November's Post - We are Thankful

Hello Everyone Everywhere,

It is a wonderful time of the year here in Costa Rica. Although it has been rainy here in the later afternoons (normal for rainy season), the mornings have been sunny and warm (temps in the 80s).  Beautiful weather.  It is almost time for a slight season change.  The rain will stop soon and the drier days of “summer” will begin.  In all honesty, we are looking forward to the change since we all seem to experience less sinus headaches during dry season.  Yeah for less headaches!  We are thankful.

As always, it has been a busy time.  David traveled to the Dominican Republic for a Regional Evangelism training.  The leaders were in the “Tell the Story” training for most of the time, with other moments set aside for meetings.  David has friends wherever he goes, and he always looks forward to seeing his co-workers in Evangelism from around the Region.  Thankful for safe trips.

The CALL language school has two students on campus and two students online currently,  We are sad that Kay Lynn will be leaving us in December, but God is leading her to work once again in the USA, hopefully using her Spanish a lot.  She has been a great help to Shelley and the program, and she will be missed.   Before she leaves though, she will have a busy time with the two MNU student teachers who are arriving at midnight tonight.  We are excited to have Jaymes and Misty on campus with us. More info to come in next month’s blog about their stay. Thankful for helpful volunteer missionaries.

Kay Lynn, being her happy self.

Kay Lynn and Carol with Professors Zeidy and Gaby in downtown San Jose.

At SENDAS, the month of October is always a bit crazy.  We have our annual meetings with leaders arriving to campus from across the Region and from South America.  Everything went really well, and we are excited about new projects to help the Seminary financially for the future.  Shelley will be working more with that in the next year.  Thankful for new opportunities.

SENDAS' Advisory Board

Then, just two weeks after the Assembly meetings, SENDAS has the graduation ceremony.  Shelley and Kay Lynn, along with Vicente worked together to plan the decorations, make the program, and assist with the reception. It was a wonderful gathering of nearly 200 people to celebrate the graduates and the 45th anniversary of the Seminary. Twenty students graduated from degree programs and another 71 from certificate programs.  Thankful for a wonderful event. 

Faculty and Graduates - 2015

Graduates - SENDAS - 2015

We decorated a tent for extra reception seating.

Guess what is inside this glass.  Colored rice! It worked well.

Kayley had a fun time visiting her brother at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio.  She spent a week on campus, and enjoyed seeing a campus with students (we always visit in the summer when no one is there!) and she got to see FALL for the first time that she can remember.  She was 7 years old when we left the USA and have not been back during the fall months in all these years.  She loved it!  Thankful for two great kids.

Kayley enjoying FALL in the USA. 

Upcoming events and Prayer Requests:
-David’s trip to the Indigenous area next week – an important trip for planning for 2016.

-MNU Student Teachers with CALL (arriving tonight)

-Seminary projects – we need a couple of W&W teams for 2016.  So far, no teams are scheduled for SENDAS and we have a building that needs completion. Can you bring a team in 2016?  Also, we are in the preliminary planning stage for a large project or two at SENDAS.  Pray for wisdom as we move forward.

Thanks for your prayers and support of the ministry in Costa Rica and Panama.

The Webbs