Night in Panama

Hey Y'all

So this weekend marked 90 days of me being here in Costa Rica. So that means my VISA needs to be renewed. So all of us in the DTS, headed down to Panama for the night to get another 90 days in Costa Rica.

It was quite the trip. We left Friday morning at 8am, we got on the bus and left San Jose just after 9am. This started a 5 hour bus ride. The ride was great, I love traveling so it was a joy for me to do this. We got to drive through Limón, which was exciting, only 3 weeks and I will be living in that area on the beach!

Karlene and Me on the bus to Panama

Banana Tree Farms

So we arrived at the boarder of Panama, this was a whole new boarder experience. Nothing like the Canada/USA boarders. For us to all get through it took us almost 2 hours, without any problems. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like if we had had a problem. Oh, and it was so HOT and HUMID. Oh man, they told us it would be hot, but not one of us thought it was going to be like the way it was! Haha

Once we finished at the boarder we got back on the bus and headed to a small little town called... I don't actually know where I was. We got there and checked into our hotel and by that time it was 6:15pm (Panama time, an hour ahead of Costa Rica time). So we headed down the street to find a place to eat.

The main street of the little town in Panama

We found this little place just down from our hotel and I had a plate of French Fries and Fried Chicken. It was my first time having this since Ive been here and it was SO GOOD! I enjoyed it way to much and it only cost me $3.50! With a Coca Cola! Panama is so cheap! Then the next morning we asked the lady at the check in desk if there was a bakery so we could get something for breakfast, she gave us some directions and that lead us to this little place that was no a bakery.. but it did the trick. My plate of food was, one fluffy flour tortilla thing (SO GOOD), one pancake, and a piece of chicken. Hahaha. It was so good, but such a bad breakfast.

After that we got on the bus and headed back to San Jose, Costa Rica. It was a good, hot trip. Panama was great, I hope to one day go there for longer and get to see more of it. Until then I am just satisfied with saying I've been there.


Much love,
Hannah

My Outreach Team's Video!

Hey Y'all!
This is a video made by one of the girls on my outreach team.  This video gives you a little bit of information about why we are going to Limon, what we will be doing there, and it will help you get to know the people on my team!
Hope you all enjoy it, Joanna worked super hard on it!
Please watch it and consider supporting us with your prayers or financially.
You guys are awesome!




Much love,
Hannah

Hey everyone!

God is doing crazy things! He's been speaking a lot to me lately about what His call is for my life. Most of you may already know that I have a huge passion for children and some of you know that one day I would love to open an orphanage somewhere in Central America. So since being here God been showing me that He has called me to look after orphans. Yesterday He told me this:

James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

I asked God, what is this suppose to mean to me? He told me that I am to look after orphans and widows, he also said that I am to do it differently then most people. I am to do it Gods way and stay out of the pollution of the world. And after he said this He showed me another verse:

John 14:18
I (the Lord your God) will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you (the Holy Spirit).

Again I asked God what does this mean to me? He told me that when I reach out to the orphans and the widows, I am to tell them this verse. I am suppose to tell that they aren't orphans, I am to tell them that they have never been left alone, that God their Father has been there with them, He gave them the Holy Spirit so that they were never alone. And I am to tell them that they are a child of God.

Wow, right. Some of you might think Im crazy because I say God spoke to me. Some of you can't even begin to understand this. But I tell you the truth, I can't come up with something like this. Something that has impacted me like this can only come from someone who is bigger then me, then us humans.

So my past week has been amazing. We learned all about godly relationships, and not just with boys, but with our friends and family. It was a good week. I took a lot from it and I feel like God gave me SO many new revelations. Its so exciting.

Yeah so, I just wanted to share what God has been saying to me.

SO much love,
Hannah

Ps. Here is a picture of my outreach team!