Fast and Furious February

Hi everybody!

Well, February has flown by as we were blessed with 3 different teams here in Costa Rica this month.  While Shelley worked hard to keep up with her work at the seminary, David traveled to the Nicaragua Southeast district, had a trip to Managua and a trip to the Costa Rica North district.  Whew, what a month:)

 Kayley helping serve food

Five days after serving with a great team from Denville, New Jersey (details in our last blog), we ministered with Chuck Watson, who serves with Jesus Film Harvest Partners, and his family in the community of Purral.

praying for needs in the community

We have a new mission there and were able to participate in a VBS, a Jesus Film presentation and serve in their feeding program that they do every Saturday for children in the community.  We saw over 100 decisions for Christ in one day with decisions made for Christ through the Bible school and presentation of the Jesus Film

 

Pastor Casey preaching at a street service in front of the mission in Rosister Carballo

On February 18 we hosted another great team from Pierpont Church of the Nazarene in Morgantown, WV.  This was extra special as our former pastor Casey Shorr and his wife Rhonda were on this team.  Pastor Casey and Rhonda moved from Woodlawn, TN to this church about 3 years ago.




This group literally tore it up for Jesus as they helped tear out the old kitchen area in one of the seminary buildings and then helped dig new footers to help with the preparation of a new kitchen area.  This project will greatly benefit future students and other groups that use our facilities.

The team also visited two new missions here on the Costa Rica Central district in Eulalia and Rosister Carballo.  We did Vacation Bible schools as well.  While we will remember the fun we had with the children, there is no feeling like seeing the children raise their hands when invited to receive Jesus as their personal Savior. 

Clowning around with the kids

Decisions for Christ

We thank the Pierpont Church of the Nazarene for their servant attitudes and willingness to be part of all we asked of them. As this is their second trip here, it was great to see old friendships deepen and new friendships begin.

 

Ed and Claudia from Pierpont with Pastor Leyla and her husband Jorge

Pastora Leyla is the pastor of the mother church of these new missions

 

 Thanks Pierpont!

What a great God we serve.  Many blessings in Jesus Christ,

David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley

New Hope Community - New Jersey Team

Hello Dear Friends and Family,

We had a wonderful week with a 12 member team from New Jersey.  The work was hard, the weather was warm and lots of great things happened from their ministry last week in a rough area called Tejarcillos.  Here is a group photo taken on tour day at the volcano.  What a great view we had that day!

The work project was in a government owned elderly housing unit.  The folks there do not get much help and since it is located so close to the Tejarcillos church, we decided to make an impact there.

 

Here is a view of the elderly housing units (4 in each of the two buildings).  Lots of work was accomplished with the help of the local church, the local community and the team.

 

Some of the guys worked on the new sidewalks.  Some of the residents are in wheelchairs and they can not maneuver on those rough sidewalks.  Aren't the new ones beautiful!?  Great job, Walter!

 

Other jobs included tiling work (you can see the new tile in Rosa's apartment), lots of painting and general yard clean up.  

 

After working for 2 days at the housing units, we moved to the street in front of the church for a Children's VBS.  The clowns and puppets were big hits and more than 250 children attended the event.

 

Here you can see Pastora Leyla (our Pastor) speaking to the children about Jesus.

After the Children's event, the team showed the Jesus Film and 94 people came forward to accept Christ as their Savior.  It was a great night.

The team enjoyed a tour day at Volcan Poas and Cafe Doka (Coffee Plantation).  The younger folks in the group wanted to zipline, so we found a location not too far from Poas.  They had a blast!

A great time was had by all and we are thankful for the safety that God provided throughout the week.  Thank you, New Hope Team.  We hope to see you again in Costa Rica soon!

God bless your week,
The Webb Family