Haley Turner, Tim and Beth Frost’s granddaughter and daughter of Jennifer Frost Turner from Warren, Maine, sent this photo and story to the Beacon: “Hola from Costa Rica! During spring break this year, 12 students and two faculty from Saint Anselm College in Manchester traveled to Los Chiles, Costa Rica. We spent the week building a house for a grandmother and her five grandchildren. We walked to and from the house every day, twice a day. Our walk back to the restaurant for lunch was probably my favorite part of the day, because we met the younger kids coming home from school. We would round the corner by the school and immediately be surrounded by kids from our site’s family and from the surrounding streets. However, I use the word “streets” lightly; the rural outskirts of town only had grassy roads for use mostly by foot traffic and bicycles. The poverty in which these families lived was astounding, but even more amazing was their hope. The children and adults we were working with truly understood the power of hope. They had so little but were so happy and grateful for what little they had and had so much faith that things were looking up. These lessons and memories were life-changing, and I will never forget my trip to Los Chiles.”
