TC Habitat volunteers ready for Costa Rica building adventure

On Saturday morning a group of 24 people will be getting on a plane and heading to northwestern Costa Rica. We are each motivated to be a part of this journey for varying reasons…some are motivated by their faith, or celebrating a monumental birthday, or dedicating the trip in honor of someone special or because they just want to serve and heading to Costa Rica seemed to be the best place to do it. Even though we’re all inspired to be a part of Habitat’s work for a different reason, we are all heading there with a common goal – to serve others by building homes for and with families who need a stable, healthy and safe place to call home!

We will be working in a small village called Santa Elena in the Guanacaste region where Habitat Costa Rica has big plans! This project is something Habitat Costa Rica has been working on for quite some time and the home building just recently began. It is exciting that our group has the chance to be part of a new project and when this project is completely finished, 38 Habitat families will own homes in this area! Families like the sisters Sujeidy and Ana Yancy Esquivel who partnered with Habitat Costa Rica last year! 

In addition to meeting the families in Costa Rica and hearing their stories, some of the things that I am most looking forward to are the adventures and journeys that lay before us in the coming week that will encourage all of us to grow, be motivated, share and learn together. It will be wonderful to see the impact this trip and these experiences will have on of us individually and the Habitat partner families in Costa Rica.

We will be traveling to Bolanos Bay on Sunday, Feb. 29, building on site through the week and then heading back to Minnesota on Feb. 6. Throughout the week we hope that we’ll have access to internet to share stories on the blog about what we’re doing, learning and the family stories we’re learning so keep checking back for updates!
--By Cristen Incitti, Global Village Trip Leader