A big encouragement

I've been meaning to write on this and just keep forgetting - so now as I am scrambling to get ready for school seems the appropriate time.

We went to a Spanish speaking church this weekend - we later found out it was a Colombian church - and it was awesome. It was a non-denominational church that we had heard of from another student at language school. After an hour of music worship - that takes some getting used to - we moved towards the message. Sunday was the last week of their missions month. I knew something was special when they mentioned 'month' as most churches in the US will focus only one week if anything at all. There were many special testimonies, they were sending off one couple as missionaries and welcoming back a couple other missionaries they had. Thankfully they had someone to translate into English this week for us so we did not miss much. Here I am, Mr Gringo learning Spanish as a missionary in Costa Rica - and this church has more passion and heart for missions to the world then I feel like I do on good days. What an encouragement for Christy and I, but also for everyone back home, knowing that the young evangelic church in Costa Rica is beginning to send out workers for the harvest. God is good!

Before we left the VP of ministries for Latin America Mission told us that one of our ministries would simply involve being an example of what missionaries do, how they act, etc for Ticos. As their church continues to grow and evolve, having examples of healthy missionaries will be helpful and really important. I can see from last weekend how right he was.