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The view between some houses from below, we do the kids program above on the street but visit the families below. This is the first day of kids services for this particular area and team.
My Dad having a look at where the people live when he came for a visit with my Mom this January.
My Mom visiting with one of the little girls in the area.The talented and beautiful Sandrita Hanrahan MCing the morning while I quarterback the team members behind the scenes.Making use of all the truck space and capturing a moment of Sidewalk Sunday School history.

Reportaje Fiesta Navideña de Trono de Dios from neoAudiovisuales on Vimeo.
The Youngest Team We Have Trained Performed the Days Event as We Quaterbacked the Different Segments
A View from the Beginning and More Arrived as We Went Along.
Part of the Metro Team Looking On
The Girls Team Show Their Prizes from the Games Competitions
The Boys Managed Some Second Place Prizes of Their Own.
The Girls Then Gave Part of the History of Christmas Via This Puppet Show
One More Set of Winners.

Where There is Kids There are Parents and They Seemed to Have a Blast as They Heard the Good News in a Whole New Way.
There Was Then A Feeding Program and a Gift Give Away to End the Morning.
A Little Clean Up and That Was it Until We Start Again after the Christmas Break

YWAM CONFERENCE FOR CENTRAL AMERICA

Loren Cunningham addressing the many different missionaries from all the countries represented by their flags on opening night.Sandrita and Bri at the welcome dinner.
The girls and I just before Faith decided to play with the boiling hot side of a water coolerAs you see her bandage the next day that we had to change daily to care for her burn. Ah life with kids!
We helped put on a program for the kids who were at the conference - Sandra is her with her story drawingsBrianna was able to take part with the younger kids on a couple days.

Interesting Connection

I have connected with a group of Christian business men on the west side of San Jose who meet on Tuesday nights in the very trendy office building pictured above. It is a place where they look into and discuss the Bible in a non-traditional church setting. They have a young adults group meet in one area of the building and the business men in one of the larger boardrooms.

The owner of this company has begun an outreach to those interested in seeing really what Jesus is all about without all the confusion and tradition that the generations have added to Him. The link to get an idea is www.openhouse.cr if you would like to have a look. It utilizes the speaking of Andy Stanley in english but everything else surrounding the evenings are in spanish. The video is shown each week in a boutique 250 seat capacity theater.

We have talked about partnering with the group of companies represented by these businessmen to help aid the work we are doing with the impoverished areas of Costa Rica. This has been just one of many unique connections we have made here and we look forward to seeing what God may do with it all.

RELIGION IN COSTA RICA

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religions of Costa Rica, 69% of the country's population of approximately 4.3 million is Roman Catholic. However, it is believed that only about 40% of the populace actually observe Roman Catholic practices and tenets. The rest are only denominationally Catholic and do not practice their professed religion with any serious religious fervor.

Protestant Christians that include members of the Methodist, Baptist, Evangelical, and Episcopal Churches, account for about 14% of the population, while another 12% are atheists. Besides these, there are Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses who have a marked presence in certain coastal areas. The Seventh Day Adventists even maintain a university, which attracts a large number of students from all over Costa Rica.

For a relatively small country, the number of religions practiced here is quite high due to the many non-Christian religions followed here. Believers in Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Hare Krishna, Scientology, Tenrikyo and others have their own temples, mosques, synagogues, pagodas and similar places of worship.

Some of my Buddies in "EL Triangulo"
Giving the kids in the crowd a hard time!
A view from above of our weekly truck location.
Our new friends from Estados Unidos . (United States in Spanish) Wisconsin to be exact!
Sandrita helping distribute items for the kids including blankets, Bibles and misc. other donations brought by the fun group of people from a Church in the U.S. Thanks again Karen, Eileen and the team!
Giving out a package of health aids.
Sandrita relationship building with one of the moms in the precario on the following Monday.