Costa Rican People

My favorite part of Costa Rica was the people. They were so humble, kind, generous and so just incredible people.

On Friday, some of the gang had scheduled to go deep sea fishing, including Thomas. The rest of us were debating what to do. We decided to rent a van and instead of going on an excursion, that we would go buy candy and toys and pass them out to some of the kids. It turned out to be an absolutely amazing day!

We decided to take the staff from the Villa with us on our excursion and told them we didn't need our beds made or the villa cleaned, that we thought they should come play with us. They LOVED it! As we were driving, one of them pointed to their house, so we went in. We met this cute little boy! My dad was so happy talking with and interacting with the locals!

We then went to our chef's parents' house. They were incredible and hooked up their oxen and gave us a ride around. We also rode horses, picked fruit, chopped wood and had a great time doing their everyday chores.

We then headed over to the maintenance guys family. They were so generous and put on a complete program for us. We learned to make homemade corn tortillas by cooking the corn, shucking the corn, boiling the corn, grinding the corn, making it in to tortillas and then cooking it over their stoves. Amazing experience.


While there, they played the maramba and taught us how to play it. We watched a dancing horse, talked, laughed, made tortillas, and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know these incredible Costa Rican people!

After we were done there, we went to different areas and handed out candy, balls and some money to the people. It was amazing the spirit that it brought to all of us and closeness that we shared. I felt like I was back in Korea and serving again. I loved it!

Josh was very touched by this man and his humble surroundings. So nice, so incredible! It was amazing seeing the true goodness that comes from these incredible people!

Side note: I was telling Hayden all about our trip and he said, so along with Hayden's Toy drive, the food drive, shoes for Haiti drive, we need to start a candy drive for the kids of Costa Rica. I've decided he is definitely going to be a humanitarian when he grows up. :)