I just saw the Inmans off to their week-long mission trip to New York City and have been left to man the house for the remaining 6 hours or so before I leave to spend the night at the Hogg's who will be taking me to the airport before my flight to Costa Rica. But until then, I get the pleasure of doing the Inmans (my host family) a favor: cleaning out the leftovers. So I am anticipatively sitting and blogging and eating some left over Qdoba Mexican food (in the spirit of Latin American travels) made into a dish that would put up a good fight against even a fresh Qdoba meal (which if you couldn't tell, I am quite proud of). And in the spirit of leaving the states, I finished some left over ice cream (that surely would have gone bad) that is slowly dribbling down the inside edge of my chilled glass as it floats in its best iceberg form on a sea of frothy (leftover so its really not so frothy) root beer.
And in trying to make my leftovers sound like a king's cuisine, I make light of a rather challenging and heart wrenching subject, that at the moment only twinges my soul. I am eating a heaping plate of tortillas with grilled chicken, black beans and cheese melted all over it with a full glass of a root beer float. I am about to leave and go to one of the poorest countries in the world. Ouch. Man I have it good. (or do I?)
Anyway, less philosophy, more facts:
I will be in San Felipe, just outside of San Jose, representing EDGE OUTREACH as a leader for my team from Middletown UMC, right near Louisville. We will be installing two water purifiers that can provide clean, safe drinking water for thousands of people every day with very minimal input. While teaching Costa Ricans how to use them, we will also teach basic health and hygiene. EDGE has found that teaching a community how to simply wash their hands with soap can reduce child mortality rates by up to 50%. That is huge. Let me put it this way, to be able to teach a child how to wash their hands, we could have saved their life. This statistic of saving thousands of lives will become more and more real to me as we meet people, see faces, learn names, and build friendships. Pure water and health and hygiene are the bridge we build to close the culture gap in order to share the gospel. If you have supported EDGE OUTREACH by supporting me financially or in prayer, you are saving lives too.
More to come next week when I return.
"Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; nor the hope of the poor be taken away."
Psalm 9:18
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