The Lord is blessing the efforts made by the Bammel church in Costa Rica. Thanks to the support and oversight from Bammel, evangelists Carlos and Roxana Ulate continue to train local leadership for two churches in the province of Heredia. The approach to missionary work that the Bammel church wisely supports is proving to be the right one. Six more people were added to the Lord's body in the last five months. This approach is the right one because the people baptized were not evangelized directly by Carlos and Roxana. They were evangelized by members who are being trained to do so (see pictures below). This is a good sign that the local leadership is being equipped to continue to provide direction to relieve Carlos and Roxana, so that they can move on to start new congregations.
The pressure on the size of the auditorium at the Heredia church has been temporarily relieved. The Facilities Committee agreed to get one wall knocked down. By the way, this is the second time in three years that a wall had to be knocked down to accommodate a growing congregation. The kitchen, the babies classroom, and the pre-teenagers classroom were given up though. Now, during the Sunday School hour, the babies meet under a protruding shade on the west side of the building, and the pre-teenagers meet under a tree in a nearby park. They decided that the kitchen is not really necessary.
This how crowded it looked in the former auditorium size.
This is what the enlarged auditorium looks like when empty...
... and this what it looks like when half-filled...
Lucy was baptized (her husband Luis did the work, with the help of Geovanny, evangelist from Nicaragua).
Susy was baptized (Victor and Aura did the faithful work).
Susy's husband, Eugenio, was baptized about three months later (Victor and Aura continued to reach out to the couple)...
Karolina was baptized (Mery Torrentes studied with her)...
... Mónica was baptized (through the efforts of Kenneth and Darling...)
... and finally, Eduardo was also baptized (by Kenneth too)...
The San Rafael church continues to meet...
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