Today was our free day here and we had a blast.  First, let me say that I am thrilled to be back at the hotel.  You will understand why in just a minute.

We got on the bus around 6:30am and headed to the Pozo Azul park some 2 hours away.  What we did not know is that 1 hour of that would be straight through the rain forest on the most dangerous road in Costa Rica.  Add on top of that it was rainy and they often have mud slides. Just wait that is not even half of it.

Once we got to the park we suited up and headed out for a zip lining adventure like no other.  We zip lined our way through the rain forest and then finally over the huge river to the end.  Hopefully I will have the pictures up on Facebook tonight for you to see.  After a quick change and 10 break we headed down to the river for our white water rafting trip.  I have been white water rafting many times, but this was by far the best.  All I could think about was how much my father-in-law and brother-in-law would like it.  The river was at a class 3 today and the rapids were incredible.  The best part was that nobody feel completely out of the boat.  However, Brian and myself did end up on the bottom of the raft a time or two.  We then headed back to the home park where we ate lunch.

We stopped at a local souvenir shop to pick up some things before making the 2 hour drive back to the hotel.  Weary and tired I was sleeping when Brian thought it was a good idea to wake me.  Why? Well it may have been that you could not see anything in front or to the side of you due to all the fog.  So, here we are, on a tour bus, on the most dangerous road in Costa Rica, and we cant see anything.  I fastened my seat belt and began to pray. And pray. And Pray.  Once we finally made it down the mountain another thing came to mind that I had been thinking all along.  The stop (alto) signs down here are just suggestions. 

We leave out tomorrow with mixed feelings.  Our hearts break for the people of Costa Rica and especially the city of Cot, however we are all ready to get back to the states and see our families.  As I said yesterday, I will be doing a series of stories next week on the things I learned as well as the children that we were able to meet.

Thanks so much for all of your prayers and support.  We are truly grateful to our Big and Mighty God for his abundant mercy and grace.  Please pray for our flight home tomorrow and for the services this Sunday.  May we never forget the price that Jesus paid that we may have eternal life.