We have arrived safely back in OKC!! We started our long journey home about 9pm Costa Rica time Sunday night, and arrived back in OKC around 2pm Monday afternoon.
The Lord worked mightily in us and through this dream come true for MCOKC. We truly saw his kingdom come to earth and in his hungry sons and daughters. We are greatly humbled that he chose us to go on this mission, and speak him kingdom in another country. We all have many stories of how he worked in us, ask us for stories!! There is also many pictures and a few videos on facebook of our many adventures.
We want to thank you all for all the prayers and support we received from you in our preparation and during the trip. We would not have been able to see what we did without it. Though you were not all with us, we believe you were a huge part in how the Lord was working in Costa Rica! So thank you again for all your support!!
We only have 7 weeks left now! Graduation is coming fast! But we still have much to accomplish and we believe the Lord still has many things for us to do. We are going to through a few books about the authority we have in prayer and the kingdom of God. The students are also preparing to write their covenant so pray for them as they take this big step in their year! We have one more show to work in a few weeks, and a few more ministry times at churches in Oklahoma. Here is a list of the upcoming events:
• July 6 Vinita, OK
• July 10 Hope Church (Here is OKC)
• July 22-29 Microsoft MGX Denver
• August 5th-7th Graduation weekend
Friday, June 24, 2011
Pictures!!
Ministry time and meeting new friends
Group Photo in the mountains of Cartago, Costa Rica
Relaxing time at the beach!!
Costa Rica Part 2
Here are some email updates from PD through the week we were in Costa Rica:
Monday, June 13th
I arrived at diaz home around 2 am (3 OKC time)
and will join the team for lunch at Arianna's church. Friday they did some shopping, changed money, had time with Pastor Ronnie Diaz (Moses' father) Saturday they feed some poor children, ministered to youth at Moses' church then ministered that night to youth at Arianna's church. Sunday am they did the service at Arianna's church and this morning their school. Moses said the testimonies that about five of the MC's wrote and delivered in Spanish were very impressive. You will see them on video when we get back and post them. Ronnie's wife said she is very impressed with the team.
June 15th
Today made 18 complete ministry times since Saturday!! Fri we drive to the coast and swim so please pray it doesn't rain all the time. It has rained nearly everyday here at some point because it is the rainy season.
June 18th
Happy Fathers Day tomorrow!!
I have posted new pictures of us at beach and pool on my Facebook.
Fri we started carpool 8:15 am and arrived at little condos a few blocks from ocean at 12. All sixteen of us in one 15 passenger van with little air-conditioning so was hot, very crowded with our overnight bags.
We stopped and saw alligators by a bridge.
We walked to eat at a Soda (cafe) and do some shopping. Then straight to Centeal Pacific Ocean. We were careful because of undercurrent riptides that sometimes occur So I told them to stay near shore line. I grew up body surfing so I stayed with them as long as I could but the waves were big and finally I started body surfing just a little ways out. I loved it. Felt young again except for the very pebbly bottom-hardly any sand where the waves break. It was joy to be slammed and dive over and under the waves. But you know me. It was restoring to my soul though now my body feels old again.
We pray for refreshing and safety today that Satan has no door to come in and that we be as Psalm 121 blessed coming and going.
We go back this afternoon then Sun AM minister in the two services at Moses' church. Then fly all night and drive home from Dallas returning early Mon afternoon.
Thank you for your prayers that we finish well and in good health.
Monday, June 13th
I arrived at diaz home around 2 am (3 OKC time)
and will join the team for lunch at Arianna's church. Friday they did some shopping, changed money, had time with Pastor Ronnie Diaz (Moses' father) Saturday they feed some poor children, ministered to youth at Moses' church then ministered that night to youth at Arianna's church. Sunday am they did the service at Arianna's church and this morning their school. Moses said the testimonies that about five of the MC's wrote and delivered in Spanish were very impressive. You will see them on video when we get back and post them. Ronnie's wife said she is very impressed with the team.
June 15th
Today made 18 complete ministry times since Saturday!! Fri we drive to the coast and swim so please pray it doesn't rain all the time. It has rained nearly everyday here at some point because it is the rainy season.
June 18th
Happy Fathers Day tomorrow!!
I have posted new pictures of us at beach and pool on my Facebook.
Fri we started carpool 8:15 am and arrived at little condos a few blocks from ocean at 12. All sixteen of us in one 15 passenger van with little air-conditioning so was hot, very crowded with our overnight bags.
We stopped and saw alligators by a bridge.
