Jukari and Honduras (Costa Rica Indigenous areas)

One of the river crossings into the indigenous area....read below!

Hello Dear Friends,
We hope all is well in your corner of the world.  Life is moving at a fast pace here in Costa Rica.  The kids are keeping busy with school, Shelley with her work at the Seminary and CALL, and David is with a Jesus Film team in Panama.  Joshua is thrilled to be with the team as well near David, Panama.  The IA district team arrived on Wednesday and left for Panama on Thursday (from Costa Rica).  Here is a photo taken just before they hit the road.

Here comes the bus!

Before the team arrived from Iowa, David traveled to the indigenous area of Costa Rica (southeast of CR) to visit the missions we have there.  These missions are in Valle de las Estrellas (Valley of the Stars) and you first must drive about 5 hours to the area south of Limon.  Then the car is parked and the walking begins. 

Here are some photos showing the great visit they had to one existing mission and one new mission.

Part of the evangelism team from El Alto church with their guide in the middle.

The walking bridge into the indigenous area (no car bridge exists).

 

 

David and Leyla hiking to the first village.

Not much of a trail to follow.

The first village with a new cell group - Jukari.

 

 

Ted, CALL student from MO got to return to the area.

The Jukari Worship team in action.

Bathtime!

David finds some friends.

Ted's morning hike was rewarded with this awesome photo.

The next day's hike to Honduras was a little shorter than normal after the team hitched a ride in the back of this truck.  But this is the end of the road, so David is paying the man for his trouble.  It's all by foot from here...

The Nazarene Church in Honduras constructed by Ted's Work and Witness team two years ago.

 

 

 

Pastor Arselio rides to meet the team.

David, Pastor Leyla and the rest of the team (5 in all) had a great visit to the two villages.  The first village is a new cell group so the team did some discipleship workshops with the new believers.  The second village (Honduras) is the mission where Pastor Arcelio lives and pastors.  He is also the church planter for the area.  He takes the Jesus Film and other resources into the other villages to bring the good news of Jesus to them.  He is doing great work in the Valley of the Stars. 

That's the update for now.  David will have more to tell when he returns from Panama with the Jesus Film team.

Blessings to you all,
Shelley and family