The Heredia Construction “Train” Pulls out of the Station!

Greetings to all! I’ve been under the radar lately, with two weeks on the Caribbean coast working with mission groups and last week being under the weather with some sort of tropical treat. I have survived it all, however, and am pleased to report that I’ve spent the last two days working at the new Hogar Escuela site in Heredia.

This week I’m working with a group from St. John’s, Charlotte, as we ready the school site for foundation digging. Yesterday we unloaded the first truckful of materials, to be used in building a storage shed and guardhouse for the worksite. Before the truck arrived, Bishop Monterroso led us in blessing the site and breaking ground.

Today the excavator continued grading the land, and has about a day’s work remaining. Then the builder will stake out the school site and we will begin digging the foundation. Next week Christ Church, Charlotte, arrives to help  complete the foundation work. This part of the job will involve a lot of digging, rebar fabrication and concrete work. So far the weather has cooperated, and we hope that will continue.

We have two other mission groups working on the site in August, before St. Alban’s arrival: St. Peter’s, Ripon, Wisconsin, and St. Paul’s, Riverside, Connecticut. St. Paul’s assistant rector is the Rev. Jim Irwin, who spent some months at St. Alban’s as an intern several years ago. He remembered fondly his trip to Costa Rica with our youth group, and decided to bring the youth at his new church to Heredia. This is how the ripples from mission trips spread from one congregation to another.

More news will come as the work progresses. I’m sending out some photos from this week in a separate post. Remember, the Holy Spirit wants YOU for duty in Costa Rica! It’ll change your life! Volunteer now for the August 27th group trip!

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