Is it really JULY already?

Hello to all our dear family and friends,

I know we already shared about the craziness of the World Cup (see the June post), but it continued into July.  Costa Rica lost in the quarter finals to the Netherlands.  It was a very close game, losing only by penalty kicks.  But even with a loss, the Costa Ricans celebrated in the streets.  They were super proud of their team who made it further in the World Cup than in any other team in Central American history.  It was a BIG deal.  

Kayley and her friends from church enjoying celebrating in the streets.

Anne, Micah and Kayley, proudly holding the Costa Rica flag.

Kayley had an excellent adventure attending the Florida District youth camp in Orlando.  She flew by herself for the first time and did a great job.  She was a little worried, but came home explaining how easy it was.  She loved the camp and met many new friends there.  Next summer we will travel to Florida (our LINKS district) to spend ten days, so hopefully she will see her new friends once again.

Allison Tooley met Kayley at the airport.  Thanks Tooley family!

The Tavares Church of the Nazarene camp group.

Preparing for Pirate day at camp.

Here at SENDAS campus, Shelley’s work with CALL continued.  The group from Point Loma (PLNU) finished up their coursework and travels mid-month.  It was a successful 9 weeks and for the first time the students lived in homes in a nearby neighborhood.   We hope to continue the program next year, having even more students in the program. 

PLNU at Irazu Volcano.

Professor Marianna in Costa Rica.

Last day of class with PLNU.

Jim and Linda Dortch also completed their one month of Spanish studies this month.  They learned so much in just a few weeks!  And they will be working with Genesis in the Dominican Republic in the fall.  There is nothing we love better than to send off volunteer missionaries to the world!

Zeidy presenting certifcates to the Dortchs'.

We had big plans to hold an ESL day camp for children in July, but that plan just didn’t work out.  It was a disappointment, but the good thing is that we were able to help in preschools in the community.  We are especially thankful for Marylou and Laura from the San Diego area who volunteered to teach with the program.  Now there is talk of holding the ESL daycamp next year at a local school where it would be easy access for parents and a familiar environment for the children. 

Laura teaching a little one.

Joshua enjoying story time.

I think the kids like him!

Marylou and Laura in Coronado.

Marylou with Pastor Johnny and Mauren at the Finca.

Have you heard of Genesis?  I just mentioned it above, but maybe you haven’t heard about it yet?  Check out this website: www.mesoamericagenesis.com

Genesis is a push to work in the urban centers (and a few islands where the church has little to no presence).  Shelley’s office assistant will be one of the two year volunteers to serve as a missionary with Genesis.  Helen needs to raise lots of funds to make this happen.  If you would like to help her (I encourage you to do so!) you can read about her plans and support her ministry at this website:  

http://web.nazarene.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=1090&pxfid=5930

Helen Herrera, volunteer missionary with Genesis

SENDAS was privileged to have a Work and Witness team from Arizona with us for one week.  They worked so hard in renovating the Guanacaste dorm building.  This is such an important project.  Many of the buildings of SENDAS are 40+ years old and need some serious work.  THANKS to the Tempe, AZ team for all their hard work to help complete this project.  

Another awesome event was the Maximum Mission in Rosister Carballo.  This church is located in a rough area and it was great to see the youth of the district work together to make a difference in this community.  Joshua and Kayley helped with this team and Joshua has kept busy working with many teams, especially at the Poas finca this summer.

David has kept busy with a trip to Panama (Joshua went along) to meet with church planters, a trip to the Indigenous area (yes, again) and much time planning the upcoming Evangelism projects in a town called Miramar, near the Pacific coast.  We are very excited to work with the Marysville, WA Jesus Film team who will arrive later this week.  There is a small cell group in Miramar who have been meeting for more than a year.  These 10 people are excited to work in their community and tell people about Jesus as opportunities are given.  It will be a GREAT week.  Pray for us and the team from July 24 – 31^st. 

Thank you so much for your prayers.  Already we look forward to seeing many of you next summer (2015) when we will be in the USA for two months of traveling and visiting churches.  Maybe we will see YOU???

Blessings from the Webbs,

David, Shelley, Joshua and Kayley