October Travels

Hello Dear Friends,

This month has been a little different for the Webbs since Shelley has been traveling more than normal.  First, David and Shelley attended a Discipleship Conference in Miami.  It was a quick trip with only a few minutes of freedom for a WalMart visit.  (Let’s see how many essentials can be thrown in the cart in less than one hour!). 

The Conference was bilingual, but really it was more in Spanish than in English.  We kept wondering if we were really in the USA since we hardly spoke English the whole time.  We took in lots of great information, which we hope to share soon with the leaders in the south part of Latin America. 

Our missionary friends the Sickels helped to take care of the kids while we were away for the 4 days.  Joshua and Kayley always love when Stephen and Anne visit.  Is it possible they are just more fun than their old parents?  Very possible!

Then Shelley took another trip, this time to Guatemala for a Ladies Retreat for leaders from all the countries from Mexico through Panama.  Every country was represented and it was neat to see everyone’s traditional dress.  Each country is so very proud of their traditions and culture. In the photo you can see a Mexican lady in her typical dress...BEAUTIFUL!  And the video shows highlights of many of the countries and their typical dresses. 

Shelley got to see Guatemala again, after leaving there in 2006.  Some things have changed, but Antigua, the town where the language school is located has not changed a bit.  Shelley was pleased to see her former teacher, Ana, and her new baby.  That was a special treat.  It was nice to get away for a few days, but returning home is always the best! 

David has kept busy with the work in Nicaragua, as well as with the church planters in Costa Rica and Panama.  As Shelley types, he is returning from a 4-day trip to Nicaragua to visit the chapel factory and the site for a new church that a team from Lenexa, KS will assist in constructing just after Christmas.  Looking forward to seeing our friends from Central COTN soon.

Shelley is preparing for the 40^th Anniversary of the Seminary and the special celebration service and dinner that will be held on November 20^th.  Shelley is helping to put together an historical video, highlighting the changes through the years from 1969 to present day.  The review of hundreds of photos and lots of research has gone into the making of this video.  We sure hope it turns out great! 

The kids have had a good first quarter of school and Joshua took the ACT exam this morning.  We are blessed that the only place to take it in Costa Rica is located about 15 minutes from our home.  Josh and Kayley are looking forward to Thanksgiving when some relatives are expected for a visit.  Beach, here we come!!!

We recently went out to eat at an outside pizza place with the Slingerland family.  These four (Joshua, Kayley, Hannah and Abby) are great friends and wonderful MKs.  As you can see, a good time is being had by all!

We are thankful for God’s blessings this month. God has really been teaching us the need for more and more prayer.  Shelley lead the chapel service at the Seminary last week and we spent some serious time in prayer at various prayer stations around the building, praying for different countries such as China, Pakistan, Haiti, Mali, among others.  It was a blessed time of learning about other cultures and interceding for needs. 

We want to thank you for your prayers.  We know you are praying because the Lord is blessing us so much in these busy days.  Thanks to all of you!!!

The Webb Family

David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley

September Happenings in Nicaragua

Hi Family and Friends,

Greetings from the great countries of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.  Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts.  Many blessings took place the final two weeks of September for David as he was able to make two trips to Nicaragua and then work with church planters for three days in Costa Rica to finish the month of September.

This is a picture from the youth camp that took place with more than 180 youth from the Nicaragua Central district.  David enjoyed the chance to connect with many of the youth leaders and pastors that attended this event as well as doing an evangelism workshop with the youth. 

At the end of the youth camp, the youth of the district did a compassionate ministry project to clean a local park including repairing a basketball hoop and painting the logo for the youth ministries on one of the backboards.  Here is a photo of some of the group celebrating a job well done. 

After the youth camp, David visited some local churches and reviewed possible sites for a team coming from Central Church in Lenexa, Kansas.  Please pray for this team and this trip as Central will be coming the end of December to help with a construction project for the church in La Paz Centro. 

We now have a chapel factory in Nicaragua and here is a picture of one of the projects David visited in El Timal in this trip.  I will be sharing more about this very new blessing in upcoming blogs.

David then traveled to the southern part of Nicaragua where he visited some of the newer churches and had the opportunity to share at another youth event.  Here is a photo of one of the newest organized churches in the Nicaragua South in the community of Zaragoza.  They currently worship in an unfinished house (one of many projects for the chapel factory:)

After returning from this trip, David took a quick two day trip to San Carlos, Nicaragua.  Here is a picture of the local leaders David met with.  This is a more remote area in the southeast part of Nicaragua.  Many of the restaurants look like this with a small kitchen and outside seating.  The price is very modest as we ate plates of chicken, rice, beans and salad with a fruit drink for about $2 a person.  David then returned to help with trainings at the seminary with church planters from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. 

We again thank the Lord for the opportunity to serve Him here with leaders with a great love for the Lord.  Thanks for your prayers, please keep praying that we share the gospel in boldness with a sensitivity to God's leadership in all that we do.

Much love in Christ our great King,
David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley