Thank you for reading our blog. Most of us have Facebook, e-mail, and other ways to keep in touch so why do we need a blog? Its purpose is to not necessarily to track the Goveas' everyday life, but what is happening with them as a missionary family. We also want to use this blog as a place to post praises and prayer requests. We appreciate you lifting us up to the Father in prayer while we work to make more people aware of God's saving grace and abundant life that He has for us.
Enrique and I met when I was on the mission field in Mexico in 1999. Being missions-minded is part of our DNA and for the past couple of years, we have had a desire to go on the mission field together. That dream has now become a reality as we seize the opportunity to share Christ’s love in Central America.
We have responded to God’s call in…Costa Rica! Enrique will supervise small groups (Bible studies in homes) by training and encouraging leaders and will also translate and develop original lesson plans for the children’s programming at a new church. He has actually already gone to Costa Rica three times this year to meet and encourage the existing leaders.
We are excited to serve God in this capacity and look forward to our adventure in this beautiful paradise. Enrique spends his days corresponding with church leaders and volunteers and translating while I play with David and try to donate, recycle, sell, and pack our stuff. We are moving at the beginning of August and plan to spend our last days in Georgia visiting with family and friends that we don’t see as often as we like.
Preceding us on this journey are our friends, Julio and Ashley Gonzalez, who moved down there with their two little boys in April. Julio serves as the church’s pastor. Due to the fact that Costa Ricans are highly educated and many are bilingual, Bible studies are offered in both Spanish and English!
We are partnering with our church here, North Point Community Church, to start a church for people who don’t necessarily have a problem with God, but with religion. We want to take people back to the root of why Jesus came and how much God wants to connect with us.
