Update on the Costa Rica Mission Work

The church in Heredia is rapidly becoming what missiologists call an indigenous church. It is already self-governing. The decisions are made by a local group o leaders. It is already self-supporting. All the funds for ministry are provided by the local church. They even help this missionary with funds for gasoline and transportation. It is already self-propagating. The members at Heredia who live in San Rafael de Heredia, became the seeds for a new church.  A total of 7 families from the Heredia church have started the church in San Rafael, a town five miles towards the North East (see map below). This development has been possible thanks to God giving us a vision for church planting that focus on developing local leadership rather than on facilities (see article: Our Philosophy of Missions). May the glory be given to God for all of you at Bammel who have helped this missionary family to make it possible. The citizens of San Rafael will now be reached out as there will be God's workers in place for their spiritual needs. Please pray for this development to take place very soon. We are meeting in the homes of the members themselves, so we still don't enjoy the convenience of a building. This is an issue that the Lord himself will resolve throught the local memebership.

There are other towns around Heredia that we hope the Lord will give us the opportunity to reach out to. Some of them are San Pablo, Santo Domingo, San Joaquín, San Antonio. They are all populated centers that need the gospel very much as you can tell by the names (names of saints).

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Church in San Rafael de Heredia