Greetings! I hope all has been well with you over this last week. This last Monday we had the opportunity to meet briefly some of my parents long time friends John & Pam Propst, a missionary couple from Africa. We had a great time talking about their efforts in Africa, their upcoming move to Chad, and sharing about our plans in Costa Rica. The thing that sticks with me most though is that after 42+ years of service in the missions field, they were both so passionate about work for the Kingdom. He was energized by the tremendous need for missionaries in both Africa, India and the Middle East. One stat that he used was in India there were 250,000 non believers to each believer - that is astounding. One of the last things he said to us as they were leaving was 'Keep the vision!' I hope that after 40 years of whatever God has me do in this life I can stay as engaged, excited and passionate.
One big piece of news is that we have nailed down when we are heading to Costa Rica! We purchased tickets last night and will be going to Miami from March 18th to March 25th to spend some time at Latin America Missions' Miami Service Office, and then we will fly out to Costa Rica on March 25th. We plan on spending about a month at La Palabra helping out with odds and ends, getting settled in (buy a car, get a license, find somewhere to live, etc) and also to get a taste of what our roles will look like when we officially join the La Palabra de Vida staff for the 2009 teaching year. After a month , we will head to the other side of San Jose, Costa Rica and begin the first of two semesters of language school. Christy and I are so excited to have this detail worked out so that we can plan towards that time. We will certainly need many prayers as we continue preparing to go.
When you get a chance, let us know how you are all doing!
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