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Applications Accepted for January 2010 Costa Rica Evangelism Trip

We are accepting applications NOW from those who want to join us on our January 2010 evangelism trip to San José, Costa Rica.  

Terry and Norma Hull led 13 people on a week-long adventure to Costa Rica in January 2008, and 29 people in January 2009.  We are now putting together our 2010 team, and the time to sign up is NOW.

We will travel from Monday to Monday, departing Oklahoma on Jan. 18 and returning on Jan. 25. Tuesday through Friday will be spent in evangelism projects, and on Friday through Sunday we will lead a regional convention of independent Christian churches in Costa Rica.

Team members will volunteer for one of three teams:

(1) Construction: We will rebuild the classroom building at Iglesia del Evangelio (Church of the Gospel) in San Miguel, San José.

(2) Health clinic: We have two nurses (so far) on our team, and hopefully one or more Costa Rican doctors joining us, to provide minor health care. We need several non-medical personnel to assist with the clinic.

(3) Child evangelism: Our children’s outreach includes playing games with the kids and passing out tracts during the health clinics, and teaching classes during the convention.

Cost of the trip is $1,650, and $100 of that is due this month to reserve a plane ticket.  For more information, please read our detailed: CR4C 2010 Trip Prospectus1.

Is It Too Late to Join Our Jan. 2009 Evangelism Team to Costa Rica?

When I announced the details of our January 2009 evangelism trip to Costa Rica on this website 12 days ago, I never dreamed that I would so quickly be facing the question: is it too late to sign up? But that is exactly the situation we are facing.

We now have 25 people registered on our team. We have made the airline reservations for those 25 — and the plane on which we will be traveling is booked solid. We have negotiated rooms at a hotel in downtown San José and have reserved a 28-passenger bus to transport our group during the week we are in Costa Rica. All the details of our trip can be found here: CR4C 2009 Trip Prospectus: Version 2.

So is it too late for other people to join our team? Let me put it this way — if you want to be part of this adventure, I need to hear from you very soon. I have started a waiting list. I have one name on the list so far, and I received an inquiry from three more last night. Do you want to go? If so, I need to hear from you in a hurry.

We want to take as many people as would like to go. We could use more handy builders to help with our construction project. Those last three inquiries were from medical personnel; if they come along, it will double our capacity at the health clinics and increase our need for non-medical personnel to assist them. If we can arrange it, I would love to have as many as 10 or 15 more team members.

However, adding more people also presents some challenges. We will have to book seats on another flight and see if we can find a similar good rate, ask the hotel to set aside more rooms for us (Costa Rica is a popular vacation destination in January, which is their summer), and reserve a second van or bus for the week.

Before I begin that process, I want to know how many more people we are talking about. So, if you have been thinking about coming, it’s time to make a decision. If you are on the team and have a friend or family member you want to bring along, it’s time to make a decision about that. Yes, I believe we can include some more people on this evangelism adventure … but it begins by you telling us that you really want to go — as soon as possible.

Here is some information about our trip, our 25 team members, and what is in store for us in Costa Rica:

* We will be traveling Jan. 19-Jan. 26. Flight schedules forced us to move our departure up a day, but the team responded with excitement to get to spend an extra day on the field.

* Our team members live in seven different cities in Oklahoma and Missouri: Broken Arrow, Cashion, Edmond, Guthrie, Lawton, Midwest City and Carl’s Junction, Mo.

* They attend eight different churches, including Canton Christian Church, Christian Church of Carl’s Junction (Mo.), Edmond Christian Church, Harvest Christian Church (Lawton), Jones Christian Church, Life Church (Edmond), and churches in Midwest City and Broken Arrow.

* They range in age from the 20s to the 60s.

* We will build a dormitory for a Bible Institute by creating a second story over the kitchen of Iglesia del Evangelio (Church of the Gospel) in San José. We have about eight talented builders on our construction team. We could use a few more.

* We will conduct three days of health clinics at or near three Costa Rican churches. We have two registered nurses on our team, plus at least one Costa Rican doctor who will be providing health care. We will offer a clinic at Patio de Agua, where Costa Rica For Christ started a new church earlier this year. We will also offer a clinic in a community where CR4C hopes to start a new church soon.

* We will facilitate a three-day convention of Costa Rican churches on Jan. 23-25. Terry Hull, director of Joshua One Ministries, will be speaking at the convention, with Ralph Shead of Literature & Teaching Ministries translating.

It’s going to be a great trip. If you want to come, please let me know right away. And if you can’t join us, how about helping us financially. Our dormitory project will cost $7,000-$10,000. The cost of medicines and supplies for the health clinics will continue to escalate as the size of our team grows.

The money being paid by team members will not cover all of our expenses — we are depending upon donations from generous Christians to cover the rest. We have always undertaken projects such as this not knowing where the money was going to come from, but putting our faith in the Lord and His people. If you are willing to help, please send a check to this address.

Jan. 2009 Costa Rica Team Filling Up Fast

Wow! On Thursday we posted the first “official details” about our January 2009 evangelism trip to Costa Rica. The response has been amazing! Thirteen people have confirmed their intention to join our team, and seven more have indicated a strong interest. And that’s just four days after the announcement. Fantastic!

