Preparing For The "Grupo"

Harvest Church's annual mission trip to La Fortuna de Bagaces, Costa Rica begins today!!! We are so excited to see them again!! I (Doug) will be leaving soon to go to the "aeropuerto" to pick up the "grupo". Laurie & the interns will stay at the church continuing to prepare for the Harvest team to arrive. We will have a huge group... 44 people total!! The church staff has been working very hard to get the additional space ready for the large team. The GTD crew will continue to assist them all day today. We want to thank the church for hosting our teams and for making some small improvements that we requested a few months ago (adding screening to minimize bugs, modernizing the electrical outlets, raising the bunkbeds so our luggage can fit underneath, minor repairs, giving us a temporary office, and much more). They have been absolutely wonderful to us!! In addition, GTD is paying for any improvement we've requested as well as investing in small enhancements such as adding internet & WiFi for work & blogging, adding 40 more fans, hanging over 60 new hooks, adding 12 new mirrors, and more. God has blessed us with a beautiful partnership with this wonderful church!! Here are a few pics from yesterday's work (as well as a few random pics).