Following the Call: Shalom Christian Academy, PA

For the past 3 years we have welcomed the graduating senior class from Shalom Christian Academy. The students work toward their senior missions trip their whole education. It is a really cool experience for the students and we enjoy having them!

Check out their week!

ENJOY!

The Shalom Team, 2019

The week started off with a tour and dinner at our house. I don't have a picture of any of it, but I think this picture represents very well the night at our house for dinner!

Ah yes, the pepper challenge.....

Throughout the week, Shalom worked both construction and in daycare. They had a lot of great activities for the kids and everyone enjoyed having them!

Working with the kids

Everyone loves to color

Making bracelets with the older kids

Making God's eyes with the older kids

Working in groups with the kiddos

Working with the littles

Bubbles and chalk outside

Fun times with the littles outside

Construction consisted of a lot of different jobs. We still did not have permits in order to work on Phase 2, so the team helped with a lot of clean up, moving stuff, hauling stuff and a whole lot of in between!

Cleaning up around the Project

Working together

Moving and leveling all the dirt

Cutting grass

Moving the rocks

Cleaning up, cutting down and moving everything

Taking a break to pose for the camera

Toward the end of their trip, we finally got approval to work on the wall. Unfortunately, we had to de-construct the wall by tearing out 3 panels to appease the municipality and how close we were to the road. So we started de-constructing the wall!

Bruce on top to see how to knock the panels down

Working on knocking down and hauling the bricks

Lots of work

Removing all the bricks

The team also had a special dinner out for a cultural experience at Tiquicia restaurant on the mountain side. In all the times I have been there, it has ALWAYS been a clear night. But this night, we arrived and you could barely see the ground in front of you. But as the night was winding down, the clouds cleared and the team got to see the beauty of overlooking the city!

The view after the clouds cleared

The cultural dancing

The team joined in the dancing

The team with the dancers and some of the other patrons on the restaurant

The team also enjoyed a day at La Carpio feeding ministry with Pastor James and Cristina. They brought lots of fun things to do with the kids!

Face painting

Painting nails

Showing me how to dry nails

This is service

Dancing with all the kids

The team with Pastor James and Cristina

Some of the other random jobs the teams did.

Finishing the parking lot lines, playing soccer, and unloading food donations! A little of everything here at the Project!

The team after a hard day's work!

Some of the team helped us unload the food donations

When it's pouring down rain....you play futbol inside!

For their fun day, the team went to Tortuga Island. It was a beautiful day--not too hot or sunny, but just right!

Eating lunch

The team hanging out in the water

Playing some futbol with the workers while waiting for the boat to come to shore

At the end of the day, some of got to see all the wild pigs on the island, and there was a BABY!!

On Sunday night, the team went to cell group. However, with 27 people just on the team, Eliel decided to have it at the Project! So there was lots of visitors and lots of singing, dancing and sharing time

Some of the dancing the team was involved in

As in Shalom tradition, the team went to Irazú volcano to see the beauty of Costa Rica from the highest volcano in Costa Rica. It was cold and windy, but it started out as a clear morning before the clouds rolled in!