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Need A New Perspective?

Do you need a new perspective? We find that we often do! It’s amazing how quickly we can become jaded about what is happening around us. People often  think they’re in “the swing of things” and breathe a sigh of relief (aka – things are going well for me right now) or instead they wonder why so many things go wrong, so many people disappoint them (aka – things are not going well right now). In other words, we fall into the trap of seeing life from our own human perspective. We think good things = blessing and hard things = lack of blessing.  When we fall into this trap, we completely miss God’s perspective.

It seems that as Christians and in our case as full time Christian workers / missionaries, we ought to live all the time with God’s perspective. The truth is, we constantly need to “true-up.” The definition for “true-up” is:

To make something true, equal or correct

Jesus told us in John 14: 6, I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” God’s words, ways and instruction should be our plumb-line. 

Every time we go from one country to another, there is an adjustment period. Language is different, culture is different and at first, our heart is always “stuck” in the place we just came from …. Enter God’s perspective!

Romans 11:  33 tells us, Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out.”

And Proverbs 29: 18 in the Message says, If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.”

And finally, in Colossians 3: 1-2 we learn,Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.”

Ahhhh – God’s perspective. Seeing with HIS eyes, hearing with HIS ears, viewing people (both the winners and the sinners, the lost and broken and dying) with HIS heart. We can only do this by grace. For us, we are reminded along with Paul, but one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, “ Philippians 3: 13. After all, this is why we are in Costa Rica in the first place. We’re His disciples and so we say “YES” to Him and this often requires SACRIFICE on our part. And HE is worth it all.

THEN we look at the faces of those we work with and see everyday – and we see HIM at work and we’re blessed to have been invited to join Him in what He is doing.

The DR Song ~ by Latter House – Recorded around 1990 ~ Still True!

Morning Devotional Group (missing Ana, Evelyn, Abigail and Chris)

Morning Devotional Grp (here is Rob Adams doing a documentary on Missio Dei Costa Rica and VAYA, along with Kliber, Diana, Dayis, Yendry, Randall & Les) missing Ana, Evelyn, Abigail and Chris)

Di with Ana, who I tutor each week in English/ Love this girl!

Di with Ana, for weekly tutoring in English – Love her!

Worship on a Sunday Morning following a time of praying and ministering the scriptures

Worship on a Sunday Morning following a time of praying and ministering the scriptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason greets Diana and wants prayer; Pipo greets Les after being absent for months; a visit with precious Lorena.

Jason greets Diana and wants prayer; Pipo greets Les after being absent for months; a visit with precious Lorena.

Palmares -  Our future sons through VAYA

Palmares – Our future sons through VAYA

PS We want to give all the glory and honor to God for each of the many steps in the process of designing, preparing and making legal the vision God placed in our hearts for VAYA, the Vineyard (Viña) Leadership Training school, beginning in January. The Lord answered our prayer for a 12 passenger van for the school. We won a US Embassy auction, gaining an extremely well cared for vehicle at about 1/2 the price and it only has 28,000 miles on it! Thanks to our friend and brother Ronny Ruiz (on our Board of Directors) for helping us open a VAYA bank account. We are thankful for our returning “son” Tito, who is currently living with us after participating in VIDA 220, a discipleship school he attended for 10 months. We are also thankful for our adopted family, which currently includes Dayis from Costa Rica and another missionary Amy. Each person is hand-picked by God to be part of our family and hearts!  We also offer a hue thank you to God for bringing us an assistant for next year’s program – Jessie Morgan is returning!  This has been an amazing, though difficult journey – the undertaking of VAYA … and God is with us every step of the way.

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This is all made possible, through God and the generous gifts of all of our supporters!

 

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