A Child Saved

Tuesday I got to go out with a group to help with a medical clinic in Los Guidos, where “the hole” is. At the clinic, which was in the community center, another group performed basic checkups and gave out medicine, while our group entertained the kids outside. We had music, face paint, chalk, soccer, and power bracelets; the ones with the six different colored beads that present a basic story of salvation. At this outreach, a child was led to Christ, which is the first person I have direct knowledge of our ministries saving. After we had lunch, we went to “the hole” to distribute some food. Usually, we give it to several church families that live down there, but this time we also helped out a lady who had approached the pastor earlier and asked that we help her. It was great to reach out beyond the church community, and potentially bring someone into it (she said she would attend a Thursday night women’s Bible study). While we were down there, the pastor also told us that by this time next year, “the hole” will no longer exist because the government is making the area a protected environment. Some of the families will be moved to a new government apartment type complex that was built by a foundation called Costa Rica-Canada, but unfortunately, not all will be able to stay there, so many will be moved elsewhere. During our entire time in Los Guidos, we had two armed police officers as escorts, which was the first time this had happened while I was down there. I did not realize that they were there specifically for us until we were pretty much done for the day, but it served as an obvious reminder of the type of neighborhood we were in. After finishing up, we went to a local mall to kill time before dinner.