End of Summer and Beginning of GAP Year Update

This past summer was full of groups in and out of the villa, moving bunk beds back and forth between rooms, grocery shopping for up to 4 teams at a time each week, and watching the lives of people  being changed week by week. The months of May through August, I had the privilege of helping to lead short term missions teams from the states through different towns and events here in Costa Rica. We had some great groups come down here and help to lead different kids clubs, youth groups, sporting events and more. It was awesome to be able to see the lives of the people visiting being impacted and changed as they served here, as well as the impact that they had on the lives of the people here. While it was lots of work and sometimes very tiring, I was honored to be able to translate for and guide the numerous groups around Costa Rica.

Some of my favorite groups to work with this past summer were Mountaintop Church from Hoover, Alabama, Calvary Monument from PA and Christ Community from North Carolina. They did a great job of coming down here really prepared. It was neat seeing how not only the people that the groups were ministering to were impacted, but the groups themselves left impacted big time by the people they met and the experiences they had.

August ended with our new group of GAP students arriving on the 25th. It has been great getting to know the students as they begin classes and get settled into living here for the year. We have 9 male and 16 female students from all over the United States this year. I am looking forward to seeing God work not only in the students lives but our lives as staff as well.

 I am so thankful for the opportunity I had this Summer to stay here and invest so much more into our ministry in Tirrases. It is great to see the growth happening there day by day as we continue in our kids club, youth group, Sunday morning and Thursday evening services, and all the other events we have throughout the week. God has answered prayers in that He has provided a great team in Tirrases with people serving that are actually from the town of Tirrases. We are working with different student leaders trying to teach them leadership qualities by giving them classes and letting them get some hands on experience.

On August 20th our church in Tirrases had our first Baptismal Service and 10 from our church got baptized!

Thank you all so much for the prayers and support sent my way over these summer months! If there is anyone that would like to join my support team you can click here. Score International Webpage.