We had an exciting week here in Costa Rica--you may have even heard about some of it.
We praise the Lord that this first week back to school involved early dismissals each day: on Thursday, at 1:21pm, Costa Rica shook under the impact of a 6.1 earthquake. The epi-center was only about 20 miles northwest of here.
Our TicoTimes newspaper has English reporting of the event at http://ticotimes.net/ . Numbers change daily, but some reports say that 19 or 20 have died and anywhere from 40-100 people are still reported missing (depends on what report you read).
Looking at the photos of towns so close by and having friends who have lost friends reminds us again of the frailty of life.
Our ABWE team prays and has action planned to help some of those without shelter or who have lost so much in this sudden crisis.