I can’t believe we’re already a month into the semester! Time has been flying by. We have been busy with student events and outings. Our daily routine consists of morning cleaning and devotions, where we give the students an opportunity to share. Then it’s classes for the students, and after classes we give everybody a chance to do homework, then into town to enjoy being in a foreign country.

I want to thank you all for your prayers and support. My apologies for always taking so long to get theses blogs updated. I also want to thank you for taking the time to read my blog, keeping up to date with what I’m doing. I realize I’m not very good at blogging but, but I hope by reading it you can see what God is doing in my life, what He’s doing here in Costa Rica. 

Like I said before, we’re a little over a month into the semester and this next week we are headed out on a mission trip to serve the Guaymí Indians. The Guaymi’s live in southern Costa Rica and Panamá. This trip is also doubling as border trip to renew our visas for another 90 days. While we are down there we will be building and adding a room to a house for a missionary pastor, and ministering to the people as much as possible. The students have prepared several things to do with the women and children. We have been told that the men will be a no show. So please keep them in prayer!

Something else you could keep in prayer, I start teaching 2 Timothy when we return from the Guaymí trip. My prayer is that God would speak through me, that I can speak with the authority of Christ. I also pray that the class be something memorable. Memorable not because they had fun or because I am funny, or awkward, but because God spoke to them.

Sunday night study is growing! Last sunday we used 51 communion cups, including kiddos, students and staff.

Here's the students on the bus into town. 

Guy's trip! We took all the guys students out on a bonding trip! Waterfall, beach and 80's movie, good bro bonding time.

Here's a picture from a couple weeks ago. this last week we had to put chairs in the grass, not the numbers means everything, but God is doing a work here and people have taken notice. 

Game night with the students!

Here is all the students: Starting top left, Aaron (fellow intern), Brent (returning for a second semester), Bill, Jill, Francela (a tica student, in the orange), Mari, then starting the next row going right, you have Noah (with the long blonde locks), Paul (dean of women), Vanessa (registrar), Audrey, Jena, then we have Chris (with the orange bandana), front and center we have Shavi, and lastly Veronika.

(First note this picture is not edited, God is just awesome!) Another picture of hanging out with the students at the river.

My main man in the middle is Anderson. He tico friend that has been coming to the sunday night study, and has really grown a liking to hanging out with the guy students here. He is just one example of young tico guys that have been coming over to the house, drawn by the fact we are foreigners, and our christian love. Anderson has recently given His heart to the Lord but he has a lot going on in his mind, a lot of spiritual warfare, and condemnation, for he suffers from schizophrenia, so his mind is always going. It's been cool seeing all the guys here coming along side him and just treating him like normal, and jut loving on him. 

Community out-reach! (Picking up trash along the streets and at bus stops)

(Game night!) 

Sweet view from the backyard of the campus house.

We had the bus to ourself for a couple stops! So students and interns decided to have a little fun on the bus.

Pastoral epistle class, Aaron's turn (1 Timothy) 

Monster movie night! We all dressed up and watched Monster Inc.

Hanging out at the orphanage... And apparently I am a house, so thinks little Victor on my shoulders.

Great view of Perez Zeledón!

So things to keep in prayer:

- Trip to Guaymí

- 2 Timothy & Titus class

- All the students and staff here

- I'm getting married in 83 days

- Spanish bible college a work in process

- Sunday night study

- Missionary families and pastors here in Costa Rica

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