Tonight, the small group that Heather heads up of Youth is meeting in our garage and the team has joined in with that meeting tonight. Tomorrow, we will polish the program for next week, and the team will attend the Youth Group meeting in Orosi to perform their drama.

Kind of an update of sorts. Post pictures hopefully over the weekend. Please continue to pray as the Lord opens up doors for this team to minister and for the VBS Program that will run out of the campground for the next two weeks; pray for the orphan kids to hear the word of God, for safety in all the activities, for team members to be stretched and strengthened as we serve Him! Thanks! See some of you soon....in the USA!!! :)