September 17 2007

Dios lo bendiga! God bless you! This is a very usual greeting here in Costa Rica!

September 2007 wow how times fly! We are thankful for our health and the many blessings God has given us! We celebrated childrens day with our church Sept. 9. The Sunday School teachers made an ark of boxes and we re-enacted one of the greatest miracles of the bible, the floating zoo! The ark is a shadow of real salvation that could only come through faith in JESUS CHRIST!

We have enjoyed 3 years here in Tabarcia now, seems like yesterday we got here! We first came to a town 30 minutes from here named Ciudad Colon. We stayed there in town while Franklin finished language studies! James enrolled in kindergarten and we continued to home school Mary.

We moved here to Costa Rica in 2004. We came here driving our Toyota pick-up! This was quite an adventure if you have never traveled in Central America it is worth it! The scenery is gorgeous, and the people are friendly. They helped us as the roads are not marked and many times the only way to find our way through small towns and places along the way was to follow the main road, sometimes it was hard to tell!

We started looking for a church to serve in meanwhile Franklin studied Spanish. We found Arbol De Vida, and are thankful for the great blessing this little church has been to our lives! We have enjoyed the relationship with Ogler and Guiselle the pastors leaders here at Arbol DE Vida right now. They have been pastors of this church for 6 years now.

They have helped us a great deal not only learning the ropes of ministry to Hispanic people but finding our way around and working together with us to the Glory of our Saviour JESUS CHRIST!

We are very thankful for the opportunity to serve JESUS here in Costa Rica and look forward to new ways to minister in the name of JESUS!

We feel called to host a camp and training center similar to camp centers in the states. It is a place where Children and Youth can come to learn more about Jesus! A place for couples to get away from the busy lives and take time to renew time together! Pastors are ministered to as they find time at Taller Del Maestro Global Outreach to rest and renew their strength in Jesus! Women come to know a Saviour who loves her for who she is!

• Pray for us as we work through the process of purchase of property for the camp center.


• Pray that we will always put Jesus first!


• Pray for Mary and James as they got to public school here in Tabarcia for safety and a Jesus like attitude showing HIS love to a dark and dying world!