Day 6 Part I Interests of Others Philippians 2:4

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Daniel 1:4-5

Another beautiful day in Costa Rica and another beautiful day in heaven.

This morning we went to a school, Escuela Dr. Ferraz, and performed our puppet skits and did a craft with the kids. The kids seemed to really enjoy it all. Tucker gave his testimony at the end. When we were finished, all the kids-ours as well-ran around together laughing and squealing and playing. Joyful noise. We invited the kids to come to a kids´program at church tonight.

This afternoon we went to visit an elderly people´s center. We performed our puppet skits, played Bible Bingo with them, and had a Birthday party! A good time was had by all.

We also had some leisure time to play some soccer and to walk around a market with local goods and crafts as well as downtown San Jose.

Tonight we had a big crowd at church for our children´s program. We did several crafts with them and the puppet skits again. It was a lot of fun watching the kids work on their crafts. The language barrier was frustrating at times as it was all day and all week. There were kids there from the school. Most incredible was the invitation that Carlos gave at the end where many people accepted Jesus-kids and adults!! Some of them were from the school. God is amazing.

We are all exhausted tonight, but looking forward to our last day and night in Costa Rica.

Cada uno debe velar no solo por sus propios intereses sino tabien por los demas.

Filipenses 2:4

Si Dios Quiere

Praise be to God,

Lisa Towers

Kelly Walters, Trip Leader

Day 5 Good News Mark 16:15

Genesis 1:1







In the beginning God...

It was a beautiful day in
Costa Rica and in heaven. We went to Triangulo, a very poor part of Costa Rica, to present our puppet program to the kids in the neighborhood. While a few stayed with the puppet stage, the rest of us set out to invite the kids of the neighborhood to the titere programa (puppet program.) We invited kids who were outside playing and knocked on doors and invited the kids who were inside. As we were walking a lady asked Carlos if we would pray for her and her adult daughter. We went in her home and prayed for them. Then we shared the good news of Christ to them! We testified to the awesome power of God. We told them that God´s grace is sufficient no matter their circumstances. We also told them that Jesus saves us from hell, that He lives with us here, and that we will get to live forever with Him in heaven.They said they wanted to accept Christo! We got to lead them in prayer to accept Christ! We told them that God loves them and no matter what they had done, God would forgive them. They said that God had sent us to them. How incredibly unfathomable.

God´s Grace is Sufficient

for, ¨Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.¨ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ¨¨How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!¨ Romans 10:13-15

Dios te ana!
Cristo murio port us pecados.

Vayan por todo el mundo y anuncien las buenas nuevas a todo criatura.
Marcos 16:15

Praise be to God!
Me llamo Lisa, pecadores salvados por gracia

El Plan de Salvacion

Romanos 3:23

Romanos 5:8

Romanos 6:4

Salmos 51:7

2 Pedro 3:18

Apocalipsis 2:10

Day 4 Part II Casa de Mission/Evangelism Romans 12:13

Salmos 16:11

Day 4 Part I Casa de Mission/Evangelism Romans 12:13

Luke 8:22-25

Psalm 28:6-7

¨Worthy of My Praise¨

Big Daddy Weave with Barlow Girl

_Absolute Modern Worship_

copyright 2005 Fervent Records

This morning was beautiful and a little bit cooler in Costa Rica. Then we had some warm sunshine, some showers, and a cool afternoon and evening.

Kelly asked the kids to share something they had learned or were thankful for yesterday. Allison said that you can praise the Lord even in ankle-deep mud. Luke said that God gives us strength to pull weeds. Kevin said that all the boys got mud at least up to their waist!

In the morning we worked on the inside and outside of Casa de Mission. In the afternoon we went to the Purple Church and Carlos sat and told us about God´s ministry through him with prisoners. He started with ministering to prisoners, then added the prisoners´families, and then prisoners who are released from prison and their families. He told us that there is nothing the prisoners have done that we are not capable of. He told us that the prisoners have explanations for their crimes, but no justifications. What they need is reconciliation with God through Jesus. His ministry aims for the salvation of the prisoners as well as the discipleship of them. The church that he pastors is involved in all of these ministries.

