Our First Few Days

This is our nightly transportation.

On Thursday night we went to our site for the first time which is in the small town of Pacurito. This little town is only a few miles from our hotel. It is the first time (from any of the mission trips) that we only have to travel a few miles (less than 10) to get to our site. On our other campaigns, we had to travel at least an hour’s drive each way. It is very nice to travel only 15 minutes each way each night. I found that we are not as tired and worn out from long daily trips. This is a great blessing. We found out today that we were originally scheduled to be at a mountain top village several miles away, but they were unable to find transportation to get us there every night. So they switched us to this small town. I’m sure God has a reason and a plan for everything.



The town of Pacurito is small neighborhood type village. Because it is one of the poorest areas in Costa Rica, there is a lot of crime. There are gates and bars on everything even around the church. The houses are small one or two bedroom Caribbean type homes, cement block or wood structures with galvanize roofs. They are built close together. There are various fruit trees and exotic plants and bushes growing ramdomly everywhere with chickens and dogs roaming about.






The people of Pacurito who we have met are very genuine and down to earth. They love to smile. Some were a bit shy speaking with us, probably since they don’t know much English, and well, we don’t know much Spanish. The members of the Pacurito church were very happy to meet us and are excited that we are here sharing with them. The Pacurito church is the very first church in Costa Rica and was started in 1903. They have about 20 members.

Here I am with some of my new friends.




This was Sabbath School Service.