¡6 MONTHS!

Hello Everyone,

First, I want to tell you that I'm so excited to see how the Lord is going to use those who are going on this short term mission trip to Cambodia! How exciting! Let us all keep them in our prayers. :)

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It's been officially 6 full months since my arrival, as I'm writing this while at the airport. To renew my visa, I will be taking a short trip to Florida for 5 days and will come back to serve another 2 months! I will be heading to Brazil to spend time with my family after the remaining 2 months.

As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to take a break from one of the ministries. It was a difficult decision but I feel that the Lord is preparing me for the next season in my life so I have peace about this decision.

The past month, I haven't been able to write a post because as my classes have started, I have been swamped with the amount of study load I have :( It has been a hard transition trying to balance school work and ministry work among other responsibilities so I'm so thankful for this quick little trip that I will be able to rest and just focus on my studies.









About 2 weeks ago, I had the pleasure to assist an artist that came to the Institute where I give ESL classes, to paint a wall. I am not artistic at all so I never get involved in the artsy/craft category but this was so much fun. The painting is based on Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" with a whimsical twist to it. It took over 5 hours to be completed! They plan to add a new painting this next month:)












Last week here in Costa Rica we celebrated Children's day. The kids had so much fun just being kids. Playing games, eating tons of candy from the piñata and running around after getting so sugar high from all the goodies they got!
This ministry is an afterschool program for elementary kids that goes to school across from this church. They offer play days and remedial classes most weekdays afternoon.
I go there a couple times a week and they all scream "Bruna" when they see me and it is the sweetest thing... I will definitely miss them. This ministry is so amazing because they support the kids with afterschool classes so they won't fall behind in school and they have play dates as a reward for those who came to class to keep them motivated!







Today (9/15) here in Costa Rica they are celebrating their independence day. As I was heading to the airport I came across several parades and even at the airport they had a celebration with the passengers as well! It was quite the experience! They are celebrating 198 years of freedom today.






I cannot believe my time here in Costa Rica is coming to an end, I know that the remaining two months will go by so fast so I'm trying to enjoy every moment that I've got!

As for prayer requests, I just ask that I will be able to have a good remaining 2 months and that the Lord will be preparing my heart as I start to take the next step.

Thank you so much for your prayers!


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First Week in CR

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Hello from Costa Rica! It has been a week since I arrived here and due to the difference of climate, schedule, and timezone, I got sick the next day I arrived but after I week, I feel like I finally got over jetlag and my sickness! This past week I visited the ministries that I'm going to be working with and it was a blast. So good to see so many familiar faces and meet new people as well. It's great to be working with the same people again. As for now, it seems as like I will be working with 3 different ministries. I will briefly explain about them below. As for now, I will explain what my week look like. Twice a week for half a day I serve at the Institute here in La Carpio (the building where I gave English classes last time I was here). There I help out with a Refugee Program with the families who have immigrated from Nicaragua recently. The other Ministry is called Las Gradas, a program that helps children by assisting them with their homework or providing aid for
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Ministry: Las Gradas

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Hello Everyone:) Thank you so much for your prayers. It is always so encouraging to know that there are people who are praying for me and the ministries here in Costa Rica. This week I will be sharing about one ministry in particular. As I said in the last post, I'm blessed to be able to serve in several ministries, one of them is called Las Gradas. The word Gradas means steps in Spanish. This is because the whole area is filled with steps so, in order to get from one place to the other, you have to climb these steps. In the picture below you can see the map of La Carpio. It's the biggest slum in Costa Rica and it is located between 2 polluted rivers. The line in the middle is the main street where the buses stop. La Carpio is divided into 9 sectors and Las Gradas is located in the Sector Roble Norte. From the main street, you have to go down the steps in order to get to Las Gradas. The building where the ministries are held is located by the river where people throw
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Learning from Kids.

Hello Everyone:) It has been quite a busy month! I definitely underestimate how hard it was going to be to balance school and ministry work, and it resulted in many late nights studies so I could catch up on my assignments... But God is good and faithful. I just finished two classes last week and have a few days off before the next one starts!  I'm trying to cease every moment that I have left serving in the ministries here! Though it has been over 6 months, every now and then, I will still experience somethings that will break my heart and keep me sensitive to what is surrounds me. Not so long ago I came across a boy who left me astonished.  This boy, who will be in third grade soon, could not write his own name. We were doing an activity and asked the kids to write their name so they'd recognize which craft were theirs. This boy stayed till every kid left to go get a snack, and I came and told him that when he finished his drawing and wrote his name, he could get a
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