Well the anticipation has finally ended. We have officially arrived to our beautiful destination of San Jose, Costa Rica. The day started with a 5:45am bus call. We arrived tired, but were soon woken up with the excitement of Frosty Llama donuts (Thanks Annie). With our bellies full of sugar we were ready to load up and move out. Without the help of Randy and our bus driver we never would have loaded all our luggage on the bus in time. The nest 2 hours to the airport were somewhat of a haze. I'm pretty sure most of us slept the whole way, at least that's what I did! When we arrived at the airport we had a smooth and surprisingly friendly journey the whole way through. WE did however get lots of stares. You don't see a group of 19 college students wearing the same outfit (khakis and grey pullover) on a daily basis. This was a great opportunity for some of us to explain our trip and our mission. Next step: boarding on the plane. We had a 4.5 hour trip ahead of us, from DC to San Salvador. This was not the smoothest flight I've been on, but everyone was very friendly and we arrived safely to our layover destination. As soon as we got off our plane we were hit by a heat wave, or so it seemed. It's
hace calor in Central America! (We will bring some of this warm weather back with us) At the airport a group approached us saying they were from Mechanicsburg. It's a small world, isn't it? Our time in San Salvador was all too short. Before we knew it, it was time to catch our next and final flight to Costa Rica! This flight was a peace of cake. We took off, received our drinks and snacks, and before we knew it we were descending. An hour past and we were already in San Jose. Stamped passports, check. Luggage gathered, check. Customs, check. After some small delays in the airport it was time to load our luggage on the bus! The bus was not big enough for us and our luggage to go inside, so instead we put it on top. Our bus driver climbed up the smallest ladder I've ever seen. Taylor, Jane, and Ellen hoisted the luggage up while our bus driver, Juan, effortlessly lifted and stacked all 20 bags. I think it's safe to say that he's done that before. Although we were tired from a day of traveling, that didn't stop our excitement to be here. As we drove to our base we were able to take in the beauty of the lights of the city. We arrived at the base, unloaded, and made our way up to our rooms. We were ecstatic to meet up with our teammate, Emily (Bucky),
from her study abroad program in Chile. We had a delicious dinner prepared for us and are now settling in for the night. God is going to do great things with this group. Thank you for your continual prayers and support.
Well the anticipation has finally ended. We have officially arrived to our beautiful destination of San Jose, Costa Rica. The day started with a 5:45am bus call. We arrived tired, but were soon woken up with the excitement of Frosty Llama donuts (Thanks Annie). With our bellies full of sugar we were ready to load up and move out. Without the help of Randy and our bus driver we never would have loaded all our luggage on the bus in time. The nest 2 hours to the airport were somewhat of a haze. I'm pretty sure most of us slept the whole way, at least that's what I did! When we arrived at the airport we had a smooth and surprisingly friendly journey the whole way through. WE did however get lots of stares. You don't see a group of 19 college students wearing the same outfit (khakis and grey pullover) on a daily basis. This was a great opportunity for some of us to explain our trip and our mission. Next step: boarding on the plane. We had a 4.5 hour trip ahead of us, from DC to San Salvador. This was not the smoothest flight I've been on, but everyone was very friendly and we arrived safely to our layover destination. As soon as we got off our plane we were hit by a heat wave, or so it seemed. It's hace calor in Central America! (We will bring some of this warm weather back with us) At the airport a group approached us saying they were from Mechanicsburg. It's a small world, isn't it? Our time in San Salvador was all too short. Before we knew it, it was time to catch our next and final flight to Costa Rica! This flight was a peace of cake. We took off, received our drinks and snacks, and before we knew it we were descending. An hour past and we were already in San Jose. Stamped passports, check. Luggage gathered, check. Customs, check. After some small delays in the airport it was time to load our luggage on the bus! The bus was not big enough for us and our luggage to go inside, so instead we put it on top. Our bus driver climbed up the smallest ladder I've ever seen. Taylor, Jane, and Ellen hoisted the luggage up while our bus driver, Juan, effortlessly lifted and stacked all 20 bags. I think it's safe to say that he's done that before. Although we were tired from a day of traveling, that didn't stop our excitement to be here. As we drove to our base we were able to take in the beauty of the lights of the city. We arrived at the base, unloaded, and made our way up to our rooms. We were ecstatic to meet up with our teammate, Emily (Bucky),
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