Shannon Costello

I was standing by my car waiting for a running partner when I met Darrol. He asked if he could come over and talk to me. I figured the parking lot was a big exposed area, my friend in the produce department was in his car nearby, and Kelly was coming soon, so [...]

I know, I know, everyone was hoping I had finished, or forgotten, or something. Anything! But with the completion of Book Sixteenth I have only 299 pages left, so take heart!
Here is the most personally relevant quote: “Now every temptation is not blameworthy; it may even be praiseworthy, because it [...]

Prices in bolivianos, sometimes informally known as pesos. The exchange rate was about 7 bolivianos for $1
1 for 4 small pastries (2 spinach, 2 chicken)
150 for 4 books
40 for dinner at a decent restaurant
3 for an hour of internet access
20 for breakfast (salteña and hot chocolate)
3 for a postcard
7.50 to mail a postcard or [...]

Just use Spanish prononciation.
Nisqasniykita sonqoypi waqaychoni ama contrayquipi juchallykunaypaj.
En mi corazón he guardado tus dichos para no pecar contra ti.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I keep hearing the pastor talk about the opposite- ¨No he guardado tus dichos, entonces pequé…¨ [...]

So I think that before this trip I would have billed myself as, say, 70% introverted and 30% extroverted. But on this trip I behaved as if I were 90% extroverted, which puzzled and shocked me.
I am concluding that I am a lot more extroverted than I thought. How could I have missed [...]

People have asked some good hard questions, and I don’t really have a lot of answers. Was this really a missions trip or just a medical trip? How helpful was it? What will you do differently as a result of this trip?
I’m still feeling a little fuzzy…and it was weird [...]

Total patients seen: 409 (70 children, 339 adult)
Minor procedures: 44
Major surgeries: 34
Hearing aids fitted: 20
New professions of faith: 15

You can see most of the pictures from my trip here.