During my senior summer break I join my church on the mission trip to deliver textbooks to rural communities in Costa Rica. Months before our trip we had countless meetings to prepare us for what we would carry out while on our trip. One of the preparations was practicing teaching English to the kids using the reading materials we were supplying. In addition to the meetings we hosted fundraising events to pay for the materials we were delivering. One of our fundraising events was a pancake breakfast where the team members made and cleaned up after the breakfast. Another fundraiser was the missions fund raiser come for this fundraiser we took donations of items that were tagged and sold later. Both of these fundraisers helped me to lunch myself into the trip to come, Because instead of just paying for the textbooks we work to raise the money and it meant so much more to us in the end.
As the day came for us to leave we had to make a three hour bus ride to Atlanta and then a 3 and a half hour flight to San Jose. Once all the security checks and password stops were done we made our way onto the plane and on to Costa Rica. When we arrived in the airport we were greeted by smiling faces from native "Tiko's", as they call themselves, anxious to meet us. …show more content…
The next days to follow we visited seven schools and churches and met many smiling faces. However, we did not know Spanish and they didn't know English but this didn't stop the love I received from each child. In addition to teaching a class we also played soccer with them and found out quickly they were soccer prodigies in the making. We also break between schools and went zip lining through the treetops and hiking up the Poaz Volcano. After we finished our excursions we visited five more schools and hundreds of
As the day came for us to leave we had to make a three hour bus ride to Atlanta and then a 3 and a half hour flight to San Jose. Once all the security checks and password stops were done we made our way onto the plane and on to Costa Rica. When we arrived in the airport we were greeted by smiling faces from native "Tiko's", as they call themselves, anxious to meet us. …show more content…
The next days to follow we visited seven schools and churches and met many smiling faces. However, we did not know Spanish and they didn't know English but this didn't stop the love I received from each child. In addition to teaching a class we also played soccer with them and found out quickly they were soccer prodigies in the making. We also break between schools and went zip lining through the treetops and hiking up the Poaz Volcano. After we finished our excursions we visited five more schools and hundreds of