So today was our first day of ministry in Cariari. We headed to the church to meet with the pastor and have breakfast with his family. Before the service began we had a meeting with Daniel, our translator/guide extraordinaire. He gave us some rules for our time in Costa Rica.
Number 1 rule of the trip? Don't die.
He went on to explain how to maintain rule number one and gave us a few more guidelines for our time in Costa Rica. As one of our team members, Shane, said, if Daniel ever desides to stop being a missionary he could probably have a pretty successful career in stand up comedy.
Needless to say, we laughed today. A lot. It was so fun to just enjoy being with people who all have one goal in mind. We made new friends and practiced our Spanish.
-After some rest time this afternoon, we headed hack to the pastor's house and got ready for our first night of ministry. Splitting into two groups, we headed down the road to invite people to the church to watch God's Not Dead. With the help of one of our translators, Pablo, I was able to practice my Spanish and invite people to the church. I have to chuckle because I had the whole invitation down pat and would rattle it off and then the person would say something in response and I'd have no idea what they said. Thankfully Pablo helped me out with that.
I learned a new word today: palomitas. It means popcorn in Spanish. We had palomitas for the movie this evening.
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