Leaving from the Buitragos
Alex scored an exit row seat with mucho leg room.
We arrived in Costa Rica at midnight and our next plane left at 5:30 am - so we took a little nap in the airport.
our next plane
not exactly a comforting sight
Note the pilot's sandwich on the dashboard.
Cody at the "airport"
The terminal known as "coto 47"
Luis and our airliner
Fresh coconut at the Panama border!
Truck roof/sidewalk bridge - David, Panama
My first meal in Panama
The lady behind the counter told me it was really good - everyone else was getting it - I've got to learn to speak better Spanish.
It was a little chewy - I later learned it was some kind of cow gut/intestines conglomeration. - This, plantains and a coke cost around $2
Surveying the site for the Bible training center in La Comarca
Luis seemed to have some kind of bird attractant in his insect repellent
Yeah - it looks cool .... but there's a bit of a risk involved in sitting underneath a parrott.
The "fruits" of sharing your seat with a bird.
Alex is always happy to get a fish with the fins still on it.
Cody's food art
Day one of work
baby gate
the kitchen
I count 5 guys and one shovel.... but there sure is some good thinkin' going on! - I'm not even as involved as they are - I'm taking the picture!
Apparently - 5
She's acutally sleeping on her "bed"
I'm having a bannana inside the pastor's house.... you can see his stove in the background - its a table with dirt and FIRE on it.
Outside the parsonage
The pulpit
progress
This is where they got their water - every morning we had full 55 gallon barrels for mixing cement - they brought every bucket of it up from this stream.
Inside the pastor's house -
Kids are pretty much the same wherever you go.
The big kitchen stove outside.
Supper at Hernandez family restaurant - we ate here every day - I think this meal cost aroun $40 for ALL of us.
Hotel #1 left a little to be desired in the cleanliness department.
Aaron made a friend...actually he made lots of friends - It's amazing how you can connect even though there is a language barrier
on top of the world - looking down on creation...
Giant bug - we thought he was dead - but he started moving the next day - we named him Lazarus
Our own Panama Canal
It rained every day around 2... it REALLY rained - we just worked through it.
PROGRESS!
Thomas and David making a platform to preach from.
Chicken one night - note the vertebrate garnish.
Luis stepped on a nail
Push starting the Land Rover
Alex actually had the best attitude of all of us for the whole week... I think he was not feeling real good right here.
our "sink"
cluster of homes on the way to bapstism service
heading to the river
Aaron, Cody and myself hiked back up with Mr. Santos - who just got baptized and Elve and Wilme.
We had a tough time - the kids didn't even have shoes.
But they had the soccer ball Aaron gave them.
it was a little steep
Elvis
Willie
Progress!
Cody diggin the bollo and cafe
Aaron - not so much.
This lady washed our clothes in the river every day.
Bollo - it's not just good - it's good for you!
The kids were covering up Aaron to look at pictures
Luis and Wilme
Ramone - aka Ray Ray
Luis was always smiling
Church Sunday morning
All the guys shared their testimonies
Cody's church art
The gang and the "finished" product - we used all the materials we had.
Willie scored what I had originally intended to be my breakfast.
The last time we got stuck in Comarca
Milkshake in Bogete
Volcano Pizza with shrimp - Aaron's having second thoughts about the musrooms
gutter
gutter with downspout and gutter man - we didn't get to play any pool
this road was out
Bridge to Bogete
COFFEE!!!!
David, Panama - This made Cody's week!
Please, please please let us out of the country
the line at the border - the office opened at 6 - our plane left at 6:30
The check in counter
Cody's breakfast art in Costa Rica
hands down the best breakfast we had all week - Gallo Pinto - fruit and eggs. Thanks to our driver - Rodrigo
Turns out squirrells like chips and Skittles
Volcano Poas - old crater
It was too cloudy to get a good look at the current crater.
Giant man-eating leaves
Luis' bird attractant is kickin in again
uh oh - this bird is hungry
Toucan - up close and personal
He tried to taste the camera - this is the last thing alot of bugs see.
sampling Aarons jacket
Cody chillin with the Marmosets
Nature boy LB
La Paz park outside of San Jose, Costa Rica - I highly reccommend it if you ever get down that way.
The "widowmaker" shower head/water heater we installed 3 years ago in Palmares
The ride home from Orlando
