As I have mentioned before, two
teammates and I started a children's program and community prayer meetings in
the barrio. Though we invite the youth ages 15 and up to Vida Joven, it came
to our attention that we have not effectively addressed the 10-15 year old age
group. In an effort to share the gospel to this crucial group of kids, a vision
came to our ministry group. We envisioned sharing a powerful dryme with the
community, giving a testimony, then sharing the gospel and closing in worship.
So that is what we did last Thursday.

We had talked about this event for
the youth at our prayer meeting, and we prayed over it. So last Thursday night we
went to the barrio, unsure if 5 kids would come to the event or 50. To our surprise, the
house were this took place was filled with as many people as could fit. People
were outside the house in the street and through the doorway to be part of the
event! Wow! I was overjoyed because several of the kids from our soccer team
came to the event too. We started our doing the dryme, where I play one of two
demons. Great. It is a powerful story of a girl being attacked by two demons.
The innocent girl becomes unable to escape. Then Jesus comes to her rescue, and
just as he is taking her hand, the demons come and crucify Jesus. After an
emotional scene, Jesus defeats death and saves the girl. It is a beautiful
story, and one we can all relate to. We shared the dryme with the group of kids,
and then my friend Caleb gave an awesome message to further clarify the dryme
and to share the gospel message. My friend Joe gave his powerful testimony to
the group next. We closed in worship and invited anyone to come up for prayer.

 I am struggling now writing out what happened
that night because it does no justice to how powerful of an evening it truly
was. The Lord had brought His children from the poorest areas and let his love
be known to each of them. The faces of the youth there were coming alive, as if
they were soaking in every word spoken. There is a hunger for light within the
community, especially that age group, and I feel like the light was just
shining from the inside of the house to the street were people were crowded to
hear the Word. Let all the glory be to God for the opportunity to share of His
love that beautiful evening.

Last Saturday through yesterday,
our team had the week off for spring break! I traveled to Tamarindo, Costa Rica
for the week with 4 friends from the team. The week consisted of relaxing on
the beach, watching the sunset over the pacific, going on an ATV tour through Costa Rica,
lots of laughing, eating, reading and swimming. All the sudden in turned into a
book worm as I read Captivating by Staci and John Eldridge. I strongly
recommend for every woman to read Captivating. The week in Tamarindo was
a well needed break for sure. With a refreshed spirit, I am eager for
ministries this week. It came to my attention that I only have two months left
here.
Please keep this time in your prayers that we may have a dynamic final two
months.