October 2015: CALL, Guatemala, Curacao and SENDAS

Hello once again. Here we are in October already. Where did the year go?  It is amazing how fast the time goes by.  We are missing (once again) the fall season with the changing of the leaves in the USA, but we are thankful we live in a temperate climate.  Some days, if there are clouds and rain, it can feel even a bit cool and reminds us of a fall football game day.

Shelley’s work with CALL never ends, and on the last day of September we had a small celebration for Carol’s completion of three months of full time Spanish study.  She is a new missionary with SENDAS and is now taking less hours of Spanish and working in the office more and more. She is already a great asset to SENDAS. 

Carol and Gaby

We finally sold the Toyota, David’s beloved truck that we have owned for nearly 9 years.  David decided to purchase the Sickel family’s pick up, which is much better for the trips to the Indigenous area, so we no longer needed the red Toyota.  She now belongs to a wonderful family in Guapiles, and they called to say how pleased they are to have such a good vehicle.  It was a win-win!

We had a wonderful time in Guatemala for a three day Nazarene Missions International celebration.  It was fun to see so many friends. We also got to meet face to face some our LINKS friends from Barbados who we have been in contact with by email for a couple year.

Here are a few photos from our time in Guatemala.

A view from the back of the event.  Love this photo with our friend Bub in his hat standing near the back.

David was asked to translate for Dr. Saenz for a couple minutes.  Always nerve-racking, but he did a great job!

Seeing these two is always fun!  The wedding for Erika and David will be in March.  Can't wait!

It's always a blessing to see our friends the Sickels who now serve in Mexico.

Receiving a missionary recognition certificate.  We didn't do anything special; we were just there.

Shelley, doing her best to translate for Dr. Ruben Fernandez.

The HILL.  It doesn't look like much in this photo, but it is a workout to trudge up it.

Happy to be missionaries with the Mesoamerica Region!

Holding this boy is a workout: Levi Sickel

Shelley loved holding the babies.  This is Elizabeth.

Getting to meet some of the missions leaders from Barbados was quite an honor. 

A highlight of the trip was getting to meet Jonathan and Lisette Petrus, who live in Curacao and who are working to plant the Church of the Nazarene there.  At the next general assembly in 2017, Curacao will be added to the number of world areas where the Church of the Nazarene is officially recognized, so it may be listed as number 160!  Pray for this couple and their two children as they work to build the church on the Dutch island nation.

Jonathan and his son carrying in the flag for Curacao.  

This is the month for local assemblies and David is keeping busy helping to lead the meetings. Saturday night (tonight) he is leading the assembly and preaching at Montes de Oca church and Sunday (tomorrow) he is preaching at La Finca in Poas.  This week he travels to the Dominican Republic for regional evangelism meetings. 

Kayley’s and Joshua’s senior years (high school and college, respectively) are going well.  Kayley is studying for the ACT exam in December, and Joshua is busy writing papers and finishing up another online master’s business course.  Both kids are doing well, and we praise the Lord that Joshua will come home for Christmas to Costa Rica and we will be the Webb Family 4 once again.  We are all looking forward to that.

These are busy days at SENDAS (the Seminary) with the Assembly meetings this week and graduation in two more weeks.  If we all survive until November 8^th, then life can slow back down to a normal pace. 

Love my team at SENDAS: Shelley, Vicente and Kay Lynn.

Just had to include this cute photo of Kayley (middle) with two missionaries, Carol and Kay Lynn.

Thanks to all our friends and family who keep us encouraged through prayer.  We are so thankful for each one of you.

Blessings,

The Webb family