We walked to eat at a Soda (cafe) and do some shopping. Then straight to Centeal Pacific Ocean. We were careful because of undercurrent riptides that sometimes occur So I told them to stay near shore line. I grew up body surfing so I stayed with them as long as I could but the waves were big and finally I started body surfing just a little ways out. I loved it. Felt young again except for the very pebbly bottom-hardly any sand where the waves break. It was joy to be slammed and dive over and under the waves. But you know me. It was restoring to my soul though now my body feels old again.
We pray for refreshing and safety today that Satan has no door to come in and that we be as Psalm 121 blessed coming and going.
We go back this afternoon then Sun AM minister in the two services at Moses' church. Then fly all night and drive home from Dallas returning early Mon afternoon.
Thank you for your prayers that we finish well and in good health.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Pictures!!
View more pictures of our trip here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150204678142011.312326.163697507010
Costa Rica!!!!! Part 1
The trip is going wonderful!! We are blessed by our host families’ hospitality and by the beauty of Costa Rica! A great surprise to us though is how responsive are all ages including youth. They are deeply open to share and ask prayer. We feel their FAITH to receive from God through us, so we feel God’s Spirit working through us (Isaiah 61:1 El Espiritu Senor omnipotente esta sobre me). As a result, they experience his healing love in dramatic and visible ways. God is exchanging beauty for ashes.
Saturday we got the opportunity to minister with rhythm to a group of Children from the poorest part of the city. We also played some fun games with them and as we left they all wanted us to sign their shirts! Then we to ministered rhythm, dance and testimonies to the youth group in Ronnie Diaz’s church. Because of the small size of the group, we had some discussion time about what it means to be a son or daughter in the kingdom of God. Then we traveled about 45 minutes to Cartago, Costa Rica where we jumped right into doing the youth service at Arianna’s church. A few of us joined alongside them in worship which was in English and Spanish! After that we were able to minister to their group of around 30 and the response was incredible! Many people wanted prayer for their families, relationships and healing. With the help of interpreters, we were able to pray and minister to many hurting youth. Again on Sunday morning we did the drama for their whole church as well as Monday morning for their 1-12 church school. We had a wonderful afternoon on Sunday spending time with our host families and many of us got to see a few of the beautiful sites of Costa Rica.
On Monday, after doing the drama for The K- 8th grade school, we had 4 activity tracks with them- songs, games, art and rhythm. We very much enjoyed getting to minister to the students and spending time with them. Monday afternoon we had coffee at the beautiful Camacho family home (Ariana, who some of you will remember from last year’s class) then headed back to San Jose to rest up before a busy week. We were so humbled and privileged to go to Cartago for the weekend and we greatly anticipate the amazing things the Lord has yet to do this week.
Here are some short testimonies from the weekend:
Melly - The trip has been amazing so far. We have gotten to minister five different times already and each time the Lord has just blown me away with the way the Ticos respond and come up to receive prayer and words. It is a very humbling and awesome time.
Melissa- I am truly thankful for the opportunity to go on this trip. The Lord has done so much in such a short time with so many people. I am thankful for the team and the working of the Lord through our many talents and abilities. Thank God for the amazing host homes and the many lives that have been touched and hearts that are being changed.
Laurie- I prayed for a girl’s father. I sensed there was something deeper so I asked her how she was doing. She opened up and told me that her family is not happy. The Lord brought healing and freedom to her because she finally talked about her struggles. I could tell the difference in her spirit after we prayed together. She was happier and more joyful. !Gloria a Dios!
Joseph- I was able to connect with a guy who was at a hard place in his relationship with God. It was very encouraging to him that someone from so far away was going through the same thing so that he was not alone in it.
Timothy- we got the chance to go and perform a little for children in one of the worst neighborhoods in San Jose, and the kids seemed to be responding a little, but then afterwards they were having everyone from our group sign their clothing. One kid even rode his bike back to his house, got a white t shirt, and then came back. Another time a large youth came to me after the drama and just held me for a long time weeping. The interpreter kept saying that the Lord is holding and hugging you. Others were amazed how he opened up and received so much. It was one of the most impacting times for me of all our tour stops.
Levi – I prayed for a man who cheated and is now divorced and with the other woman, who wanted to know what to do. I also prayed for a boy who is hated by his father, and he doesn’t know why.
Ryan – at Ariana’s church I prayed for a little girl that was going through a divorce. I prayed love into her family and prayed that the Lord would be her father because her earthly father was gone and then we hugged for a while and she cried.
listen for what God would say in exchange for his hurt the Lord told him he was like Joseph in the Bible. He smiled when I told him Joseph’s story. He said he felt special to the Lord then.
