The month of July is atypical because of the school break. It is a two week break when many families leave town to go to other places. This shows in the attendance for that month.
During the month of July we had the baptism of Héctor, a cousin of us who lives near Jaco Beach, two hours away from Heredia. Hector has been attending an evangelical church accross street from where he lives. However, they hadn't baptized him, so, one Sunday he was in Heredia, Roberto Ulate shared with him the gospel after the services, and baptized him two hours later. Héctor keeps in touch with us and wants to learn more about non denominational christianity. We would love to visit him very regularly so that we can help him grow and mature and start a church in Jaco Beach.
Fellowship in Heredia is everyday more meaningful. More and more members are learning to help one another. Norberto, one of the men we have been working with, is in charge of a group in Belen, one of the towns around Heredia. He has matured to the point of being able to lead a group, where he has up to 10 people involved. They meet for Bible study and prayer every Friday night.
Roxana Ulate did the same thing with a group of ladies in San Rafael de Heredia. There are up to 8 ladies coming to a Bible study and prayer group that meets on Monday night.
Mery and Milady started another group of ladies in downtown Heredia. They meet for Bible study and prayer. There have been up to seven ladies in this group.
Kenneth Matarrita is publishing a monthly newsletter with articles written by members of the church.
The Lord has led us to this kind of work that consists in equipping His people for works of service instead of this missionary being like "the pastor of the church."
We have learned to get off the Lord´s path, so that it is He who builds the house (Psalms 127).
