2 For 1 Sermons

On Sunday morning, we went to a church that is celebrating its 20th year of ministry this year, which is very impressive. It was also the biggest and nicest church I have been to here yet. We stayed for two services, but a guest speaker, John Wilkerson, gave the sermons in English both times and had them translated by the church’s pastor. It was really nice to be able to understand! The translation, however, was clearly not word for word. For whatever reason, the pastor decided to put his own twist on it, so it was like two sermons in one. Afterwards, we went back to the House and had pizza delivered for lunch. We had some time before we needed to leave again, so it was nice not to be rushed. In the afternoon, we headed to the orphanage. I believe SCORE sends a group or two there every Sunday, which is a fantastic ministry to the kids. When we got there, there was another SCORE group, but we got everyone together and each group presented a couple skits. I was very impressed that they were able to get the kids to sit down and listen. Usually they are very excited that we are there, and just want to play. After the skits, we handed out some toys and candy, and headed home for dinner. On the way, we stopped at the biggest Catholic cathedral in Costa Rica. Every August 2, 2 million people, nearly half the country’s population(!), come from all over Costa Rica to be there, some by foot for over 100 miles.

One of the most . . . unique . . . things to adjust to while I have been down here is the necessity to throw toilet paper in the garbage, not flush it down the toilet. The first time I heard that during the soccer team’s orientation meeting, I thought I heard wrong or did not understand. But sure enough, that is the way it works.