John and Larissa – We got to pray for Ariana’s brother Diego. He asked for prayer for something general and Larissa had a sense to ask a question and he said that was exactly the problem. We also got to pray for some people in such deep pain - a woman who had been divorced and was experiencing a lot of struggle in her current relationship, as well as a man who came up to us crying. His wife had recently abandoned him and his 11 year old son.
Hannah- I feel so blessed by the people of Cartago and was deeply impacted by their response from the play and their hunger for the Lord. I was able to pray for a woman and her daughter whose family has recently been broken up by divorce. I spoke Joy and peace over them and got a word for the Mom that the Lord wanted to restore her dreams and believed the Lord was encouraging them through it.
All – Each team member received a prophecy from a woman in Ariana’s church.
Saturday we got the opportunity to minister with rhythm to a group of Children from the poorest part of the city. We also played some fun games with them and as we left they all wanted us to sign their shirts! Then we to ministered rhythm, dance and testimonies to the youth group in Ronnie Diaz’s church. Because of the small size of the group, we had some discussion time about what it means to be a son or daughter in the kingdom of God. Then we traveled about 45 minutes to Cartago, Costa Rica where we jumped right into doing the youth service at Arianna’s church. A few of us joined alongside them in worship which was in English and Spanish! After that we were able to minister to their group of around 30 and the response was incredible! Many people wanted prayer for their families, relationships and healing. With the help of interpreters, we were able to pray and minister to many hurting youth. Again on Sunday morning we did the drama for their whole church as well as Monday morning for their 1-12 church school. We had a wonderful afternoon on Sunday spending time with our host families and many of us got to see a few of the beautiful sites of Costa Rica.
On Monday, after doing the drama for The K- 8th grade school, we had 4 activity tracks with them- songs, games, art and rhythm. We very much enjoyed getting to minister to the students and spending time with them. Monday afternoon we had coffee at the beautiful Camacho family home (Ariana, who some of you will remember from last year’s class) then headed back to San Jose to rest up before a busy week. We were so humbled and privileged to go to Cartago for the weekend and we greatly anticipate the amazing things the Lord has yet to do this week.
Here are some short testimonies from the weekend:
Melly - The trip has been amazing so far. We have gotten to minister five different times already and each time the Lord has just blown me away with the way the Ticos respond and come up to receive prayer and words. It is a very humbling and awesome time.
Melissa- I am truly thankful for the opportunity to go on this trip. The Lord has done so much in such a short time with so many people. I am thankful for the team and the working of the Lord through our many talents and abilities. Thank God for the amazing host homes and the many lives that have been touched and hearts that are being changed.
Laurie- I prayed for a girl’s father. I sensed there was something deeper so I asked her how she was doing. She opened up and told me that her family is not happy. The Lord brought healing and freedom to her because she finally talked about her struggles. I could tell the difference in her spirit after we prayed together. She was happier and more joyful. !Gloria a Dios!
Joseph- I was able to connect with a guy who was at a hard place in his relationship with God. It was very encouraging to him that someone from so far away was going through the same thing so that he was not alone in it.
Timothy- we got the chance to go and perform a little for children in one of the worst neighborhoods in San Jose, and the kids seemed to be responding a little, but then afterwards they were having everyone from our group sign their clothing. One kid even rode his bike back to his house, got a white t shirt, and then came back. Another time a large youth came to me after the drama and just held me for a long time weeping. The interpreter kept saying that the Lord is holding and hugging you. Others were amazed how he opened up and received so much. It was one of the most impacting times for me of all our tour stops.
Levi – I prayed for a man who cheated and is now divorced and with the other woman, who wanted to know what to do. I also prayed for a boy who is hated by his father, and he doesn’t know why.
Ryan – at Ariana’s church I prayed for a little girl that was going through a divorce. I prayed love into her family and prayed that the Lord would be her father because her earthly father was gone and then we hugged for a while and she cried.
listen for what God would say in exchange for his hurt the Lord told him he was like Joseph in the Bible. He smiled when I told him Joseph’s story. He said he felt special to the Lord then.
John and Larissa – We got to pray for Ariana’s brother Diego. He asked for prayer for something general and Larissa had a sense to ask a question and he said that was exactly the problem. We also got to pray for some people in such deep pain - a woman who had been divorced and was experiencing a lot of struggle in her current relationship, as well as a man who came up to us crying. His wife had recently abandoned him and his 11 year old son.
Hannah- I feel so blessed by the people of Cartago and was deeply impacted by their response from the play and their hunger for the Lord. I was able to pray for a woman and her daughter whose family has recently been broken up by divorce. I spoke Joy and peace over them and got a word for the Mom that the Lord wanted to restore her dreams and believed the Lord was encouraging them through it.
All – Each team member received a prophecy from a woman in Ariana’s church.
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