THEY'RE OFF! (And they're there!)

Thanks to Nathan R and Jamie S, we know our huge crew has made it to Costa Rica! Virgil surfed the web to find their flight arrive to temperate weather (70ish) and near sunset (being near the equator, sunrise is at 6 a.m. and sunset at 6 p.m.). Nathan phoned in and Jamie wrote to say the flight was happily uneventful and everyone seems fine with their homestays. Most of the families speak enough English and some of our travelers enough Spanish that communication's been ok. They spent the day on pilgrimage to a church, swimming, consolidating the donations and getting orientation, which seem a lot for a first day.
Here's a pic of the crew on their way at PDX. If you want to add to the blog and don't have the entry info, email me and I'll clue you.
Jana