Monthly Archives: July 2009

Touch the World is a team that served with us in July 2009. Before arriving here in Costa Rica, the team had a week long training camp. They had training in dramas, construction and team building. Touch the World came to serve with CFCI ministry “Transformation”. A ministry that works in a marginal community in &hellip Continue reading »

Midland is a team that came to serve with us in June 2009 from Midland, Michigan. The team had 7 people and worked with the Guaymi Indians in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. After a day of orientation, the team had a 9 hour bus ride to the town of La Palma. After the &hellip Continue reading »

Venture Christian was a team of 34 youth from San Jose, California that came to serve with us in Costa Rica. The team spent 3 days in San Jose working in different areas. They worked with a group called Food for the Hungry. Part of the day was spent doing some demo on a house &hellip Continue reading »

This was a team from Vancouver, Canada that came to serve with CFCI in March 2009. They spent a week working in Canas, Guanacaste with Iglesia Oasis de Esperanza. Since it was a high school team, we did a lot of dramas, helped with sunday school, and dug fence posts for the new property the &hellip Continue reading »

Costa Rica is ranked among the top 10 developing nations in the world. Costa Ricans call themselves Ticos. La Carpio is a slum area outside of the capitol of San Jose where nearly half of the population is made of Nicaraguan refugees who left their home country to find a better life. Most live in &hellip Continue reading »

The Bristol BUMC team came to Costa Rica to serve with CFCI in April of 2009. God raised up incredible people to give whole-heartedly to the ministries in which they served. We saw children, youth and adults lives touched at Renacer, Transformations and in their host family’s homes. And, God did amazing things in the lives of the team members, who now have a bigger heart for what God is doing in Costa Rica! Praise the Lord! Continue reading »