Friday, March 03, 2006
Entry #2: Kara Shelly
Journal Entry 2: Kara Shelly
March 3rd, 2006
After finally getting to bed at approximately 2 A.M. we all slept fitfully
until around 7:30 when Peder, Jared, and I woke up and headed off to the
World Vision headquarters to have a meeting and receive our donations. Kevin
Cook, at the Regional headquarters for World Vision, gave us a wonderful
tour of the offices, and then explained the procedure for documenting the
administration of all the donations. Following the meeting was a brief photo
session where we checked the boxes of donations which were filled with
school supplies, shirts, shorts, and shoes. Peder, Jared, and I then
returned to the guesthouse as everyone was waking up and showering.
Before starting our journey to Sixaola the team stopped at Burger King for
lunch. It is interesting that fast food is mostly the same all over the
world - well with minor adjustments. We then piled into our bus for our 6 hour
drive to Sixaola. The trip was comprised of enjoying Costa Rica's beautiful
flora, napping, reading, some dancing, and much sillyness. We arrived in
Sixaola after dark and hauled our luggage up to the Gonzalez's home which is
attached to the church.
We then enjoyed an evening of fellowship with the church "Templo Bautista
de Sixaola". The congregation was very warm and immediately made us feel at
home, even as many of us struggled to converse in our broken Spanish. We
enjoyed a delicious dinner of chicken, rice, beans and fried plantains which
was prepared for us by two ladies of the church, Patricia and Clara. After
setting up our mosquito nets we fell into bed exhausted and excited at the
prospects of the week that lay before us.
March 3rd, 2006
After finally getting to bed at approximately 2 A.M. we all slept fitfully
until around 7:30 when Peder, Jared, and I woke up and headed off to the
World Vision headquarters to have a meeting and receive our donations. Kevin
Cook, at the Regional headquarters for World Vision, gave us a wonderful
tour of the offices, and then explained the procedure for documenting the
administration of all the donations. Following the meeting was a brief photo
session where we checked the boxes of donations which were filled with
school supplies, shirts, shorts, and shoes. Peder, Jared, and I then
returned to the guesthouse as everyone was waking up and showering.
Before starting our journey to Sixaola the team stopped at Burger King for
lunch. It is interesting that fast food is mostly the same all over the
world - well with minor adjustments. We then piled into our bus for our 6 hour
drive to Sixaola. The trip was comprised of enjoying Costa Rica's beautiful
flora, napping, reading, some dancing, and much sillyness. We arrived in
Sixaola after dark and hauled our luggage up to the Gonzalez's home which is
attached to the church.
We then enjoyed an evening of fellowship with the church "Templo Bautista
de Sixaola". The congregation was very warm and immediately made us feel at
home, even as many of us struggled to converse in our broken Spanish. We
enjoyed a delicious dinner of chicken, rice, beans and fried plantains which
was prepared for us by two ladies of the church, Patricia and Clara. After
setting up our mosquito nets we fell into bed exhausted and excited at the
prospects of the week that lay before us.
# posted by M.A.P. @ 11:27 PM 
