The past week was spent in Liberia, a medium sized town in northwestern Costa Rica. We were there working with a team of 6 great folks from Michigan. They came with a great spirit to work and that spirit didn't diminish during three hard, hot days of walking the streets, passing out the Gospel of John door to door and talking to many people.
Working with the group were people from a local Baptist church. I can't tell you how impressed we were with the folks from that church. Each day there were at least 10, sometimes 12, people there to help with the distribution. The amazing thing is that they were mostly young people, even a couple of boys around 10 or 12. And they weren't just there to walk around with us. They were bold ! They had a heart to lead people to the Lord. They knew the scriptures well and weren't afraid to engage in discussions with anyone. The church people were so anxious to talk to the folks in the houses that a couple of members of the team from Michigan actually began trying to go on their own so they could do some of the distribution and talking.
We took 2000 copies of the Gospel with us, thinking that we surely would not use near all of them, but with the number of local believers and their enthusiasm, we distributed all of them and 16 people prayed to receive Christ as Savior. We kept having to find new neighborhoods to go to, because we were going through them so fast.
Praise the Lord for a good week and that so much seed was sown. Pray for the new believers and for the church as they follow up on the work that was done.
