Saturday, July 24 and Sunday, July 25

Hi everyone, this is Andrew Hedges. To start off with, I would like to thank all of the trip A people for giving all their strength and heart into the various projects. But sadly, on saturday morning we had to say goodbye to them. It was very hard seeing all our new friends get on the bus to head for the airport. After all the emotion, the most  of the c-trippers boarded the other buses to go shopping in San Jose. Many interesting "items" we bought there and amazing food to say the least. After about two hours, we went back to Hotel El Bambu. Not much longer, one of the most intense games of soccer was played, with the skins (my team) turning out to be victorious with a final score of 7-6. Yet that wasn't the best part of the game ending. All of our new friends arrived and later had some fried chicken, rice, and beans. It was a very good day.

Then on sunday the 25th, we woke-up, and went to church at the big work site. It was another amazing day (possibly the best day ever) as it was nation postor's day in costa rica. the service was great. The supervisor of all the local churches gave a great sermon on why we love god and what it looks like. I and many others felt moved. When we were finished with that, we came back to the hotel and had another amazing meal of rice and beans, with a little bit of meat stew. After that meal, another game of soccer went down, this time with all the new people. The score at the end was 9-6 skins winning (I was on that team again, best day ever). After quick water break though, a local team challenged us to a match. The teams looked VERY unfair. All their talent versus ours. But we made up for it by having twice as many players on our side as they did on theirs. But that still wasn't enough. The final score was 6-3. Dinner followed with another chicken, rice, and beans meal. Following that was an incredible sermon by the one and only Elizabeth Ethun Moseley. She knocked it out of the ball park. Her sermon was on the phrase being spiritually weighted and letting the world deal with it. Small group discussion soon followed and that was once again a homerun. And that leads me to where I am right now, writing a blog and reminissing on the past two days. We can't wait to start work and praise GOD tomorrow. Look forward to the next days post, as each day gets better and better here in Puerta Viejo!!