The Mission

The school we attend is the outgrowth of a ministry started in Costa Rica by two nationals eight years ago.  One of the men, Hector, grew up in San Jose, and his grandmother came to know Christ because of some Foursquare missionaries.  Despite persecution for leaving the Catholic church, she faithfully attended the missionaries' church and took her grandchildren along with her.  Hector grew up in a church that fully understood the importance and life-changing experience an actual relationship with Jesus Christ is.  When he was in his early twenties, he and a friend felt led by God to minister in Canada.  They had a fruitful time there and grew in their relationship with God and their English-speaking abilities.  God called them back to serve in rural areas of Costa Rica, and they started a ministry that reached out to the poor handicapped.  They also started an outreach to an indigenous tribe located far in the mountains.  As their ministries grew and teams from the U.S. and Canada came to assist in their endeavors, the language school was born.
The school now hosts many families per year and helps prepare many for long-term missions.  While here, students are able to participate in various ministries.  Our family hopes to start participating as soon as Hector returns from a visiting churches in the U.S.  We're hoping to work with children, and J will head into the jungle (a five to six hour hike) with a medical team to work with the Chiruppa tribe later in our trip.