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A Glimpse of Casafé! from Lisa Postma on Vimeo. Video put together and edited by Braeden Bender! Thanks Braeden! 🙂  

I, along with 4 other leaders from the Iglesia Radical youth group, had the opportunity to take 21 youth to youth camp! It was up in the mountains a few hours out of Jaco at a Christian camp facility where they host many camps and events throughout the year. We had morning devotionals and speakers,Continue reading “Youth Camp Recap Video”

September 15th is the Costa Rican independence day – and the Costa Ricans love to celebrate it! Different schools, groups, and bands from around Jacó dress up and dance, drum, play instruments, and parade down the main street from the municipality building to the central park. It is an event that I love to watch!Continue reading “Independence Day!”

I once thought missionaries who live on the beach in tropical countries had a pretty easy life. Then I became one. I lived with Lisa for almost two years during the transition when Casafe was starting. I found out during that time what I didn’t understand before. Living in a different country, far away fromContinue reading “An Inside Perspective”

I love to learn new things from my youth! …especially when it has to do with things you can eat 😉 The other day one of the guys took these coconuts that were beginning to grow and started hacking one open with a machete. In my mind I was wondering why he was destroying aContinue reading “Learning from the youth! “

Recently the youth have really enjoyed these fun, adult-style colouring sheets! Often during free time the youth would ask for me to pull them out, or find them in the supply room themselves and start coloring! I love how it is simple, yet good for them and therapeutic. I often have some chill Christian music playing in the background…andContinue reading “As Simple as Coloring”

Once a month we have a “family dinner” and watch a movie together. I make a list of food that we need for the meal and all the youth sign up to bring something – a few potatoes, a pack a tang, a couple carrots, etc. By them pitching in to buy the food itContinue reading “Family Dinner and Movie Night! “

Post and Picture by Jordan Harrington. Jordan is one of the awesome young adults on the Passport team that is serving in Jacó for 3 months. Jordan captured some awesome moments at Casafé. You can check out her blog and some photography here: http://theheartofaseeker.weebly.com

At Casafé we started the year off with English class! Becky, our favourite teacher (and only teacher – except when I fill in once in a while), taught the youth how to make Black Bean Soup! The youth learned new words as they read the ingredients, and practiced using them as they had to askContinue reading “Black Bean Soup”