December 2012
The White Family in Costa Rica
FELIZ NAVIDAD, FELIZ NAVIDAD, FELIZ NAVIDAD,
PROSPERO AÑO Y FELICIDAD!
Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family in the U.S. from Costa
Rica! This month has been a great month
for us all… for many reasons, but namely for the blessing of still being able
to celebrate the birth of Christ with family even being so far away from
“home”. We hope that you all had a great
Christmas and were blessed by the remembrance of the reason we celebrate, Amen! Now… let us share with you a little about the
happenings of this last month…
Bobbi Ann and Steve have finished their first trimester of
Spanish at the Spanish Language Institute.
Both of them came through with flying colors as they passed each one of
their classes (Grammar, Language, and Phonetics) with all A’s. They are very excited to see how far they
have come in these few short months, as well as to be able to have a long break
between trimesters! Language learning is
exhausting! Their next trimester begins
on January 9th, and they are ready to get in and continue the process
of cramming 2 languages into 1 brain J Pray for them
that they will continue to learn and grow and be able to minister in Spanish.
As for ministry, I (Justin) am waiting for my next meeting
with the team from ESEPA, the local seminary, to hash out some of the details
about our pastoral training ministry.
For those of you who may not know, I am the tech guy for a mission that
provides free, seminary approved, theological training to under resourced
pastors in Costa Rica. Also, Bobbi Ann
and I were blessed to accompany a friend of ours at a local missions youth camp
called “La Montaña”. We were able to
stay 2 days and 1 night and tour the campus as well as attend one of their
chapel services and fellowship with many of the volunteers of the camp that will
help guide some of the children’s events.
We had a great time and we are looking forward to helping out more
there, as well as setting up future appointments for short term mission teams
from the states. A new ministry, birthed
in the heart of Steve Hoover, is a church start directed towards the students
of ILE. So many, coming in to learn
Spanish, miss out on the fellowship and biblical teaching in English that they
used to receive each week back in the states, but aren’t able to receive here
because of distance and limited transportation.
Steve will be the pastor of the church, and it would be officially
ordained by Piney Point Baptist Church in Rogers, Ar. Our sending church. Another ministry that we have just began
working on is a radio ministry. We will
host a half hour talkshow each week about missionary life, go to the SON
Ministries website for more info. (website address is at the bottom of the
page). Along with all these works, there are many more opportunities opening up
each week, and certainly many others to be seen. So continue to pray as we step through open
doors, that the Lord’s will would be abundantly clear and that we would
faithfully follow it.
As we look ahead to the new year, praying for a vision of
what the new year will bring, planning our steps of what God has already lain
on our hearts, be in prayer with us that no matter what happens, we give God
glory in every aspect of our lives. Pray
for abundant provision to live and to minister, for faithful prayer warriors,
for compassionate hearts, steadfast faith, and continued growth in the
knowledge and relationship we have with our Father in Heaven. God bless each one of you who support us, and
remember to help spread the word of what God is doing here in Costa Rica and in
the hearts of His children. Until next
month…
-Justin, Bobbi, Kevin and Annika
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