Day 3 8/15/12 - Jacob Sprengle

Today was filled with firsts and adventures. Breakfast in Costa Rica is a large meal so we had a lot. It was delicious. Then, it was time to head out to our first clinic. About 2 hours north near the Nicaragua border. It was a small village where they road horses even small children. One mother and child riding near the church got their horse stuck in a hole. It was a scary moment. But with the help of some men and Matt we were able to get the horses leg out. We went to the fields and got the fields ready. My job was with kickball and dodge ball  It was difficult and stressful not knowing spanish. even with the help of Dannie is was hard to keep them organized. Once the kids got the hang of it they loved it. even with the language barrier the kids had a great time. it was really nice to bring joy to them. High five for fun!!! Rachael gave her testimony and did a great job keeping it simple for the young ones. later Paul gave his testimony to the church. He kept his composure and I was excited and proud of him. He shared God's love well. We sand Father Abraham for the church and they thought we were a little bit weird. After Paul and I did the filter demonstration, Paul explained while I demonstrated. The drilling of the bucket was difficult. But God answered my prayer and helped speed up the process. We showed dirty water and then the clean water. I drank it and I think people were surprised. But clearly they trusted it cause many kids came up and drank it too. The pastor passed out the filters and our whole team helped assemble the filters. It was an amazing first day, but little did we know it was far from over. On our way back to Tony and Rosa's we saw a group of monkeys. We counted eleven. They were black and awesome. We stopped and took pictures then went to the farm. On the dirt road near the farm. Tony's bull was loose and Ronnie used his horn to herd it home. Then the real fun began. Soccer with Oscar, Nelson, Andre, and Dannie in a small concrete building with a tin roof and half walls. 2 v 2 soccer with the first goal winning. Immediately, it began to storm. A close lightening strike almost hit us but the games continued. The storm never stopped. When everyone got too tired to continue we ran back to the main building in the rain. Many games of 4 square, conversation, and a quick game of spades continued. The rain and lightening were still coming down. Biggest I've ever seen. It is 7pm and I don't think the storm will stop anytime soon. It is making tomorrow's travel questionable but God has a plan and he is keeping us safe.