Monday Campaign

Monday was our first day to share a lesson at a school.  We were able to make five different teams and reach five classrooms of students. We arrived early so each group had time to pray before the class. 

 The teams presented the lesson on sexual purity so we were in grades six through 9.

In the afternoon we drove north to Aguilares to work with Pastor Manuel.  We set up the inflatable, sound system and movie in an open field.  

It was a great day with a total of 125 professions of faith between the school and the festival.  

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.  

Three Down, Two to Go

Stephen got his third vaccination this afternoon in a doctor's office near our house.  The doctor specializes in infectious diseases and is a member of our church.  After spending five hours this morning, it was great to just walk three blocks to his office, check-in and get the shot and be out in less than 15 minutes.

Even better, we don't need an appointment for the next two shots.  We can just stop by his office on the days the shots are due.  

Thanks for praying us through this process.