Hello Everyone :) I am a couple of days late past a week and i apologize. No good reason for this, i honestly just forgot to get on the blog this week!
We have been on the phone often this week. On November 8th we will be getting in a van and moving to San Jose, Costa Rica. Justin will be starting Language school in January and we will be applying for a student visa a.s.a.p, allowing us to stay in country until school is finished next December. Not only will this be the most effective way to become fluent in Latin American Spanish, but we also have the opportunity to become very active in ministries already provided by the school, as it is a mission schoool, as well as seek out areas/people that may not be being ministred to at this moment. Once school is finished we have the advantage of having the language and being able to either stay in the San Jose area, moving on to another area in Costa Rica or ministering in any of the SEVERAL Latin American cultures (including Peru). When we come back to visit the states it will also give us the advantage to reach a community we have not been able to minister to there as well!
As i mentioned in my newsletter, sometimes these events seem like we aren't being given enough or much and aren't changing the world in a day or even a month, but i know that if God showed us the big picture right now that we would probably run! I am thankful for where the Lord has our family and we are willing to work where He has us each moment. We will serve Him every opportunity we get from now until November 8th in Guanacaste, Costa Rica and then from November 8th until December 2012 in San Jose, Costa Rica and wherever He leads after that! We have been blessed for the opportunity to preach (Justin) and witness in the states, in Haiti, and now in Costa Rica.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and having a great impact on all the people we have the opportunity to share Jesus with each day! God bless and continue to spread the word with others where He has you!
God Bless,
Justin, Bobbi Ann, Kevin and Annika White
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
October 18th, 2011
Hello Everyone,
Well aside from trying to get sleep patterns back to normal we have been adjusting, getting food in the fridge and trying to dry laundry with constant rain :) (our living room is a sight to see with cloths hanging over every piece of furniture to dry). We are also looking into (have called and filled out information online) the Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica. Tomorrow we should recieve more information on that option as a year study to fluent Latin American Spanish. This will not only benifit our work here in Costa Rica, but would allow us to witness in other cultures as well as reach people we would not have been able to witness to in the states.
Ron and Meredith will be recieving help soon with new missionaries to Soul Chasing Ministries and we are excited that the Lord will be using our brothers and sisters in Christ in this part of Costa Rica for His glory.
We will keep you posted on the information we recieve on furthering our language ablility as well as where our spiritual journey is heading in making disciples and teaching them in the ways of the Lord.
God Bless,
The White Family
Well aside from trying to get sleep patterns back to normal we have been adjusting, getting food in the fridge and trying to dry laundry with constant rain :) (our living room is a sight to see with cloths hanging over every piece of furniture to dry). We are also looking into (have called and filled out information online) the Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica. Tomorrow we should recieve more information on that option as a year study to fluent Latin American Spanish. This will not only benifit our work here in Costa Rica, but would allow us to witness in other cultures as well as reach people we would not have been able to witness to in the states.
Ron and Meredith will be recieving help soon with new missionaries to Soul Chasing Ministries and we are excited that the Lord will be using our brothers and sisters in Christ in this part of Costa Rica for His glory.
We will keep you posted on the information we recieve on furthering our language ablility as well as where our spiritual journey is heading in making disciples and teaching them in the ways of the Lord.
God Bless,
The White Family
Thursday, October 13, 2011
October 13th, 2011
Hola Family and Friends,
Well, I apologize that i did not write while we were in the states! To be honest i wasn't on my computer much at all. I would check our email and facebook for messages every once in a while but never got on long except to email our newsletter! I am thankful to report however that we have made it back to Costa Rica and are encouraged and refreshed and ready to get deeper into studying Latin American Language and always the culture.
Thank you to everyone who blessed us with encouragement while we were in the states! It was a good time to get things in order after learning a new culture and what we need. Most of our time was spent at events with the Body; whether it was services or other events. We also were able to raise $500 at our Drive In Fundraiser (Praise the Lord!).
