I know that it has been a while since the last post, but our lives have all been in substantial transit, so I apologize. During our last week in Costa Rica, we spent the week being tourists and travelling around. We camped at Guanacaste National Park from Monday to Thursday before departing for home on Friday. I will leave it to the group to tell you all about our camping trip and the adventures along the way. For now, all you need to know is this... It was beautiful and spectacular.
On Friday we arrived at the airport at 5:30 am to discover that our flight had been cancelled due to poor weather in Houston! Thankfully we all were able to get on to the same flight at 4:00 pm that day and arrived in Texas safely on Friday evening. Unfortunately, because it was a weather related cancellation, our airline did not provide accommodation overnight in Houston, while we waited for our 7:40 am flight to Detroit, which meant an overnight in the terminal for the gang. Amanda, Grace and I were fortunate enough to be spotted by what we can only believe to be an angel wearing a Continental Airlines uniform, who saw that we had a baby and booked a room for us at a hotel. We were so thankful, and Grace slept, well, like a baby.
The flight from Houston was delayed in the morning because in Houston, they are not experts at de-icing the plane that we are in the northern part of the continent. They will be after this week of strange weather in Texas though. When we touched down in Detroit, we were pleasantly greeted by the beginnings of a snow storm forming in Michigan- I guess it was God's way of reminding us that we are from a snowy place and that we blessed so richly by being in Costa Rica. Allan met us in Detroit and we travelled back into Ontario to drop several of the Interns off with their families for the weekend. During the drive, we encountered another snow storm between Sarnia and London, which lasted until we reached Hwy 400. So when we were estimating arrival times of 6:30 pm (Fair Havens) and 7:30 pm (MBC), those were pushed back by several hours (we pulled in to MBC at 11:45 pm).
So all in all, we made it home safely, and in good spirits. The trip was fantastic and Allan, Kira, Amanda and I are so proud of the group for everything that they did and what was accomplished in Costa Rica and at Campamento Roblealto. Memories have been made that will last a lifetime, and our fingerprints, sweat and efforts will be seen at Roblealto for years to come.
God is great,
Dan Henderson
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