October blessings

How great it is to greet you in the great and marvelous Name of Jesús Christ.  Our family thanks you for your prayers.  God, as always, is good and He continues to bless and to help us.  Here are some of the highlights of the ministry trips that God has permitted David to be a part of over the last four or five weeks.

In the last half of September, David was able to travel with the evangelism coordinator of the Costa Rica North district in order to meet with pastors of four different zones.  In their four days of travels, they were encouraged to see the hearts of these pastors respond to the challenge of working together to plant a new work together in each zone.  Our hope is in two years, that we will see four new organized churches in this district that currently has 15 churches.

new church in Alto Palmera

10 baptisms in the Zent River

The first week of October, David traveled with three pastors of San José to the indigenous area of Bajo Chirripo.  They worked with church planter Brother Elber and David was able to help with the baptism of 10 new believers as well as visiting the new church that they are building.  They visited another new village called Serenache where Pastor Elber is beginning to work.  God blessed a Jesús Film presentation that evening and one of the new believers is the wife of the community leader.  We look forward to see what will happen there as God continues to open doors to enter this community. 

Jesus Film showing in Serenache

After returning home from the indigenous zone, David visited works in Sarapiqui and a very new work of Loma Larga that is in the province of Cartago.  Loma Larga is in a beautiful location in the mountains and we rejoiced to spend time with more than 20 people from different households in this community. We rejoice that God is opening works in all parts of Costa Rica.

Loma Larga

The following week, David visited Pastor Armando of David, Panamá.  Pastor Armando is one of the church planters with whom David works.  One of the highlights of this trip was to worship with the believers in a church in the community of Los Abanicos that was officially organized in September after being started with a Jesús Film presentation in February of this year.  It is so exciting to see this work grow in a community where there is so many needs, both spiritual and material. 

Los Abanicos

David made another trip to Panamá the following week for evangelism meetings where evangelism coordinators from Guatemala, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Panama shared about what God was doing in their countries. 

The last week of September David was able to attend a very special event.  Fourteen different denominations are working together to evangelize all of Costa Rica.  On September 26, pastors from all over the country of Costa Rica met to pray and to commit to a plan to distribute copies of the Jesús Film all through the country. Some churches are beginning special times of prayer for the evangelism of Costa Rica. 

 

We feel very privileged to serve the Lord here in Costa Rica and Panamá and ask that you please continue to pray that God will continue to raise up workers for the harvest.  He is able!  

Much love in Christ, David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley