Ministry Update

Hello Dear Family and Friends,

Life has settled into a routine here in Costa Rica with the kids busy with their studies and Mom and Dad busy with ministry in Costa Rica.  

Joshua has been enjoying his basketball team even more than in the past since more players are on the team this year.   Here is a moment from a game last week when Joshua had an assist to another player, who unfortanately missed the shot, but it was a good assist anyway.  They are truly an international team with kids from Costa Rica, USA, Korea, Japan and China.  The team is 3-1 so far, but they are playing a really good team from the Brittanica School this week, so we are hoping for another win, but it will take all the team has to make that happen. 

 

Another exciting event was the parrot who decided to enter our office space last week.  Bub Honea is a volunteer with the Work and Witness ministry and since he has experience with birds, he managed to catch it.  Now, the parrot lives the life of luxury as their pet.

  

Joshua and Kayley are back into the routine of their minstries as church.  Kayley enjoys the dance team and Joshua plays drums with the worship team.  

David and Shelley have been trying to visit ALL the different Nazarene churches in Costa Rica.  So far we have visited 3 (other than our local church El Alto) and we have had a wonderful time at each one.  Usually the most adventurous part of our Sunday mornings is finding the churches!  Remember there are no street signs or numbers here, so it is all by point of interest.  This makes for interesting drives!

Today (Sunday) we visited Tejarcillos where Pastor Harry is in charge.  The church looks very different than when we visited one year ago since they have built an entirely new building on their corner property with the help of two Work and Witness teams.  They have hopes to purchase property behind them to expand the sanctuary and teaching spaces even more.  Here are a few photos of the church and the view from this side of the city (south side, overlooking the downtown of San Jose).  

The next few weeks will be busy with Shelley preparing for the Seminary Board meetings at the end of the month as well as for the upcoming semester of CALL in January 2012.  David will continue his work with the church planters and with all other ministries in Costa Rica (youth, compassion, discipleship, missions, etc...).  The kids have a week off from school in mid October, so we plan to spend a few days of family time, resting up and preparing for the rest of the year.  Then the Regional Meetings will be held the 19-23 of October in Guatemala.  David will be attending while Shelley holds down the fort and helps Joshua as he prepares to take the ACT that Saturday.  Lots to do!!!

We pray you have a wonderful October.  Thanks for your continued prayers for us.  God bless you!

The Webb Family