Road to Yanama

Here are two videos of the road to Yanama. It's only about 70 miles or so between Huaraz and Yanama but it takes five to six hours to make the trip. You zig-zag up the mountains from ~10,000 feet to over 15,000 then back down to ~11,000. The mountains are absolutely beautiful. It takes you through Huascarán National Park (Huascarán is the highest peak in Peru and second highest in South America at 22,205 feet).

And here's a photo:

I'm off to Peru!

Last Friday, I graduated from the language school. I've spent the week at a Bible-storying conference here in San José.  We storied through the book of Acts.  Now it's time to move on to Perú.  I'll spend a week in Lima and then go to Yanama after Christmas.   It is also the time of the year for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering.  

Here are a few new things to remember:

▸ Transition from Costa Rica to Perú.

▸ Safety in travel (both the flight to Lima and the long drive up to Yanama)

▸ Continual language/cultural acquisition

▸ Lottie Moon Christmas offering

As always, continue to pray:

▸ that the Name of the Lord be great among every tribe, people, nation, and tongue

▸ that I would walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing Him in every respect, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God and His Word

▸ that I would grow in my understanding of my own unworthiness and dependence upon Christ and His grace

▸ that the Lord of the Harvest would raise up more laborers into the harvest fields

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One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.  — Amy Carmichael

About Six More Weeks in Costa Rica

Time can really go by quickly. It does not seem as though it has been a year since I came to Costa Rica. Thank you to all who have been faithful in partnering with me through prayer.

I only have about six weeks left at the language institute. I will stay in Costa Rica for one more week after that. On Saturday, December 19, I’ll be flying to Lima, Peru where I will be for a few weeks. Then, I will be going to Yanama, Peru which is north of Huaraz.

There is one thing that has changed for me. I was going to go to Chiquián, Peru, south of Huaraz. But now I am going to Yanama instead. God is sovereign, and I trust this change is for the best.

These final weeks here in San José will be quite busy as I finish up at the intitute and prepare for the transition to Peru. Here are a few things to remember:

Please pray . . .

▸ that the Name of the Lord be great among every tribe, people, nation, and tongue

▸ that I would walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing Him in every respect, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God and His Word

▸ that I would grow in my understanding of my own unworthiness and dependence upon Christ and His grace

▸ that God would open my ears to the Spanish language

▸ that my last few weeks in Costa Rica be as fruitful as possible in reguards to langunge study and to the ministry at the House of Restoration

▸ that the transition from Costa Rica go smoothly

▸ that the Lord of the Harvest would raise up more laborers into the harvest fields

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Scripture Quote:
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored.

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Missionary Quote:
We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. — David Brainerd

A bird's eye view of where I am

Here is the image of where I live in Costa Rica.  The picture is three years old, so the house in which I live is not in the picture.  But I put the marker where the house is.  The house is in a gaited community of which some of the condominiums are still being constructed.


About six or seven blocks away, is ILE (Instituto de Lengua Española/Spanish Language Institute):

The building just above the red marker is the administration building.  The one just below it is where the classrooms are located.  Just below that is Sojourn Academy for the school-aged kids.  And just below that are the gymnasium and the preschool.