Our prayer request and focus right now is that the Lord would show us what the best option is to continue to be able to glorify Him in sharing the gospil and discipling, but also learning the language quickly and efficiently to be of better use in the Latin American culture. There are schooling options and tutoring options. We are continuing with Rosetta Stone and learning on our own, but would like clarity on where we should go from here and are looking into the options right now so we can make a choice as soon as possible :)
Please continue to pray for hearts to be open and broken to learn of our Jesus!
Praise the Lord for He is worthy and worthy to be praised!
The White Family
Well, I apologize that i did not write while we were in the states! To be honest i wasn't on my computer much at all. I would check our email and facebook for messages every once in a while but never got on long except to email our newsletter! I am thankful to report however that we have made it back to Costa Rica and are encouraged and refreshed and ready to get deeper into studying Latin American Language and always the culture.
Thank you to everyone who blessed us with encouragement while we were in the states! It was a good time to get things in order after learning a new culture and what we need. Most of our time was spent at events with the Body; whether it was services or other events. We also were able to raise $500 at our Drive In Fundraiser (Praise the Lord!).
Our prayer request and focus right now is that the Lord would show us what the best option is to continue to be able to glorify Him in sharing the gospil and discipling, but also learning the language quickly and efficiently to be of better use in the Latin American culture. There are schooling options and tutoring options. We are continuing with Rosetta Stone and learning on our own, but would like clarity on where we should go from here and are looking into the options right now so we can make a choice as soon as possible :)
Please continue to pray for hearts to be open and broken to learn of our Jesus!
Praise the Lord for He is worthy and worthy to be praised!
The White Family
Friday, September 16, 2011
September 16th, 2011
Hola Amigas/Amigos!
Well this last week has mostly been consumed by cleaning and packing. We will be leaving for the states tomorrow. Our flight leaves here at 2:35pm and we will not arrive until after 11pm that night. It will sure be nice to be immediatley fed some scripture in English on Sunday morning! The Drive In Fundraiser will be on Friday September 23rd at 8pm in Pea Ridge, AR. If you are interested or would like to know more about this please email us: whitefamilyhaiti@hotmail.com.
We have also been able to see the Lord's hand move this week in possiblities of large donations made toward a vehicle...these are both still in prayer though and we would love to have our prayer warriors join in that if the Lord should will that we have a vehicle for the ministry here He would show His provision for that specifically! ~ Thank you
We will not have a lot of time for visiting out of state on this trip back, but we do wish we could see everyone. If you have any questions or need to get ahold of us please do so either via email or facebook.
God Bless,
Justin, Bobbi Ann, Kevin and Annika White
Well this last week has mostly been consumed by cleaning and packing. We will be leaving for the states tomorrow. Our flight leaves here at 2:35pm and we will not arrive until after 11pm that night. It will sure be nice to be immediatley fed some scripture in English on Sunday morning! The Drive In Fundraiser will be on Friday September 23rd at 8pm in Pea Ridge, AR. If you are interested or would like to know more about this please email us: whitefamilyhaiti@hotmail.com.
We have also been able to see the Lord's hand move this week in possiblities of large donations made toward a vehicle...these are both still in prayer though and we would love to have our prayer warriors join in that if the Lord should will that we have a vehicle for the ministry here He would show His provision for that specifically! ~ Thank you
We will not have a lot of time for visiting out of state on this trip back, but we do wish we could see everyone. If you have any questions or need to get ahold of us please do so either via email or facebook.
God Bless,
Justin, Bobbi Ann, Kevin and Annika White
Thursday, September 8, 2011
September 8th, 2011
Hola!
I apologize for being a couple of days late in updating our blog! We are venturing on our last week here before a 4 week trip back to the states. On October 11th we will be flying back to Costa Rica.
This last week we have mainly only attended the Sunday and Wednesday Church services as both of our bikes have some repairs needed (after over 50 miles, this is probably to be expected!) and our missionary friends with Soul Chasing Ministries are finishing up getting moved into the Matapalo area and getting the church set up. The boys also all attended the first Kid's Bible Club at the new church building. The services and Kid's Bible club have gone very well. There have been some new faces, some old faces and missing a few faces (please pray for a burning desire for God's children to want to grow and be at the services as well as for the discipleship classes to continue to help them grow!)
