Family Festivals in Costa Rica

Yesterday's blog post was about the schools in Costa Rica wouldn't allow us to distribute tracts or Bibles, but how God was still able to use the spoken lessons, testimonies and gospel presentation to bring many students to a saving faith in Jesus.

We had six family festivals while we were in San Jose--four in private apartment complexes and two in open neighborhoods.   The festivals included the inflatable, clown, games for the kids, drama and the gospel presentation.  

We were able to share door-to-door in the open neighborhoods, but in the apartment complexes we could only knock on doors and invite the families to the festival in their park.  We couldn't be prouder of this team, 3 from Rock Harbor Church in Bakersfield, CA; 15 from First Baptist, Murrells Inlet, SC and 10 from Faith Baptist Church, Youngsville, NC. They faithfully followed the rules and sought out and shared with people who came to the park.  It was awesome to see more than 100 people make professions of faith even with restrictions.  

Please pray for the follow-up team as they contact each person who made a profession of faith and invite them to one of three receptions the church will be holding over the next two weeks.