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I have realized during the past few hours that for the rest of my life after this trip it will be more difficult to go on with life. During the past few days I have seen things that have broken me to a point of dependance on God that I have never truly felt until now. Even though the things I have seen bring pain, I realize that it is a good pain. The first day of actual ministry work felt like God had a plan for me. The first town we worked in was heart breaking, the site leader, Deigo, told me that the town, Los Guido was the largest yet poorest towns in the area around San Jose. A couple of things I have noticed in Costa Rica was the sense of trust. In the U.S. one of the first things a mother tells her child before he/she goes somewhere is within the lines of “be safe, don’t get hurt, don’t talk to strangers”. Here in Costa Rica it is the complete opposite, however, it is not that parents don’t care what their children do, they just have a sense of trust with neighbors. Another thing that I have noticed is that there is more support given by families. One of the SI interns was explaining to me that families support each other financially, and other small things like watching someones kids while the mom/dad runs to the store. The intern also explained that there are not different families, the community is comprised of one extremely large family that will go out of their way to help one another. Costa Rica is a place that I would love to spent the rest of my life serving God and the community that opened my eyes to the world and it’s needs. I hope to return in the future to those who I have grown to love this past week.
Kaden Tovsrud for team WSM