Greetings from YWAM Heredia, Costa Rica, “The Green Base”!
We are beginning to wind down to get ready for our Christmas break so I thought I would send out a brief recap of this year’s events.
In January we ran our second Rodeo Bible Camp in Guanacaste with 35 kids. We are hoping to make this an annual event so we are praying for a permanent location to run it. We have also had a couple of one day Kiddie Rodeos on our Heredia campus which have been a big hit.
This year we also ran our fourth Environment and Resource Stewardship School (EARS). Our next EARS begins on January 16, 2012, so if you or anyone you know is interested in learning how to become a better steward of Creation come and join us! The upcoming EARS outreach is planned for East Africa to work in underprivileged communities teaching sustainable agriculture and resource stewardship.
We have two yearly Discipleship Training Schools (DTS), in January in September. Our Sept. DTS recently left for their outreach in Panama where they will be ministering to the different indigenous tribes, loving on children and bringing the hope of the gospel to the lost for the next two months. In February they return here to finish their outreach distributing Bibles to the homes in Heredia and then graduate on Feb 25.
Besides our training schools we also hosted seven short term teams from churches in the States and Canada and two Korean DTS outreach teams. If your church is interested in coming down for a Mission Trip go to the Short Term Teams page on our website for more info and an application.
We have also been blessed with many Mission Builders (short term volunteers who join our staff team for three weeks to three months). Their servant’s hearts and encouragement are much appreciated! If you have already been here we welcome you back, and if not we enjoy having new volunteers year round.
There have been many improvements on the base this year. We have added a security gate to our front entrance, a 2002, 15 passenger Dodge van was donated; we purchased a planer so we can process our own Cyprus wood and a church donated a double convection oven and microwave!
In the midst of all of this we have had our victories and our failures, but we have persevered because our God has sustained us. We thank you all for your prayers and support!