We then went out into the neighborhood surrounding the church. Some of the team cleaned up a garden by a store to help a family. Others went out to evangelize. Then we all joined together in evangelism. We went from door to door knocking and asking people how we could pray for them and asking them to write down their prayer requests as well as their contact information. We also left flyers on how to know Jesus as your personal Savior. We got to see a very different culture from Madison, Alabama. The streets, sidewalks, stores, transportation, and architecture are all different, not to mention the language!! Carlos went with us and he and his church will pray for and minister to the people we talked to.

Ezekiel 36:24-28

Todo Es Buenos!
Solo Dios!

Salmos 119:68

¿Que debo hacer para ser salvo?

Praise be to God,
Lisa Towers

Kelly Walters, Trip Leader

Day 3··Part II Casa de Mission Workday Matthew 25:36

Washing Godad

God made mud, too!!····················································A gift for Mrs. Karla

Clearing the pathway!

····················································Reflecting on the view

Casa de Mission backyard

Philippians 4:8

Day 3··Part I Casa de Mission Workday Matthew 25:36

Psalm 19:14

1 John 1:9


Philppians 4:6··7

Psalm 30


We awoke to a beautiful gorgeous day in beautiful Costa Rica.


We served the Lord today working on Case de Mission. The mission team took on various tasks to improve the Mission House which included pulling weeds, moving rocks, clearing a pathway, cleaning water bars, raking leaves, clearing flower beds, picking up trash, plumbing work, cutting overgrowth and washing the dog!! We had very pleasant weather to work in with a little rain to make enough mud for the kids to play in!!


We miss you Ben!!


Praise be to God,

Lisa Towers
Kelly Walters, Trip Director


Salvation Bracelets


BLACK


¨For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God¨ Romans 3:23


NEGRO


¨Por cuanto todos pecaron, y estan distituidos de la gloria de Dios.¨ Romanos 3:23


RED


¨In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God´s grace.¨ Ephesians 1:7


ROJO


¨En CristoJesus tenemos la salvacion mediante su sangre, el perdon de nuestros pecados, conforme a las riquezas de la gracia.¨ Efesisos 1:7


WHITE


¨But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.¨ 1 John 1:7


BLANCO


¨Pero si vivimos en la luz, asi como el esta en la luz, tenemos comunion unos con otros, y la sangre de su Hijo Jesucrsito nos llimpia de todo pecado.¨¨ 1 Juan 1:7


BLUE


¨Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead¨ 1 Peter 1:3


AZUL


¨Alabado sea Dios, Padre de nuestro Senor Jesucristo! Por su gran misericordia, nos ha hecho nacer de nuevo mediante la resurreccion de Jescristo, para que tengamos una esperanza viva.¨

1 Pedro 1:3


GREEN

¨But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.¨ 2 Peter 3:18

VERDE

¨Mas bien, crezcan en la gracia y en el conocimiento de nuestro Senor y Salvador Jesucristo.¨

2 Pedro 3:18

YELLOW

¨For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.¨ Romans 6:23

AMARILLO

¨Porque la paga del pecados es muerte, mas la dadiva de Dios es vida eterna en Cristo Jesus, nuestro Senor¨ Romanos 6:23

Day 2 The Lord´s Day John 14:6

Psalm 119:68

Romans 12:3_8

Colossians 4:5

We woke up to a beautiful day in Costa Rica. We all went to Iglesia Biblica Calle Blancos or the Purple Church to worship. We were blessed by the worship service in Spanish. Even though we couldn´t understand the words, we worshipped together with the ones who could. During the middle of the service, we left to walk around the neighborhood and tell people about Jesus and invite them to church! Then our team got to lead worship with our songs and puppet skits. We also helped the kids make salvation bracelets. Wendy commented that believers worshipping all over the world in different spoken languages must be the aroma of Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:15

We were also blessed by a visit to a faith based prison where we presented some songs and puppet skits to the prisoners and prayed with them. We also enjoyed some play time together.

Dios te ana!

Cristo murio port us pecados!

Praise be to God,

Lisa Towers

Kelly Walters, Trip Leader