Working Day!

After an amazing poolside breakfast at the Casa Conde del Mar Hotel, we shuttled back to CINCEL and hit the first and largest apartment with cleaning supplies and prepped the windows and walls for painting. Our lunch was again hosted by CINCEL and our Master Chef, Flor, prepared an avocado salad with tacos and beans on the side. Today, was spent washing sheets and airing blankets out, sorting sundry wall decorations and kitchen and bathroom goods. Four pages of inventory represented the many donations and forethought which went into planning this major project.

Jeanne has taken up the charge of counting and sorting the items. At her home in Palm Desert, she runs a business that decorates and finishes houses to make them ready to sale. Her skills are much appreciated this week as we work to prepare a comfortable home environment in each of these apartments.

Washing linens and airing bedding, not to mention the tedious task of folding sheets (even the fitted ones!) took a lot of creative energy and planning. Jill stepped up to the challenge today, making sure that the clean sheets were sorted, folded and labeled. Jill is a speech pathologist who enjoys working with children and travel.

So many women have come to bring such a variety of skillsets and valuable strengths to this team. It is our goal to help ease the transitions of the families into their new home in Costa Rica. Nine California churches are represented during this work project.

In the afternoon, the missionaries living in Costa Rica brought their families, about fifteen kids, to a family service, led by Robin and her assistant, George, a diaper wearing, pacifier sucking monkey who loves to help Robin tell kids about Jesus. The kids had a blast, and it was rewarding to bring a pleasant experience to young children.