Monday, July 11, 2011

Costa Rica Day #2

Great day today!  The team divided up and went to three different churches with some of our missionary women that will be attending the retreat this week. It is such an awesome thing to worship our LORD together in different languages. While we may not understand the language very well, we do understand the presence of the Spirit of God and it was present among us.

After church we walked from our hotel room to a place in the downtown heart of San Jose and had lunch. It was wild to see all the people and vendors on the street. Then at 5 p.m. 8 of us took advantage of an opportunity shared with us by one of the couples that took us to church. It wasn’t on our agenda but it was such great fun! We attended a concert by a group call Masterkey in the National Theater on the ‘Plaza De La Culture. It is a beautiful building constructed in 1887 and is considered San Jose’s Architectural gem. The group performed Motown hits such as; Stand by Me, Have You Seen Her, In the Still of the Night, I’ve Got Sunshine, Lean on Me, Oh Happy Day, and many more!  They were incredible.  Click on this link if you want to see them ministering in their local church. http://youtu.be/tHk9j-EC2y0

We then headed back to our hotel and had an awesome sweet devotional from Shawna and then some precious prayer time.  The team is really becoming one Spirit more each day as we prepare our hearts for the missionary women to come.  

Continue to pray for good health, everyone is doing well so far.  Also, pray for our moms that are here. It is difficult for them to be apart from their children this long and we are just getting started. Also, pray for the dads left behind because their week is just beginning! Ha,ha,ha

Love you All,

His,
Vickie

5 comments:

Kaye Harkness said...

Sounds like a wonderful time....praying for you all!

Kristy said...

I have such great memories from the last trip to Costa Rica! How I wish I were there! I am praying for you all as you prepare and for the sweet missionaries!

Amarlis said...

Sounds so wonderful. Looking forward to God's results

Anonymous said...

Praying that this retreat will be as uplifting for your group as it is for the missionary wives, a refreshing of your spirits, special words from your Lord, and an example to the local population. Grace and peace, and a kiss to Shawna from Tristan and Mimi. Thanks to Pure Joy for the ministry! Trina

Cara said...

I have some fun memories from the Teatro National! The Masterkeys sound really neat! Glad you got to go! I'm praying for the retreat!
Love you guys, Cara (Briley) Matt