SI Costa Rica : 2015

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

SI Summer 2015

It is hard to believe that the summer has come and gone! The past few months have flown by and have been busy with over a hundred outreach participants joining us in Costa Rica. The teams were a huge help at all of the ministry sites and they were a blessing to the staff here at SI Costa Rica.
We had teams from California, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, and Texas. Having so many extra hands to work in the communities of La Capri, Las Fuentes, and Los Guido and love on the people we work with was such a testament to the power of acting as the hands and feet of Jesus. The summer consisted of hikes, water balloon fights, trips to the National Stadium, an adventure to see the Minion movie, and so much more! Above all else, we got to witness the power of the Gospel at work in Costa Rica.

You can check out our outreach videos from the links below:

GCU Outreach May 25-June 6, 2015

https://vimeo.com/129975464

Immanuel High School, FPU, Hanford First Baptist, Urbana United Methodist Church Outreach June June 6-June 20, 2015

https://vimeo.com/131820119

Harvest Church Outreach June 21-July 4, 2015

https://vimeo.com/132965825

The Well Community Church and Neighborhood Church Outreach July 6-July 18, 2015

https://vimeo.com/134314456

Team McFarland, BCS, Ross Family, Ashley and Melissa Outreach, July 20-August 1, 2015

https://vimeo.com/135284908

FBC Tyler Outreach August 1-August 9, 2015

https://vimeo.com/135988424

Thank you so much to all who joined us on an outreach this summer! You were such a huge blessing to everyone involved with SICR! A huge thank you also goes out to our 5 interns who were a wonderful asset to the SI team this summer!

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

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!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Fifteen Days of Vacation

The kiddos of Desamparados were on a brief summer break the past few weeks. The locals, Ticos, refer to it as Quince Dias de Vacaciones: 15 Days of Vacation. We were fortunate enough to have outreach teams from Neighborhood Church in Visalia and The Well Community Church in Fresno here while the local students were on break. There were some great opportunities to have unique activities at ministry sites and travel on field trips. Having teams here was such a huge blessing in terms of serving the communities like La Capri, Los Guido, and Las Fuentes. The vacation time included: water balloon fights, tours of the National Stadium, cooking lessons, picnics, and game days.

The Sports Site and Tutoring Center had a water balloon fight to celebrate their vacation time.

Sports and Social Services traveled to the Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica's National Stadium, and take a tour. They also got to enjoy a hot dog picnic in the park afterwards.

The Tutoring Center spent one of their vacation days cooking and creating! They made pizza con fruta (fruit pizza).

The Micro Finance ladies had a gameday in a park and munched on fruit salad at one of their homes later on.

Social Work spent some time at the park!

The Woodshop students worked hard on projects like chorreadors and refurbishing a crib.

Thank you so much to Neighborhood and The Well for their help the past couple weeks! It is such a blessing to have outreach teams to come alongside the staff and pour into the communities we work with.

Social Services