Productive Week

Dear Friends and Family,
Just to make those of you in Iowa feel a bit jealous, it has been a warm week here in Costa Rica in what we have learned to call "Summer." With highs in the 80s, it has been difficult to remember what a midwest winter is like, but after seeing some pictures on the internet of broken electric poles and snow covered streets, we were reminded and are even more thankful for the beautiful weather here. Hope those of you in Iowa and Illinois have cleared out your driveway by now and that the temps are at least above freezing. The picture above was taken from the soccer field on the seminary campus. When it's not cloudy there is a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.

This soccer/basketball court is in an area called Rosistel in which we will be helping to plant a new church in the month of April. We are excited about the area as there is great need there for a church. There is one small catholic church and no protestant church in a barrio that has approximately 2,000 people. We visited the area along with the District Evangelism Coordinator and his wife who is the pastor of the church that will help this church to get started. The plan is to do ministry projects for three days in the area to kick start the new church and assist in the community. There will be painting, construction, projects in the local school, workshops for women, children's programs and a dental hygiene workshop for kids.

Here you can see Jorge, the District Evangelism Coordinator, Edwin, a young Christian who wants a church in his area, Leyla, who is Jorge's wife and a local pastor, along with the members of Edwin's family. They have agreed to allow the team to use their home during the time of the church plant. They are wonderful folks who want to see better things in their community. Please pray for the area of Rosistel in the next six weeks as the district works to prepare the workers and the barrio for the Maximum Mission.

We are keeping busy making plans for various upcoming trips. We'll be in the North Costa Rica district in mid-March and David may be traveling to Panama near the end of the month. Looking at taking a trip with the family in April in order to renew everyone's visa (this is necessary every 90 days until our paperwork begins the residency process) and in the end of April David will make another trip to Nicaragua. Much work to do and lots of ground to cover.

Prayer Requests: (there are so many I'm not sure where to start!)
Pray for the two Work and Witness teams coming from the great state of TN.
Pray for the health of Kayley as she has been sick with a virus this week.
Pray for the area of Rosistel and the team that will be minstering in that area.
Pray for travel mercies as we'll be on the move much of the time.
Pray for the 8 district superintendents in the countries of Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua as they have heavy responsibilites.

Thanks to our LINKS churches in the Los Angeles District for your support through this year. It's always great to hear from you.

God bless your week as He is blessing ours,

The Webbs,
David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley