Well, in February we welcomed 4 guys from our home church. Although we were sad that it wasn't a bigger group of familiar faces, we were super excited for the 4 that came. We decided to house them and feed them in our house and make it like visitors rather than a team. It was a lot of work having 4 more people in the house, but we loved every minute of it!
3 of the 4 men had been on the trip several times: Pappy, Johnny and Micah; but it was the first time that our youth pastor, Matthew Riley had been here to Costa Rica. We were super excited to show him what we do, where we do it and why we love it so much.
Here is a look at their week (oh, and 2 of the 4 got sick like the second day here....it was NOT fun for them....)
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| We found bottled Cokes for Pappy! |
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| Walking back to AP from Phase 2 |
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| Cutting "grass" bamboo on Phase 2 |
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| Looks impossible |
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| Riley on Phase 2 with church in background |
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| The small river between Phase 1 and 2--yes, those are soap bubbles! |
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| Looks impossible |
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| The finished product! |
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| Skateboard ministry with Sergio |
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| Matthew Riley sharing with the skateboarders-Bruce interpreting |
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| Pappy playing Sorry with Emme! |
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| Pappy with Zianny at cell group |
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| After all the cutting |
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| Cell group at Eliel and Rode's house--packed! |
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| Lunch with workers |
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| Serving lunch to workers at AP |
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| Eating at our house includes Emme taking orders for breakfast! |
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| Skateboard ministry |
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| Dinner over the Central Valley at Ram Luna |
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| At the cell group with Eliel and Rode |
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| Poor Pappy didn't feel good! |
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| Waiting for the bus! Everyone LOVED it!! |
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| These two old guys on the public bus and being sick=GREAT DAY! |
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| Night of worship at our sister church, Rio Azul |
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| Pappy and Johnny on top of the waterfall! |
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| Us on top of the city! |
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| Cinnamon rolls at the Thomas' house |
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| Pappy taking on the grass with a machete! |
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| The new ramp they built |
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| The guys and the kids on the new ramp |
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| Downtown with these fools! |
We were so thankful to have these guys in our house! Even though they were sick and had a shortened trip because of the weather, we enjoyed every minute of it!
We hope for 2016 that we have a FULL group from Southside! We love seeing familiar faces and sharing with our home church what we do here!
In HIM,
the crawfords
I had such a great time with you all. God did so much that week for me personally as well! Thank you for being such a blessing to my family and myself, and we are proud to call you friends and brothers and sisters in Christ! Love you all! -The Rileys
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