This upcoming week Mykel will be headed back to the states, the church will start morning services on Sundays and we will be attending our last Sunday and Wednesday services and weekly discipleship classes. We have been so blessed with the doors and opportunities God has provided here and we look forward to coming back in October and reaching more lives and helping them to grow in their faith!
While in the states we have two fundraisers set up to raise money for a vehicle as well as a few meetings. We will also get to visit family and friends and meet our newest niece, Ellie! The anticipation of cool weather has us prepared to get some use out of our jeans as well!!
God Bless from Costa Rica,
The White Family
I apologize for being a couple of days late in updating our blog! We are venturing on our last week here before a 4 week trip back to the states. On October 11th we will be flying back to Costa Rica.
This last week we have mainly only attended the Sunday and Wednesday Church services as both of our bikes have some repairs needed (after over 50 miles, this is probably to be expected!) and our missionary friends with Soul Chasing Ministries are finishing up getting moved into the Matapalo area and getting the church set up. The boys also all attended the first Kid's Bible Club at the new church building. The services and Kid's Bible club have gone very well. There have been some new faces, some old faces and missing a few faces (please pray for a burning desire for God's children to want to grow and be at the services as well as for the discipleship classes to continue to help them grow!)
This upcoming week Mykel will be headed back to the states, the church will start morning services on Sundays and we will be attending our last Sunday and Wednesday services and weekly discipleship classes. We have been so blessed with the doors and opportunities God has provided here and we look forward to coming back in October and reaching more lives and helping them to grow in their faith!
While in the states we have two fundraisers set up to raise money for a vehicle as well as a few meetings. We will also get to visit family and friends and meet our newest niece, Ellie! The anticipation of cool weather has us prepared to get some use out of our jeans as well!!
God Bless from Costa Rica,
The White Family
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
August 30th, 2011
Hello Everyone,
We haven't really being doing any more than we normally do in a week; however, there were a lot of changes this last week. On Sunday and Wednesday we met at a new location with the body of believers of Matapalo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. There is much more room for both service and sunday school in the new building (2 rooms, a bathroom and a kitchen). Mykel and Justin have been working with Ron and Meredith to get the church building cleaned and organized.
Kevin and I are chugging right along down the Missouri River in Science and rounding and solving problems in math. In history we have made it through God's covenant with Abraham and will next learn of the distruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Kevin chose the Revolutionary War as his choice of reading this week for a book report and our Spanish is ever so confusing and difficult, but is also chugging right along!
Annika is really letting us learn her traits this week. She is a very determined young lady. Whether she books across the house in 60 seconds to get what she wants or waits with her mouth wide open while you are preparing food, to be sure to get the first bite!
Finally, we are preparing to visit the states from September 17th until October 11th. Of course our calander is already quickly filling. In an effort to raise more support we have a couple of meetings and fundraisers ready to go while back as well as enjoying some time with our home church and hopefully our sister churches as well. It will be very nice to hear a few sermons in English (live) for a couple of weeks.
We are thankful for all of you and most of all for the Lord having opened this door to us. When we arrive back on October 11th there is no fore seen date to return to the states. Should the opportunity present itself to visit again soon we will take it, but we look forward to being focused right where He has us.
God Bless!
We haven't really being doing any more than we normally do in a week; however, there were a lot of changes this last week. On Sunday and Wednesday we met at a new location with the body of believers of Matapalo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. There is much more room for both service and sunday school in the new building (2 rooms, a bathroom and a kitchen). Mykel and Justin have been working with Ron and Meredith to get the church building cleaned and organized.
Kevin and I are chugging right along down the Missouri River in Science and rounding and solving problems in math. In history we have made it through God's covenant with Abraham and will next learn of the distruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Kevin chose the Revolutionary War as his choice of reading this week for a book report and our Spanish is ever so confusing and difficult, but is also chugging right along!
Annika is really letting us learn her traits this week. She is a very determined young lady. Whether she books across the house in 60 seconds to get what she wants or waits with her mouth wide open while you are preparing food, to be sure to get the first bite!
