It has been one year since we made the decision to follow
God’s leading to move our family to Costa Rica.
I have been reflecting on the last year and the rollercoaster of
emotions that I have gone through. Last
summer was a time of great excitement and planning. Last fall began a period of loneliness for me. As we were preparing for our last year in
Connecticut, I began feeling like I hadn’t made enough of an impact right here
in the lives of others in my own town and state so how is God going to use me
in a foreign country where I barely speak the language? Who is going to want to send us?
Over the last several months, God has shown
me how good He is and how much He cares.
He has done this through all of you.
Rob and I have been humbled by all of the love that you have shown us
through your donations and pledges to support us financially and with
prayer. So many of you have sent us
notes sharing with us how we have touched your lives personally. You don’t know how encouraging those notes have
been and your prayers mean so much to us.
We are so blessed to have the whole community rallying around us in
support of what we are doing. We are sad
to leave you, our friends and family, but look forward to how God is going to
use us in Costa Rica. And thanks to
modern technology, we know that we will be able to keep in close contact with
all of you.
Rob will be traveling to Costa Rica on May 16th
through 21st. He will be
finalizing the purchase of a vehicle as well as looking for housing for us while
we live and serve near the capital city of San Jose. He also plans to travel out to the Ranch
property with the president of 6:8 Ministries to make some preparations for the
initial construction project which will start at the end of May! We would appreciate your prayers for safe
travel and wisdom in decision making.
Please also pray for the teams that will soon be coming down to build
the ranch.
We would also like to update you as to our progress of fund
raising. God has used all of you to raise
well over 100% of our initial costs for moving in July and we have commitments
for about 50% of our monthly expenses. We
plan to use the excess contributions from our launch fund to supplement
whatever shortfall we have in our monthly expenses. We are still seeking more partners to
prayerfully consider committing to a monthly donation. We know that God is able to take even the
smallest amount and multiply it tenfold.
Every little bit helps. (for
details on how to donate, please see the ‘Support us’ link on the right side of
our blog).
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Love,
Yvonne
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