Our Last Day
By Adam Chittenden Unfortunately, today was our last day of serving the people of Costa Rica. Yesterday we hit the beach for the “fun day”, and the only thing I could think about was being back at La...
View ArticleChurch – Sunday December 29th
After a much needed morning of sleeping in after 24 hours of travel, we headed to La Finca (which serves as the hub for Iglesia Nueva Vida Los Guido and many of the Christian Light Foundation’s...
View ArticlePaint, Cement, and Bulls – Monday, December 29th
After a good night’s sleep, our team set out for La Finca, the church property, to do some work projects. We were given the opportunity to help Mark, the local missionary, and his team of youth...
View ArticleWork, Play, and Comida – Tuesday, December 30th
It was another day of work for our team at La Finca today. Thankfully, we were blessed with a breezy, cloudy day, making the work a little easier. We continued making improvements to the church...
View ArticleDancing and the Gospel in the Slums – Wednesday December 31
Today was more extraordinary than most. We set out to la finca to pick up the youth leaders and then endured a very bumpy bus ride to a poverty stricken community in los Guido. We rolled up with...
View ArticleVBS Day 2 – Thursday, January 1st
If you were to look at Costa Rica from a distance, you would see lush mountain scenery and mostly rundown shacks serving as people’s homes. What you can’t see is the people, which is the heart and...
View ArticleFood Bags in the Slums – Friday, January 2nd
Today was quite an eye-opening day. Last night, we packed 80 bags of food to deliver to the people of the Los Guido slums. This morning, we headed out early and started delivering the bags right away....
View ArticleEverything Has Beauty – January 3rd
A 4:15 a.m. departure is no joke after a week laden with a constant work schedule of ministry, but our team was ready to see the natural beauty of Costa Rica. So with sleep in our eyes, we set off to...
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