Webb Page Newsletter June 07

The Webb Page
Volume III, Number 3 June 2007

The months of April, May and June have been filled with travel, teams and terrific times for the Webb family.

Read on to learn more…

TENNESSEE WORK AND WITNESS TEAMS

We were privileged to help with two TN work and witness teams this spring. How fun to see old friends and make some new ones too. The teams both worked on the new MAC Area Leadership Training Center which will be utilized to train pastors from the countries of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Below is Pastor Casey Shorr, from our home church in Woodlawn, TN giving some musical tips to the worship band from the San Isidro Church of the Nazarene here on the Costa Rica Central District.

We need some help to finish the Leadership Center building, so if you are considering a Work and Witness trip, there’s no better time than now to plan your week in Costa Rica. We’d love to see you here! Email David at dwebb@nazmac.org for more information.

In addition, these teams helped with church planting activities in the area of Rosister Carballo. Because of their efforts and the efforts of the local leaders, a church plant has begun in Rosister. Here is Joshua showing the Evangecube to some boys in Rosister. There are now more than 25 people attending the cell group meetings each week. Thanks, Tennessee District for your willingness to leave your comfort zone, sacrifice to raise funds and help with the Maximum Mission in Rosister.

Upcoming teams include a team from Indiana to work in Panama in July and a group from California to help with the Leadership Center in August.

TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL

These last few months have been full of traveling. David and Shelley both traveled to Panama to work with teams in the month of May. Here you can see David working hard with a group of students from Malone College in Ohio.

Just a little hot and dirty!

We were home together for about one week of the month. David was in Managua, Nicaragua in April and this week is visiting each of the four districts in Nicaragua. Add to that another trip to Panama and you’ve filled your schedule with travel. Let’s just say, David is getting good at crossing borders and will need more passport pages soon! And of course, the work continues in Costa Rica too with evangelism trainings and planning meetings for Maximum Mission church planting events. Shelley had the privilege of working with a medical team in Panama. Here you can see the medical personnel assisting a patient. The team treated over 60 patients each day with the record being 110 in one day. WHEW!

SUMMER OF SAYING GOODBYE

It is a fact of missionary life. You are always saying goodbye to someone. This summer we have already had to say goodbye to the Eric and Tami Buell and family who have moved to Mexico to lead work and witness projects for that country. Here are Kayley, Paige, Jessica and Joshua at 4am sharing a few last moments together.

MAC South’s loss is Mexico’s gain. Kayley especially misses their family since her two closest friends, Paige and Jessica, are no longer next door for constant companionship. The end of July we’ll be saying goodbye to our neighbors, Jerry and Brenda Rice, who have faithfully served as missionaries for 20 years. Amazing! They will be moving to the United States to care for aging parents. They have been good friends and we are already dreading their leaving.

NEW RESPONSIBILITES

As missionaries move on, we are accumulating more jobs. David is helping with Work and Witness for now in the country of Costa Rica until the new leader, Eliezel Soto, can travel to Costa Rica. In addition, David will be attending two Work and Witness convention meetings in the United States in September, one in Ohio and the other in Oregon.

Shelley is now working with Child Sponsorship, which is no small job as there are approximately 380 children in the program in MAC South. In addition to helping David with Evangelism and Youth, Shelley will be learning in the following weeks more about Mission Promotion for the area (NMI in the states). Although it is not an official position, Shelley has enjoyed writing articles about the work here in MAC South. These articles are usually published on the web at www.ncnnews.com under the heading Mexico/Central America. There is much to learn and do, but God is helping us each day.

VISITORS TO THE FIELD

In May we were thrilled to have Grandma Preussner visit from Iowa. Here is Grandma, Shelley and Joshua at Volcan Poás. It was a beautiful day to view the volcano.

Grandma was brave to travel all alone, but the desire to see the grandkids overcame her anxiety and she made it just fine. We also visited the Britt Café Plantation. In July, we’ll have more visitors when Grandma Webb and Aunt Tina arrive. We’re making plans now for a great time with them.

UPDATE ON THE KIDS

As you can see from this photo, our children are growing. Joshua is now almost as tall as his dad and wears size 11 ½ shoes. He has outgrown all his jeans in the length and we can’t seem to feed him enough. Kayley is also growing taller and acting more grown up everyday. In August Joshua will begin 8^th grade and Kayley 4^th. They are attending a summer “daycamp” at the Spanish Language Institute for one month this summer. They are in their second week and are enjoying the program.

We are privileged to serve here in MAC South with the countries of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. We ask for your prayers for continued good health, safe travel, fruitful ministry and of course, as always, continued learning of the Spanish language.

Until Next Time,

The Webb Family

David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley