May 12 we welcomed a team of 15 from Southwestern College in Winfield, KS. This was students from the Discipleship group.
Southwestern College. They were an awesome group and so much fun. We had them for 10 days, and several of the students had just graduated. We had a great time with this young group--although after 10 days, we were pooped! Wouldn't have traded it for anything!
Check out what they got into while they were with us!
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| Their fearless leader, Molly |
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| No plant or living thing stands a chance with her an a machete! |
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| Doing activities in the daycare |
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| Having fun making animals! |
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| Dinner at our house included a game of Ninja! |
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| Checking out Phase 2 |
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| Making masks! |
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| The team with the kids and their animal masks |
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| More masks! |
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| Making cookies and enjoying said cookies! |
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| Hanna working on the first stages of the smoker |
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| Leyton and his buddy Kirk |
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| The team! |
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| Jessica (I think!!??) and Bryant working with Sergio |
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| The TWINS! Jessica, Jo, Francisco and Ramon |
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| The team did A LOT of painting, but we got it done! |
We went to the Orosi Valley and Tapantà National Park with the team (rainforest)
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| Family picture at the river |
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| Bruce found a friend |
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| LUNCH! |
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| YUM!! |
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| On a walking bridge |
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| The waterfall--way up there |
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| The river |
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| So pretty |
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| We found more friends! |
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| The other waterfall on the other side of the mountains |
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| Letyon and I being silly! |
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| Orosi Church-oldest still operational church in Costa Rica--don't ask what it looks like inside....FAIL! |
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| The Ruins of Ujarras |
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| The "LOOKOUT" over Ujarras--it started raining...these are clouds! |
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| The Basilica in Cartago |
On Sunday after church, the team ate lunch with the kids from the Children's Homes, then we had relay groups games
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| Tennis ball between the legs and run |
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| This is a sweet girl dressed up in Bruce's clothes....she had a ball! |
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| More relay races! |
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| Group hug for Francisco!!! |
One of the lasts night, we went to a typical show at Ram Luna with food and dancing. First time taking a team. It was pretty neat!
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| The lookout at night! |
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| Typical dancing |
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| From the area of Guanacaste |
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| The buffet! Holy good food and lots of it! |
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| Alyx and I got to celebrate our birthdays with a yummy cake! |
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| The big dancing heads! |
Our last day was spent downtown at the museums and taking in downtown life
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| I call this sand therapy! |
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| A big ole hunk of jade! |
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| Alyx and Diego shared the same birthday! And we had a good time celebrating! |
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| I'm not sure why....This feels like something out of "Napoleon Dynamite" |
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| Butterfly garden at the National Museum |
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| The courtyard at the National Museum |
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| The guy down in front is a Tico, but he said since he looked like a Gringo he could "blend in" |
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| Leyton helping Sergio with the picnic table |
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| Bruce getting all indigenous on us! |
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| A view from the National Museum |
This seriously was a great group. We didn't want to see them go, but as always, we have to say goodbye and with a hope we will see you on this side! We loved on them while they were here and they loved on us as well! It is always hard to build relationships that only last 7-10 days, but we hope to keep in contact with them for several years to come!
Thanks SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE!
In HIM,
the crawfords
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