Day 13 - Friday March 14th

This morning we met the group for service and went up to Jaco, about an hours drive north of Quepos. There were 4 car groups that went up. Me and Brother Nelson stayed downtown Jaco at the bus stop, the congregation sets up a table with literature there every Friday. What an interesting experience! We had so many people that we had nice conversations with. At noon I went with Sam, Chaz and Amanda to work some of the territory in town. We found so many English-speaking people and they were all so very nice and receptive.
One nice experience we had was when we were working a street right downtown and Chastity saw what looked like an American sitting on a bench in front of a motel. When Chastity went back to talk to her, she noticed that the lady was reading the 2008 yearbook! She was a sister who spotted us first and thought, “if they are witnesses then they will recognize the yearbook and come over”. Her name was Laurie and her friend Betsy was actually on the phone inside of the motel’s office with the branch, asking them if they could give them the name of a nearby English congregation. The man working there overheard her conversation and said, “your people are outside right now”. The 2 sisters are both from Alaska, but now are serving where the need is greater in Hondorus and were here on their 3 day vacation that you have to take every 3 months (you have to leave the country for 72 hours before reentering). They asked if they could join us in the ministry and within 15 minutes they were in their service clothes ready to go out in the ministry with us! They helped us finish the town of Jaco. We got their emails and addresses and want us to come visit them in Hondorus sometime. We may just take them up on that invitation. They said they rent a 2 bedroom brand new house for $75 a month with a $4 electric bill!
We didn’t leave Jaco until around 6pm. It’s now 9pm and we are back home about to eat a late dinner. I’m hungry and tired and I’m going to go now! Good night!
Oh, by the way, my camera is broken. It didn't handle the monsoon that we got in the rainforest on Thursay. So if I post anymore pictures, they will have to be older ones. Sorry!