New year for youth!

As with any group of people in this year 2011 it has been a great year, and a year of challenges for our youth group in our church Arbol de Vida. We work alongside our pastor Olger and his wife Guiselle. Although we don't work directly with the youth our children Mary and James are a part of the group so we are directly involved!
The kids have had a lot of great moments this year, many new youth coming to CHRIST and now the group is steady at 25 each Sunday morning and even Wednesday evenings for prayer night, the adults are outnumbered by the youth many times!
PRAY for this group as they surge into the New Year 2012, that they will affirm their faith in GOD and keep walking daily knowing JESUS is with them each step of the way.
Sometimes they will tell me they are unhappy or that life is just depressing,but with GODS help they can overcome learning the same as we are, that step by step when we stay close to JESUS is when we are the happiest, safest, and growing knowing JESUS is there with us!
Thank you so much for your prayers and support of our ministry. If you'd like to make a last minute donation to count this year you can send a check to Global Outreach P.O. Box 1 Tupelo, MS 38802 made out to Global Outreach for Franklin and Evelyn Turner if it is postmarked by Dec 31 it still counts for this years taxes as with any gift it is 100% to our account and is tax deductible! You can also give online at www.globaloutreach.org
Thank you for being there praying for us and giving to make this mission possible!

 

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

CHRISTmas one year ago!

Thank you for your payers and support of our ministry here in Costa Rica! We were able to be a part of a baptism that took place last Christmas! What a blessing, this young man Manuel is growing in CHRIST and is now starting to serve in our church!

 

 

 

We were starting to dig postholes for our house base posts! Now I am sitting in my house enjoying time with the kids! What a blessings, thank you so much to each of you who came to help out last year and looking forward to seeing each f you this coming year! Many blessings this CHRISTmas!

 

 

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

James 6th grade graduation!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

Youth, what age are we talking about?

This is Sunday evening, and seems like we just had Monday, where did last week go, and what about the weekend! WOW!
This has been a busy weekend, maybe thats why it flew by so quickly!
Mary spent the night Thurs & Friday nights at Maria Amables house. They have been friends since we got here to Costa Rica!
Saturday morning I had my bible class, so James and I left the house around 7am. I left James in Tabarcia to play with friends, and went to class from 8-2.
Franklin worked here at camp in the shop, then in the evening joined us for an awesome church service! Our youth group at church have been growing in the LORD, so they were in charge of the service Saturday night. Was wonderful, those of you who have met Dalberth, he is 23 now, he was in charge of leading the service, master of ceremonies of sorts. They started with music as they usually do; all but 2 of the 7 people playing and singing were youth, Mary at the keyboard and Maria Amable at the drums!
Here the youth group ranges from 16-30something! Hence the headlines! Hehehe! Anyways back to the service, after wonderful praise and worship several of the youth took up the offering, 2 sang a special song. 4 young people gave a short version of their testimony! What testimonies!

And the theme throughout, although they hadn't even planned it that way, each had to get together what they were going to say but not share it until the service, the theme throughout was how the church had brought them the love that had been missing in their life! WOW! GOD is so good! As each of them finished telling about how JESUS had changed their life, Dalberth asked the Father or Mother to come up to give their child a hug, what a special time! Looking forward to great things to come! Alltogether there were around 30 youth in the service, we adults were outnumbered! What a blessing! Our pastor Olger has always worked hard to draw the youth in, and help them get on their feet, helping them study, helping them find jobs, and teaching them the WORD OF GOD!
Hope to see these kids strong for JESUS throughout their lives, living, giving, loving without holding back, without thinking about how they look or who is watching, GOD give them strength and a strong LOVE for JESUS CHRIST to last forver! Amen!
JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James

Thank you Ms. Nancy!

Today you will be remebered in many way at your memorial service, beautiful memories of your selfless life, always giving, and loving without boundries!

This picture was taken a few days after ms. Nancy came here to work with us. She lives here at the camp with us in the beginning while she found a house in town to live in.

She came up to see our new house, full of joy for us although she didn't have a house yet! Now she has a more beautiful mansion, in heaven, no rent to pay, no electricity to worry about, the water is crystal clear and free! Praise the LORD!

Ms Nancy was determined not to be a burden on anyone and loved to help where she could! She washed dishes and cooked for several teams while looking for her house to live in.

I hope to be an example of love and strive to better each day as Ms. Nancy has given us example!

JESUS BLESS YOU! Franklin Evelyn Mary & James