And The Ground Shook

Today was a fruitful and restful day. On our way to Jaco, we had the opportunity to stop at one of Costa Rica's national parks and go to the beach for a short period of time. The ocean here is breathtaking. After our ministry time we settled in to our new hotel rooms and headed out to do our final ministry project here, a childrens' festival at one of the local churches.

Many of the people in the village were waiting for us when we arrived at the church. We started the evening with a  quick Bible study, and then continued with face painting and recreational games for the kids. People young and old had such a great time, the team included. It was wonderful to see the faces of the children to whom we were ministering light up with such joy. Even the adults were getting their faces painted. What a way to end our ministry here.

During dinner this evening, God allowed us to experience an earthquake. It measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, and was felt down the entire length of the country. The epicenter was just north of San Jose, which is about 2 hours from where we are staying this evening.

This is the first time many of us have ever experienced an earthquake. For those of you who haven't experienced an earthquake it makes you feel uneasy. Like the ground is going to fall out from under you. Once it is over it feels like the earth is still shaking, I would compare it to having sea legs when you leave a boat or ship you've been on for a few hours and/or days. It definitely threw many of our equilibriums off kilter. The tremors after the quake lasted about an hour.

Tomorrow our work in Costa Rica will come to an end. All week our driver, Alfredo, has faithfully and very patiently been driving us from place to place and taking care of what we''ve needed. He is such a godly man. In the morning, we'll be having our last breakfast at the home of he and his family. Alfredo is truly engrained into our team and each one of us is looking forward to meeting his family and thanking them for allowing him to be with us this week so that we could accomplish the work which God called us to do during our stay here.

After breakfast, we''ll head to the airport. Our flight leaves at 3:05 p.m. Atlanta time. Please pray for travel mercies and continued team unity, that our luggage will arrive in Atlanta with us, and that God will speak clearly to each team member about the path He'll wants us to take next. Also, please continue to pray for our Costa Rican friends and that God will bring great revival in this land.