Becky and I are packed are ready to go tomorrow.  Very much looking forward to our flights to Costa Rica and returning to San Jose for the first time in over 15 years. We'll be working with Mar a Mar Costa Rica -- the organization responsible for the coast-to-coast Camino de Costa Rica, a through-hiking trail.  I'm the team leader for this Developing World Connections Trip, the first DWC working trip since the CoVID pandemic shut down operations in early 2020.  We'll be joined by Mark Kijowski of Parma, Italy and David "Hoot" Gibson from Dayton, Ohio--both worked with me on our last trip to Nepal in 2019.  Also along will be Becky France (most of you know her!) and Bonnie Weinstein of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  this will be their first DWC trips.  Jody Tippett of Kamloops, British Columbia is the new Communications Director for DWC and will be on her first trip.  Jody will work with us for the first week of the trip.  More tomorrow!