Top pic: Jen with more of the neiphborhood kids.
Bottom pic: Sam about to catch a wave bodysurfing.
This morning we got up and went out in service. We worked the Manuel Antonio area near the beach. We found quite a few English speaking people, all of which were very hospitable and one man who said he would be there for the memorial! During service, we needed to use the restroom so we decided to stop at the Gaia Hotel, a five-star resort on the top of a mountain. You park your car at the bottom and then they take you up in a electric-powered cart. The views from the resort were incredible. We visited the gift shop there as well and I purchased a beautiful wood cutting board with 3 different types of wood from the area. We stopped service at about 11am and went back home to rest and study for the book study which is at 1pm. Actually, Amanda didn’t stop, she went to the bus station to be with the Phinney’s where they have a table set up with literature to witness to the locals catching the buses.
The book study was great, it was abbreviated for the Service overseers talk. It was a really encouraging talk outline from the branch on what career will you chose. It was encouraging the friends to consider the full-time ministry if at all possible. They had 2073 publishers serving as aux. or reg. pioneers last year and 170 reactivated pioneers. The branch mentioned that for those that do make room for the pioneer service that they never look back and regret the choice they make……I would agree with that.
After the meeting, we went and reserved a zip-line canopy tour with Dream Forest canopy tours here in Qeupos. They are known to have the longest, fastest zip-lines in Costa Rica. They will be picking us up tomorrow at 12:30 to zip through the rainforest hanging from a cable! Can’t wait! The rest of the crew headed down to the beach while I stayed behind for a few minutes to catch you all up on our blog. Right now I am sitting on the porch of the Phinney’s place picking up wifi from someones computer nearby. The breeze is blowing and it is really nice outside. Sister Phinney keeps coming outside to make sure I don’t need anything. What a nice couple they are! Guess I better get going though, gotta catch the bus and meet everyone at the beach. See ya!
The book study was great, it was abbreviated for the Service overseers talk. It was a really encouraging talk outline from the branch on what career will you chose. It was encouraging the friends to consider the full-time ministry if at all possible. They had 2073 publishers serving as aux. or reg. pioneers last year and 170 reactivated pioneers. The branch mentioned that for those that do make room for the pioneer service that they never look back and regret the choice they make……I would agree with that.
After the meeting, we went and reserved a zip-line canopy tour with Dream Forest canopy tours here in Qeupos. They are known to have the longest, fastest zip-lines in Costa Rica. They will be picking us up tomorrow at 12:30 to zip through the rainforest hanging from a cable! Can’t wait! The rest of the crew headed down to the beach while I stayed behind for a few minutes to catch you all up on our blog. Right now I am sitting on the porch of the Phinney’s place picking up wifi from someones computer nearby. The breeze is blowing and it is really nice outside. Sister Phinney keeps coming outside to make sure I don’t need anything. What a nice couple they are! Guess I better get going though, gotta catch the bus and meet everyone at the beach. See ya!
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