After a 6 hour bus ride, we arrived in an old Italian colony. San Vito Costa Rica is altogether a different place. Located on the eastern border of Costa Rica and Panama where the air is fresh, cool and clean. The lush green mountains feed grazing the cattle and bumpy dirt and stone roads lead to homes and ranches on the hillsides. It is here where our nanny Adina bought a home. She plans on retiring this August when Becky and I leave for Argentina and desires very much to escape from city life and be surrounded by her family. Becky and I had a week off from school between trimesters, so we both really felt that the Lord wanted us to help fix up her new house. The house didn't have windows nor doors with good security and was generally in rough condition. It was amazing to think that it had not been abandoned, but actually a family had recently been renting it. When we walked into the house for the first time my head started to spin as I wondered how we could get this all fixed up in one week. Also, not having anymore tools than a small utility bag with the basics. As everyone left the house I prayed and asked God for his provision and wisdom. Realizing the job was too big for one week, we decided to focus on what we could do which was to clean up the land, redo the kitchen by installing windows and a door, and replace the siding in the back of the house. Adina's nephew who works 2 hrs away was happy to loan me the electric tools needed and her brother in law who is a retired security guard said he would help in any way he could. Praise God! Along with working long days trying to get everything done, we had a week of practicing Spanish. Also we were indulged by the Costa Rican cuisine, rice and beans three meals a day. We also tried some new foods that I had never had, a salad from a white flower, cow liver, boiled green bananas, unpasteurized milk, cheese and yogurt, and fried pig skin. We returned back to San Jose, behind our barbed wire. By God's grace we completed everything on our punch list. It was a little discouraging however realizing that there was still much to do. We pray that Adina would be encouraged, a woman who has been serving missionaries for more than 20 years.
May 4, 2009
San Vito - Where Barbed Wire is For Cattle
After a 6 hour bus ride, we arrived in an old Italian colony. San Vito Costa Rica is altogether a different place. Located on the eastern border of Costa Rica and Panama where the air is fresh, cool and clean. The lush green mountains feed grazing the cattle and bumpy dirt and stone roads lead to homes and ranches on the hillsides. It is here where our nanny Adina bought a home. She plans on retiring this August when Becky and I leave for Argentina and desires very much to escape from city life and be surrounded by her family. Becky and I had a week off from school between trimesters, so we both really felt that the Lord wanted us to help fix up her new house. The house didn't have windows nor doors with good security and was generally in rough condition. It was amazing to think that it had not been abandoned, but actually a family had recently been renting it. When we walked into the house for the first time my head started to spin as I wondered how we could get this all fixed up in one week. Also, not having anymore tools than a small utility bag with the basics. As everyone left the house I prayed and asked God for his provision and wisdom. Realizing the job was too big for one week, we decided to focus on what we could do which was to clean up the land, redo the kitchen by installing windows and a door, and replace the siding in the back of the house. Adina's nephew who works 2 hrs away was happy to loan me the electric tools needed and her brother in law who is a retired security guard said he would help in any way he could. Praise God! Along with working long days trying to get everything done, we had a week of practicing Spanish. Also we were indulged by the Costa Rican cuisine, rice and beans three meals a day. We also tried some new foods that I had never had, a salad from a white flower, cow liver, boiled green bananas, unpasteurized milk, cheese and yogurt, and fried pig skin. We returned back to San Jose, behind our barbed wire. By God's grace we completed everything on our punch list. It was a little discouraging however realizing that there was still much to do. We pray that Adina would be encouraged, a woman who has been serving missionaries for more than 20 years.
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