Ukulele fun at the Woodshop...

Lately things have been busy at our Woodshop site.

Some of the guys there have decided to work on a fun new project. Ukuleles! 

For those who do/don't know Joshua (our Woodshop site leader), he has a gift for working with wood and playing music. In the past he has made custom ukuleles, and now he is teaching the woodshop guys how to make them. 

The guys are doing a great job and the ukuleles are looking good. Cant wait to see how they turn out!!! 

*** We are still raising money to be able to purchase the woodshop building. If you would like more information, here is the link to a past blog post that gives all the information and ways to be able to partner with us. 

Día de Familia

About 6 times a year, we the SICR staff have a Dia de Familia. It is a day where the SICR staff and their families (kids included) get to hangout together. In the past we have gone to the beach, BBQ at the Dixon's house, etc.

Over the years, SICR has grown! In the past the adults have out number the kids, but as the SICR staff continues to grow, so does the ratio of kids to adults. (right now we are equal with Kids/Adults) 

Then 

Now

This last Saturday we had a Dia de familia. This one was an important one because just 2 weeks ago, we welcomed the Fast family to our staff! Also it was the first one that our newest National staff Rafael and Juan have ever been too. 

Ruinas de Ujarras

We spent the afternoon at Ruinas de Ujarras. It is a historical park that has a Spanish Colonial Church that was built between 1575 and 1580 there. This park is perfect for families. It has a playground where kids can play, large grass area to throw a ball around or play tag, as well as some nice picnic tables. 

Once we got there, we set up camp! Sorry there were no tents or anything, but we claimed a spot for us to BBQ and still keep an eye on the kiddos. 

From there we went to Diana's grandpa's house in Cachí and had cafecito there. 

Overall the day was such a blessing to be able to spend time with each other outside of work, get to know each others families and spend sometime just laughing!

Dia de Familia Agosto 2014 

Summer 2014

What a SUMMER!!!

We had over 100 people come this summer with a team. That means we had over 100 extra hands to help us love on the communities we work in! 

Not to mention we had 6 amazing interns that spent the whole summer here. 

Our 6 AMAZING interns! 

What a HUGE blessing you all were!  They did anything from going on crazy all day hikes, to fixing bikes and even having a little (HUGE) water fight! 

So THANK YOU all for all your hard work, for showing God's love to the people here and for willing to be apart of our SICR lives for two weeks! 

If you are interested in taking a team to Costa Rica, you can find more information at our website! 

or

If you want to be on our SICR mailing list, send an email to us and we will love to add you to the list to get the latest SICR news! 

The Last Two Weeks...

The last two weeks 

we had an outreach that was made up of 3 families, the Ewert's, Stahl's and Pritchard's and The Well Community Church. They came during a time where

 Costa Rican schools have 2 weeks off for summer vacation. 

Because of this, each site is able to do some fun activities. 

Last Friday, the Tutoring Center and Sports site 

had water games in Los Guido. 

It was a perfect day for it! 

The sun was out, the kids were ready to play and get wet.

And boy did they. Here are some pics :) 

This is the last week of vacation and we cant wait to show you all the fun

each of our ministry sites are having :) 

Meet our Summer Interns!

Meet our Summer Interns... 

This summer we are bless to have 6 amazing interns!!! 

They got here in towards the end of May and will be here till the end of summer season. 

Their role for the summer is mainly to support each of our ministry sites 

and teams and they have ROCKED it so far! 

For those of you coming to SICR this summer, we are excited 

for you guys to get to know our interns! 

If you would like information on how to be a summer intern for 2015, 

send us an email @studentsinternationalcostarica@gmail.com

The last few months....

Ah! It has been a couple of months since the last blog.

Let me catch you up on what has been going on here in Costa Rica!!

We survived March Madness!!!
March was our busiest month this Spring. We welcomed 2 teams,  the SI board and a Vision team of professors that month. We had a team come from Mississippi and Bethel U. They did a great job jumping in at the ministry sites and getting to know the kids and women from the neighborhoods.

Some of the Mississippi team with the Tutoring Center Kids 

Having fun at the Micro Finance/Social Work site

 While we had teams in CR, our semester students went to visit SI Nicaragua. They were there for a  week to work with our SI-Nicaragua team. It was a great transition for them. They had just finished  6 weeks of language school and needed a little break from their studies.  While they were there, they got the chance to do a little sightseeing of Granada, explore the local markets in Masaya and go on a little boat tour in Lake Nicaragua.

 

After all the sight seeing, they spent the rest of the week working at the various ministry site that SI-Nicaragua has. 

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Sports::

 Social Work:

 

Medical::

 Micro-Finance::

And at the end of April we said Good-Bye to our Spring Semester. We had a great 4 months with them are know that God is going to use them in a mighty way! 

 

Semester Program Spring 2014 and SICR Staff

May Showers::

The month of May is the beginning of our rainy season. It rains from May to November. It is also the beginning of our summer outreach season! A few weeks ago we welcomed Fresno Pacific University MBA program. They spent a week with us, observing and coming up with some great ideas for some of our sites. They also visit some local business while they were here. 

This week starts our summer marathon. We will be welcoming new teams every 2 weeks till August! We are excited for the teams that will be coming and serving along side us this summer. We know that God is going to do great things with each and every person that will be with us!