trip mail 5

Gods plan is bigger than our own

The sky light in my room this morning woke me up around 7:30 which would not normally be a problem except for today we had to wake up at six. I checked the time and sprung out of bed, angry that our hotel hadn´t given us a wake up call. I made it clear the day before six o clock nice loud knock on the door ( but nothing) So then I tried to figure a way out to meet up with the group for the field trip we were supposed to go on. After a couple of minutes of pacing I realized there was absolutely nothing I could have done and I layed back down frustrated at the fact that we missed the oppurtunity. we had planned to go to sleep earlier than 1 am last night but we ended up talking with someone from the hotel. God had different plans for our time the last two days than we had.

The night before I sat writting in my journal on the balcony crowded with hippies smoking tobacco amongst other things. About an hour into my writing time Someone from the other side of the balcony asked if he could see my journal and he showed me his. We met earlier in the week but ionly briefly. After acouple minutes he pulled up a chair and we all began to talk, Mr brian, Cory and Jueves. Eventually after talking for a while we told them we were Christian and about our plans for this trip. And as the nigh progressed Cory began to share his past backgriound with the church and his problems with it. So we asked him to share what exactky he fekt about it and we headed our way into a conversation that would last three hours. He asked many deep (and some silly ones) having to do with every aspect of christian doctrine and thelogy. We didn´t have a clue about how to answer most of his questions, but we did share our opinions and we listened intently to what he was saying. Eventually it got late and his friend came back out and persuaded him to go out with him and smoke a joint. (its a great place we´ve been staying in).

So when we woke up the next day we were upset but not that upset it was worth it that we missed out on the field trip. Later on that day while writing on the balcony again we talked a little more. We talked about the bible verses i was reading as well as more church stuff about how his mom was involved in the church and how he resented that she spent almost everyday there. I invited him to come with me and brian to lunch and a movie, we offered to pay because he lost his credit card (it was not a scam but we have seen plenty of those since weve been out here)
So today did not work out at all like we had planned it to and we did not get to meet up at all with the pura vida peiple (we were supposed to hang out and go to a church dinner later but our ride called us and tole us he wasnt going becasue he had hit his head on something , random) SO we don´t know if pura vida is something we are ever going to be a part of while we are down here but we have so far had a chance to share life and love with someone who needs it a fellow seeker of the truth.

So we pray that god coninues to guide our trip and give us oppurtunites like that one. pray for our friend cory as well.
goodby all and thank you again
Mateo