Finally, we are preparing to visit the states from September 17th until October 11th. Of course our calander is already quickly filling. In an effort to raise more support we have a couple of meetings and fundraisers ready to go while back as well as enjoying some time with our home church and hopefully our sister churches as well. It will be very nice to hear a few sermons in English (live) for a couple of weeks.
We are thankful for all of you and most of all for the Lord having opened this door to us. When we arrive back on October 11th there is no fore seen date to return to the states. Should the opportunity present itself to visit again soon we will take it, but we look forward to being focused right where He has us.
God Bless!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
August 23rd, 2011
Hello family and friends,
We are thankful today for all the work the Lord has allowed us to have a part in here and the peace that the Lord has given us to come back once we renew our passports next month. This last week has been a lot of change and just being flexable.
The church building in Matapolo has relocated and has more space as well as a yard for kid's club and events. There is also a room for sunday school that was not available in the last building! Of course we all know the Church is the body of believers, but we praise Him that He has given Matapolo a place to meet!
The missionaries we are working with have been moving a little closer to the church this week as well and have been blessed with a home that works well for them to be close to the ministry that God has given them!
Kevin is doing wonderfully in school and we have done all the projects we can with what we have right now. We will be going back and doing more if we are able to get supplies. However, for the time being, he is very much enjoying schooling.
Annika has been a bit fussy this week, but she has also done a wonderful job eating since we discovered she wants to use her teeth and have things to chomp. She is still army crawling and on the bed will crawl on her knees a bit, but i think is discouraged on the tile floors right now to try on her knees.
Justin and Mykel have been busy busy busy, whether it be moving, preparing the new church building or tagging along for discipleship classes and learning spanish at home!
As for me, I have been preparing for our return to the states to renew our visas and our trip back to Costa Rica a few short weeks later...this time for at least 6 months. We are preparing fundraisers and trying to raise more support to be able to accomplish more here as the mission field here is a bit pricier than Haiti would be, but every soul is worth it and the Lord will provide.
Our current prayer is for a vehicle so that we can reach more people and minister to more people. The bike work great for us to use going to the store or church or even recreational family days; however, to reach out further a vehicle would be a great help.
Continue to pray for souls to be saved and growth in the lives of newer and older believers through the discipleship classes and sermons!
God Bless!
The White Family (Justin, Bobbi Ann, Kevin and Annika)
We are thankful today for all the work the Lord has allowed us to have a part in here and the peace that the Lord has given us to come back once we renew our passports next month. This last week has been a lot of change and just being flexable.
The church building in Matapolo has relocated and has more space as well as a yard for kid's club and events. There is also a room for sunday school that was not available in the last building! Of course we all know the Church is the body of believers, but we praise Him that He has given Matapolo a place to meet!
The missionaries we are working with have been moving a little closer to the church this week as well and have been blessed with a home that works well for them to be close to the ministry that God has given them!
Kevin is doing wonderfully in school and we have done all the projects we can with what we have right now. We will be going back and doing more if we are able to get supplies. However, for the time being, he is very much enjoying schooling.
Annika has been a bit fussy this week, but she has also done a wonderful job eating since we discovered she wants to use her teeth and have things to chomp. She is still army crawling and on the bed will crawl on her knees a bit, but i think is discouraged on the tile floors right now to try on her knees.
Justin and Mykel have been busy busy busy, whether it be moving, preparing the new church building or tagging along for discipleship classes and learning spanish at home!
As for me, I have been preparing for our return to the states to renew our visas and our trip back to Costa Rica a few short weeks later...this time for at least 6 months. We are preparing fundraisers and trying to raise more support to be able to accomplish more here as the mission field here is a bit pricier than Haiti would be, but every soul is worth it and the Lord will provide.
Our current prayer is for a vehicle so that we can reach more people and minister to more people. The bike work great for us to use going to the store or church or even recreational family days; however, to reach out further a vehicle would be a great help.
Continue to pray for souls to be saved and growth in the lives of newer and older believers through the discipleship classes and sermons!
God Bless!
The White Family (Justin, Bobbi Ann, Kevin and Annika)
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