I predicted last week that we would have 20-25 people on our team, but it looks I may have been shooting low. So if you have an interest, I suggest that you think it over and let me hear from you soon.

We are currently set up to handle up to 25 team members on this trip. Beyond 25 will require negotiating for more hotel rooms and a second vehicle in addition to the 28-passenger bus we have already reserved. The bigger the team the better. More workers just means more projects we can take on.

However, as the weeks progress, it will become increasingly difficult to switch from a 25-max group to a more-than-25 group. Bottom line, if you’re coming with us, please let us know as soon as you know. And the way to let us know is to send in your $100 nonrefundable deposit to reserve your spot. Make the check to Joshua One Ministries and send it to this address.

Here Are All the Details of Our Jan. 2009 Evangelism Trip to Costa Rica

Well, you’ve been asking for it, and here it finally is. Everything there is to know about our January 2009 evangelism trip to San José, Costa Rica.

I am excited to report that Ralph and Cindy Shead will help lead our team again this year. Ralph and Cindy are on the staff of Literature and Teaching Ministries in Joplin, MO, and were missionaries for more than 20 years in Chilé. Without the Sheads’ superb language skills, we would be lost!

Last year, Ralph was the evangelist of our three-day convention of Costa Rican churches. This year I will be doing the preaching, with Ralph translating for me.

I am also excited to reveal that Jodi Elderton, RN, will be leading our health clinic again this year. Jodi has a real vision for this aspect of our evangelistic outreach. We probably would not be attempting a health clinic if it weren’t for Jodi’s drive, hard work and organizational skills. She is great.

For those of you who traveled with us to San José last year, you will notice some big changes in our plans for 2009:

* On this trip we will all be lodging in the same place: a hotel in downtown San José. Last year we had team members scattered in three different locations, which required excessive traveling just to assemble as a group.

* We are renting a 28-passenger bus and Costa Rican driver for the entire week. Last year we relied mostly on public transportation, which was adventurous, but limiting and time-consuming.

* In addition to the medical clinic, we are adding an ambitious construction project to the schedule this year. Rodrigo and I are both very excited about this project: a second-floor dormitory to be added on top of the kitchen at Iglesia del Evangelio (Church of the Gospel). Rodrigo has had a vision for a long time of a Bible Institute to train Costa Rican preachers and church leaders. The dormitory will be a place for those preachers to stay while attending classes at the Institute.

As I have been working on the details of this adventure the last few weeks, my excitement has really been growing. It’s going to be a great trip. Just ask anybody who went with us last year. Here’s one indication: of the 13 who made up our team last year, at least 10 are seriously considering going again this year. I expect a total of 20 or more people on the team this time around.

Want to come with us? Here are all the details: CR4C JANUARY 2009 TRIP PROSPECTUS

We’d love to have you come along. And if you can’t come, we would be very grateful if you would consider helping us go, through your financial gifts as well as your prayers. For more information about sending a donation, see here.

New Church Formed in Costa Rica; Nine Baptized

We have received this report from Rodrigo Rojas, senior evangelist of Costa Rica For Christ, one of the ministry projects of Joshua One Ministries.  Rodrigo writes:

To Brother Terry, Friends and Partners in the extension of the gospel,

Grace and peace to those of generous hearts in Christ.

Thanks to God, the mission in Costa Rica is growing to a new level in all of the churches.  By God’s grace, in the month of June nine brothers of the new work in Patio de Agua were baptized this Sunday and took the Supper for the first time.

Last month we had a gathering with ten of the indigenous [Native American] pastors in San Miguel, to hear about the progress of their work in the mountain.  This Monday we had another gathering of pastors in San Miguel, and six attended.

From July 10 to 13, Leticia and Daniel [Rodrigo’s adult daughter and son, both of whom serve in ministry] conducted a Bible school for children called Adventures in Miniature, and it was a great success.  The first day 85 children attended, and the second day, 100 children, and the third day, 126.  On Sunday, I presented each child with a certificate.  Many parents of the children were in attendance, and several of them assisted with the Bible school.

We look forward to your team coming from the United States to help us add a second story to the kitchen at Iglesia del Evangelio [Church of the Gospel] in San Miguel.  The second story will be furnished as a dormitory, and the addition will serve many purposes:

* a place for our pastors from throughout Costa Rica to stay when they come to San Miguel to receive training at the Bible Institute, which I lead.

* a place for pastors and church leaders to stay when we have meetings of church leaders.

* a place for North Americans to stay during their visits to Costa Rica.

In short, the facility will have many uses.

The churches in Costa Rica greet you.  May the grace of the Lord be with all of you. 

Love,

Missionary Rodrigo Rojas

Patio de Agua is a rural village less than an hour’s drive southeast of San Jose.  It is in the same general area as San Juan Sur and Santa Elena.  Members of our January 2008 evangelism trip will remember San Juan Sur, where we conducted a medical clinic.  It is certainly exciting to hear about the new church there, and about men accepting Christ and being baptized into Him.  Praise the Lord!

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