Life in Costa Rica

Hey everyone, the last two months back here in Costa Rica have flown by, and we are excited to catch you all up on what ministry has looked like. We spent a wonderful month in Pennsylvania with family and friends, and are so thankful for the time we had with many we hadn't seen in over a year. Thank you to everyone who took time out of their schedules to see us and attend our ministry update events! We were happy to be able to attend Thomas and LeAnn's wedding before heading back home to Costa Rica. It was a beautiful day celebrating their love and commitment to one another, and we were honored to be a part of their special day. Soon after returning in June, our church hosted two groups from the States - the youth group from Berean church in Michigan, and the youth group from Keystone church in Lancaster only a few days later. It was a very busy few weeks, and we feel extremely blessed by the work they were both able to accomplish! We were so happy to host our friends Jon and J...

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Happy Spring everyone! It is always a joy to see everyone be able to enjoy the return of warm weather on the East coast, and begin spending more time outside. While the heat and humidity of northern Costa Rica can be overwhelming at times, we know that we are so lucky spend the majority of our days outdoors enjoying the sunshine.   This past month we were so excited to celebrate the inauguration of our new church building! The construction of the new gym/multipurpose room has been going on for a few months now, and we praise God for the opportunity to open the doors two weeks before Easter Sunday. We had a wonderful worship service, followed by a time of fellowship and activities all together with our church family. This new building allows for much more space during services, for more people to be able to come and participate on Sunday mornings. It also has opened up space for our children’s Sunday school upstairs. We are so thankful that God has provided for this opportunity for ...

There has been a lot that has happened since our last update and we are excited to bring you up to speed! We pray you had a wonderful Christmas season, celebrating the birth of our Savior. It is so easy to become distracted with gifts, family, and the busyness of Christmastime, but we hope you all found the time to reflect on the reason for our celebration. Jesus came to this lost world to provide hope and salvation and that is worth celebrating! We had a wonderful time gathering as a church family on Christmas Day to worship together and honor the birth of Christ. We fellowshipped together after our service with a lunch and some fun activities including a piñata, cookie decorating, and games in our new gymnasium!  This was our first activity that we were able to utilize our new gym building! The construction at the church is advancing quickly, and we are so excited to see the progress being made as the weeks go by! The roof has been placed and the floor has been poured, and now lo...

Big things are happening in our church and in our lives, and we are so excited to share with all of you! We were sharing with a visiting group recently about how God has been moving in the ministry of Semillas De Vida over the past few years, and I was humbly reminded of just how perfect God’s timing truly is. In 2020, right before the pandemic and everything that came with it, a large donation came in for the expansion of or church building. The sanctuary was feeling smaller and smaller as our congregation grew, and more room was definitely needed. Soon after the money cleared in the bank, the country shut down and we were not allowed to gather as a church. While coming “together” over WhatsApp audio messages on Sunday mornings, the next three months were full of demolition and construction of what is now our new church building! When the doors opened up after the shutdown, members were welcomed to a brand new sanctuary, which is once again starting to feel more crowded each week. Now...

Hello everyone, we hope you had a blessed Holy week and Easter weekend, and are enjoying this new Spring season. We are excited to share how God has been moving here in Costa Rica over the past few months! The church is continuing to grow and we are excited to see people applying for membership and committing to serving where they are able. With such a large group of young children within the church right now, we are very thankful for a few more members who have started helping teach Sunday school each week. An exciting addition to the church building recently is a small café area which allows us to have a time of fellowship each week around coffee and cookies. It is encouraging to see this seemingly simple addition foster an environment for people to connect more and build deeper relationships within the church family. On Sunday mornings Esteban is currently leading the church through the book of 2 Corinthians, and in the adult Sunday school hour Brandon has started a series on prac...

The past few months have marked two years since we moved here to Santa Rosa, and one year since we began building our new home. We love looking back over our years in Costa Rica and reflecting on how we have grown and where God has brought us in ministry. Specifically in the Semillas de Vida (Seeds of Life) ministry, we are excited to see so much growth in the people involved and to watch and be part of the expansion of the Church. We are so thankful for the friendships we have formed over the past two years, and for the work that God has been doing both in us and in the people we are serving.  These months have been busy for our little family of three with many friends and family from the States making their way down to be with us and meet little Jackson! We are so thankful that God has provided the means for most of our immediate family to spend some quality time with him within his first few months of life. These seven months have flown by and we love watching Jackson grow and d...