Spiders, Snakes, Cloud Forests, Hot Springs, and A Hidden Volcano

We have had such a wonderful weekend in Costa Rica! It was filled with hard work, relaxation, and a ton of good fellowship. 

On Friday we woke up ready to be put to work around the camp. Carlos had plenty in mind for us to do, I honestly dont know how he normally does it all himself! Together we moved brnches from trees that he had cut down, mowed a lot of grass, raked up the grass, took the grass down the street, feed his neighbors goats, and cleared out a large area of all the dead leaves, bamboo, etc. 

So much mowing. Also be glad if your blower works, every 10 seconds or so I had to clear this one with a bamboo stick, haha!

Cassidy is so very happy.

Goat selfie!

Hannah found a friend.

Then that evening we have the youth group from the congregation over goes pizza and a game night. We played empire, signs, a hand slap game, and more. Some people were up little later then other.

Saturday we woke up and left the camp around 6am to go out to the Baldi Hot Springs. It was about a 3 hour drive to the springs but the beauty of the drive alone made it worth the trip. We drove through the cloud forest on top of a mountain! 

The cloud forest.

Out of the many desserts I ate...this was my favorite!

When we got to Baldi I think many were blown away by the beauty that surrounded us. Although we didnt get to see the volcano we had a great time in all the hot springs, and I had a wonderful time hanging out in the spa for an hour, Haha. We got back to the camp around 730 or 8 and all basically went straight to bed. 

My place of rest.

After our long day we had dish duty!

Sunday was a blast! The congregation came over to the camp for services around 10 and then we had a big fellowship picnic afterwards. The members each took an American with them to eat and talk with. Then many people sat around and talked or played soccer until about 3. 

Me and Kimberly!

At 3 we loaded up the bus and went into Sarchi to do a little shopping. Then got back to the camp and packed out bags for our flight to Honduras. Now it is 5am and we are sitting waiting for the boys to come up and head over to the airport for our flight at 9.