Pray for Missions

   May is here and gone, and we are on to our last two months in Costa Rica. This has been a difficult month. First of all, Lynn and I went home for Spring Break, and attended a funeral as well as visited my cousin who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. I got to share the gospel with him, and two weeks later I flew back to attend his funeral. :( While I was there, I caught COVID. As I was recovering, I got even more concerning news. A dear friend has been diagnosed with cancer. We are in the rainy season again here in Costa Rica, and when it rains it pours. Final projects for Bible Class   For their final projects for the year in Bible class, my students have three choices: #1. Write a personal testimony of how you became a Christian. Here is an example of my personal testimony that I created for my students. Link #2. Create a website that will explain how to become a Christian. Here is an example of a website I created for my students. Link   #3. Create a worsh...

  In April Lynn and I were able to travel to some of the places that tourists go to in Costa Rica. We traveled to the city of Fortuna, which is near a large lake and the Arenal Volcano. Our son & daughter generously subsidized our trip. We jammed a lot into a short time period: shopping, horseback riding, a 3-kilometer hike uphill to see a waterfall, and a dip in the hot springs. More about that below. We also were able to return to Pennsylvania over our Spring Break. This month we only had two weeks of classes because of Semana Santa and Spring Break.  Juan Santamaria courageous Act.  My name in the program Chapel   We celebrated a national holiday this month at our school, and I had the privilege of praying at this event. The Costa Ricans celebrate this day annually with great fanfare. They celebrate the sacrifice of one man, Juan Santamaria. He set fire to a house where some Americans were fighting to exploit the lucrative trade across Lake Nicaragua in the so...