Good Afternoon!
Hope and JOY to each of you who read this!
I guess it rained somewhere as we had a beautiful bright rainbow visible for quite a little while from here at the house!
We have had gorgeous weather here the past few days dry and sunny! This is unusual for Puriscal as this is about middle way through the rainy season and usually rains every afternoon! I am hoping it holds out for the She SEEKS JESUS womens conference coming up in 2 weeks here at the camp & training center!
There are 13 ladies coming from 4 different states to participate and 4 countries will be represented! WOW! GOD is good!
James finished his homeschool 8th grade program in June and we have ordered the materials for him to start 9th grade. He was worried when he heard we were ordering his books, he's not ready to go back to school yet! I haven't told him but I set his date for beginning on Sept1 so he still has almost 2 months of free time! He spent the day with his best friend Ellioth today. He and Ellioth have been friends since we arrived here in Costa Rica! Praise the LORD for friends!
We had 3 teams since I last blogged, seems like it is easy to push writing back to last with so much to do!
First week in June we had a team of 15 doctors and students here with us from Fellowship of Christian Optometrists from UAB. they served in 3 different communities and gave out eye glasses to many people who read their Bible for the very first time, what a blessing! We take our sight for granted for sure! They also had sun glasses to give out and the kids especially all loved wearing their new shades!
We had a team of 13 youth and leaders come from East Heights Baptist church. They held a youth retreat, they shared the retreat with 14 youth from our church Arbol de Vida! What a blessing! Many of these youth had never been to a camp before and was a great experience. They were here 2 days, one night over night. Some of the youth had never been away from home for a night! They built a campfire and roasted marshmallows, played on a home made slip and slide and studied the WORD OF GOD together! Even though they didn't speak the same language they loved each other and shared a wonderful weekend!
Last week we had a youth team come do Bible school in 3 different communities. They were in Pozos for 2 days, Saripiqui 2 days and finished out at our church Sunday Morning, they did crafts and balloon figures and face painting at our church Arbol de Vida! The children loved their time together and asked when they'd be back! The Spanish/English barrier comes down when Christ is presented and the love of JESUS opens doors to share together! This group was able to take the LORDS SUPPER together with our church and was just a wonderful time of praising GOD together in all languages!
If you would like to come on a mission trip you can email us at turnerefmj@gmail.com or contact Ms Carolyn Roye our teams coordinator at Global Outreach at 662-842-4615.
Thank you for your prayers for our ministry! Looking forward to great things GOD will do in these next few months as we continue to serve JESUS, sharing HIS love here in Costa Rica!
JESUS BLESS YOU!
Franklin Evelyn Mary & James
