...wow

so much happens here every day, so rather than trying to write it all, i´ll just tell a few cool things i personally experienced in the last 24 hours. yesterday we went on a 2.5 hour prayer walk around the city of Cachi, its really not that big, but we went the REALLY long way. i ended up walking with a Tico (what costa ricans call themselves) named Nimrod. after telling him i have my degree in youth ministry, he was sharing with me his own struggles in ministry. he´s 21 and is basically running a youth ministry for 10-13 year old boys with a small staff of 15-21 year olds. he doesn´t feel equipt to do it and had several concerns. we talked for a long time about how to practically love on the boys and how to build into their lives and also the importants of his own personal continual growth. what a huge encouragement and blessing to hear that some of the struggles i have are aslo felt way down here.
we also had the chance as sr. staff to sneak away today for this great lunch at this little place off the main street a few miles up the road. the pastor picked us up and recomended a dish. wow. is really all i can say, it was SO good. and to drink we had this fruit juice that was to die for! the chicken was cooked over an open flame on coffee wood. it was truly amazing. it was also fun to be in a car for once :)
check out a few pics i put up on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019672&l=296c0&id=163800297
pray that our team doesn´t get sick!