Costa Rica Missions - Serving the Kingdom Through Missions

Sunday Morning

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The group had the opportunity of singing music, doing a drama, and praying for the church... the next few blogs will include some of those activities from Sunday.

An Amazing and Awesome God

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An unknown country, with unknown fears and wonders and yet, I am at peace. Twenty-four unfamiliar faces and yet, I feel as close as family. Thousands of hearts and yet, in Christ we are one. Costa Rica 2009, for so long I prepared myself, and now, here we are. In the short 5 days we have been here, I have already seen God move in amazing ways: through drama presentations, door to door outreach, community service, VBS and so much more. Every morning I wake up in complete wonder of what God has done and what He is going to do that day and knowing that He has so much more up His sleeve comletely blows my mind! We really do serve an awesome God and this generation, my generation, better hold on to their horses because God is going to take us on one crazy ride! I love you all and can not wait to share face to face all that God has done!

In Him,

Alesha

Hey everyone!

The past few days in Costa Rica have been amazing! We have all grown so much so quickly. A group of us went to Vanessas house, a women who is parilized from the waist down. We prayed with her, gave her a Bible and shared our favorite verses with her. It was astounding to see how someone who had gone through so much could be so strong in her faith. She told us: without Jesus in my heart, I would not have made it through. It is amazing to witness the awesome things God is doing!

Written by: Jen

Prayer Walk

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After church on Sunday we covered Las Juntas in prayer visiting each of the ministry sights:

San Jorge, San Francisco, and Bellavista. We also stopped at several churches in the area, the retirement home, and parks. This was a great opportunity for students to be able to see where we would be ministering all week.

Lots of walking that afternoon and all the students were very tired but it did not stop there. After dinner we headed back to central park where teenagers like to hang out at night and we played music, played soccer, hung out with skate borders, bikers, and had the opportunity of presenting the groups drime once again.

Drime

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The drime that was presented went perfectly with what Pastor Roberto spoke about in his sermon that day.

Celebrad!

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Celebrad a Cristo Celebrad!!!!!!

Sunday morning 2

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Song 2

An unexpected lesson

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Alesha explains her experience in Costra Rica so far.

Laura's story

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Earlier this week I was doing door to door ministry. At the beginning of our walk we met a man who was cleaning the street. He told us to come to his home later that afternoon after he got off work so we could tell him more about what we were doing. When we arrived at his house later that afternoon we started talking to him and his two sons that lived with him. We decided that we would pray for them. Afterwards, we noticed that the man and one of his sons was starting to get emotional. One of our team members decided to step up and ask if they were wanting to make the decision to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. Both the son and father said that they would. It was an amzing thing to witness.

Written by: Laura

Sneak peak

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

For your entertainment!

Who doesn't belong?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Not very informational about the Costa Rica project but a good laugh for the participants.

Drime 4

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This drama was performed on Friday night at a cultural gathering. Students were exposed to a handful of Costa Rican music, dancing, miming, as well as some fellow American music because there were highschool students doing community service in the area.

Students were excited as they met fellow American who spoke English. During the fellow American students presentation our students were in continual prayer for our presentation of three songs: 2 in Spanish, 1 in English as well as our powerful drama. After the drime was performed, some students had the opportunity to talk to some of the fellow students in more detail about the drime, they were not Christians. The night was a learning experience, cultural experience and an eye opener. Pray for those who witnessed the drime the night as well as all the people we came in contact with while in Costa Rica.

Written by: Christy Barnard, Project Leader

Save your balloon!

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This was the first day in San Francisco a neighborhood that we did VBS in Las Juntas.

This was a game with balloons tied to kids ankles. Save your balloon!

Redirect

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Christy, the project leader here for the July 4th- July 13th project. To check out more blogs go to: http://09cr0630yi.myadventures.org/ this is the ambassador costa rica blog that I have been updating for participants parents. With the limited internet access I have only had time to post to one blog. Thanks for understanding.

Project is still going really well and thank you for your prayers.

Blessings...

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The past few days have been amazing. We have all bonded so close as a team, and each person brings something unique to the team. Today, we started VBS and have had such a great time playing soccer with the kids and talking to them about God. The host church has welcomed us in and has shown us much hospitality by taking care of us and cooking amazing meals for us. The Costa Ricans are all very friendly and we are enjoying hanging out with the teenagers at the park at night. We are very blessed to be here and can not wait to see what God is going to do this week. We can not wait to see our families again in 8 days!

Hasta Luego,

Costa Rica Team 2009

Written by: Colin

Today we were going door to door asking people if they needed us to pray for them. Our translator told us about this 14 year old girl who was pregnant. So a couple of us decided to visit her and ask if we could pray for her. We asked for any specific prayer requests. She requested that we pray for her significany other and his ability to raise enough money to receive an ultrasound. During our prayer I felt God laying on my heart to give them 20,000 colones. So I did. Then, we went to the store to purchase a bag of rice for another family. When I went to pull my money out I saw that I had the same amount that I had started with. Just then I realized God had blessed me because of my giving. It made me stop and realize that God is with me every step of the way.

Written by: Mikayla and Laura

We are here!!!

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The ambassador team for July 4th- July 13th made it safely yesterday as scheduled.

After an interesting packing job of luggage about 5 feet high we headed to the city of Las Juntas in the county of Abangares.

The group has jumped right in with an orientation, a church service, and a music ministry in central park.

Sunday we participated in the church service with a drama, music, and prayer. This afternoon we walked the streets of Las Juntas to all the different ministry sights and covered the city in prayer.

Thanks for your prayers!!!