We've had a great campaign here in Costa Rica this week. We have, however, been "flexible." Last night we set up the inflatable, speakers and everything else associated with our evening campaigns. We were about 15 minutes in to the evening when two police came by and asked to see our permit. Pastor Rodolfo showed him the permit letter from the neighborhood, but they told him we needed a second permit from the city. Evidently, a neighbor called the police to complain about the loud music. The police were very considerate and told us we didn't have to shut everything down, but that we couldn't use our speaker system. We skipped the movie, did the drama (no music) with Guillermo telling the story without a microphone and shared and translated the gospel without sound. Nine people made professions of faith in the midst of all of the distractions and one of them offered to start a Bible study in their home. So cool to see that nothing surprises our God.
Today we were supposed to share the honesty lesson in a small public high school. Last night we learned that the teachers union in San Jose had called for a one-day strike. We had no idea if there would be students and/or teachers at the school. We arrived this morning and there were some students and teachers, but were only able to share in 4 classes, not the 12 classes we had anticipated. We spent the extra time going door to door in the neighborhood inviting everyone to the family festival in the neighborhood park Tonight's campaign was a huge success . . . there were so many people at the park. I think there were at least 75 kids in line for the inflatable and a crowd full of raised hands after the invitation.
It was a sad goodbye . . . everyone is heading out tomorrow morning. We are so thankful to have worked with teams from California, South Carolina and Alabama.
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