Crumbs for the Journey

Here we go!  We had our second packing party at the Smith's house tonight.  Thank you, David, Robin, and Darbi Grace for hosting us.  The food was great and so was the "entertainment."  Everyone is packed and ready to go.  We will see everyone at 4am at the JXN airport with smiles on. Yesterday's report from the team in  Costa Rica  was another very positive one.  The day was filled with great God moments, from seeing the smiles of the beautiful Costa Rican children to the high emotion of families in need weeping for joy as they were given food to eat with no strings attached.  Many of the groups came back last night with reports of people falling to their knees and thanking God for the amazing generosity. Thank you for your continued prayers and support as we join our friends for another amazing week of work, service and worship in Costa Rica.  We will update you periodically and look forward to giving you a full report when we return.

Things are going really well in Costa Rica.  All of our team is healthy and embracing everyday as a gift from the Divine.  Each day brings new faces and new opportunities to see God in action. The students are constantly being amazed by the power of the Holy Spirit and are excited about the second group coming on Friday. Evening worship has been powerful and lots of good sharing is going on among all the students.   Therefore worship went longer last night so I did not receive yesterday's text update until late last night They reported that each group had powerful moments in homes, "People are wanting knowledge about Jesus, people crying at the mention of prayer.  People crying because you've taken the time to stop and talk to them." The children have been "precious," they seem to smile and get excited about even the small things. "the days seem to get better with every day." As you can see, the needs are great in that area of Costa ...

"Today is a great day!" Everyone woke up ready to see God.  They have been making puppets and will begin a puppet ministry as they travel to the different sites to work. They have split up into six different teams and they are all out and about in the southern country of Costa Rica serving today. They will have dinner and worship in Palmar Norte tonight.  Everyone is doing well.  They are enjoying making new friends along with seeing old friends from Base Camp last year.  Thanks for the prayers. There are only 4 more days left until the other part of the group joins them. Report at the end of the day: The group has had a very good day.  I received a text around 9:30pm (which means it was 8:30pm in Costa Rica). They were headed back to camp from worship. They traveled to different areas in the country outside of San Isidro during the day, where they did puppet shows, bible school, delivered rice and beans and prayed over several families.  Many of the fa...

I just wanted to let everyone know that the team arrived in San Jose CR around 1:15pm today and after a long journey over the mountains, they have arrived safely in San Isidro. They will spend the night there tonight. Get up and worship with that congregation and then head to El Peje after lunch. It is just a 20 minute drive. Most of the team slept the whole way, ( I am sure the early morning flight and the late night last minute packing helped that matter) so they are awake now and excited about being there. I will keep you posted all week until I head out on Friday, then Zack Vosen (the intern) will keep you posted for the second week. While we are there we will be updating my blog, my facebook & twitter, and hopefully the St. Matthew’s UMC website along the way. I will send an email daily as I receive information (via text and skype) from the team. Please know that for the first week the updates on the web may be periodically done, however as of right now, during the second...