the last team... the last weeks... until next time...

I love that even the bugs here wear bright intense colors... especially this lime green one I found on the clothesline:

When the last team came while we were here, we joined them.  We ministered to these smiling faces in Puntarenas...

in a small metal church building, with a dirt floor, covered by white plastic...

The team leaders were from In Motion Ministries: Seth Dunn and Karin Caroll.  To see more pictures of what we did with them, go to In Motion Ministries web page.

Clint Wisdom, Carol and Jerry Chilcote, working on lunch behind the church building...

We also fed them a hotdog lunch...

Russell Wisdom, Erin Wisdom and Dianne and the team, dancing

We did our puppets and line dancing and sharing...  I don't have pictures but we ministered with them in the slum area of LaCarpio on two different occasions also; once to the adults, and once to the children where we again did puppets, dancing, sharing,  a pinata, and fed them a hotdog lunch. Dale and I really enjoyed just jumping in with another team and doing the things we had already been trained to do by In Motion Ministries on various other trips.

As our time to be here in Costa Rica draws to a close, we are so sad to leave this Wisdom family we love so dearly, and our dear friends, Carol and Jerry Chilcote, and this country we have grown to love over the years of coming down to visit and minister.  But our children and grandchildren and family members await us back home.  So it's time to head home, where the Autumn season will be arriving and the holidays just around the corner.  Hope you had a great time traveling with us here!  We love you and can't wait to travel and take you with us again...  Until next time... Adios and Dios te bendiga (may God bless you!)    love, Shari

a side trip to Panama...

We finally got to go into Panama.  We had been wanting to do that for years.

from the border it was an hour's ride in a land taxi, then a half-hour ride in a river taxi...

til  we came to a place of rest: The Terrazzza...

which had this little dock on which to hang out, watching the boats come and go, and the birds dive and fish, and the fish jump, and the sun set itself down in livid colors...

this little town, this lively village, where the buildings wore coats of many colors...

and walking down the street was like browsing through an art gallery of sorts...

and even the fences came popping from someone's imagination....

and the railings needed hearts, swirls, and cool Caribbean colors...

where most restaurants were mostly outdoors and wearing happy colors...

and we tried Lili's "You're killing me man" sauce... (HOT!!)

and every wall was a canvas for an art piece...

and even the oldest buildings showed their sense of style...

Yes, we finally made it to Panama.  And we enjoyed every minute of our time there,

.in the tiny town of Bocas del Torro, on a little island off of the coast of Panama.

and yes, there was a beach trip, thank you!

down the road not far from that beautiful house, was a beach...

It started out sunny but by the time I got out my camera, the clouds had rolled in...

The waves were wild so I did not go in bobbing, although Dale did, and our friends and fellow bobbers, Jerry and Carol, as well as Lukas went in bobbing also.  But before the rain came, there was time...

...time for some beach collaging...

...with treasures collected from up and down the beach...

including a coral heart!

There was also this lovely palm tree trunk pattern...

 

and yes, I WAS there! here's the picture to prove it! (I hardly ever get into the pictures, as I am usually the picture taker!!)

Wishing you a day full of treasures and blessings... love, Shari