Costa Rica
A Memory of …. la Cuenca
April 2011, Shannon Forest High School seniors left their comfort zones and dived into ministry in La Cuenca, a slum of San Jose, Costa Rica. Here is their conclusion of their trip… no their story. May it not be the end. Kevin Arnold once said, “A memory is a way of holding on to the &hellip Continue reading
Victor’s Heart
by Amy Speake CFCI Missionary to Costa Rica Recently, at one of our devotionals with the AIDS victims, the Lord has placed on my heart to sing a song call, “The Teacher of Galilee.” It is a song that recounts when the “Teacher of Galilee” passes by and touches us things change! As I was &hellip Continue reading
A Missionary’s Life in Costa Rica
Sears Family Ministry in Costa Rica from Perception Funding on Vimeo. Take an inside look a Seth and Andrea’s life as missionaries in Costa Rica. If you would like to support Seth and Andrea or other CFCI missionaries, click here or leave a note of encouragement!
From Unspeakable Pain to Joy
Hugo, CFCI Missionary San Jose, Costa Rica My dad was 70 years old and my mother was 13 when they were married. I was raised by my grandmother- my mom’s mother. When I was four years old, a young relative introduced me to my dad because I had never met him. I was surprised to &hellip Continue reading
Touch the World Team
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 E-Free Team
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 Team
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
Carver Christian Team
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
The Costa Rican Ten
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
Bristol UMC in Costa Rica
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
Recent Posts- 4th Mission Trip and Counting…. July 24, 2011
- Mission Workers July 22, 2011
- A Memory of …. la Cuenca April 28, 2011
- Transforming Cities April 4, 2011
- Maria Sinkler March 29, 2011