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First Christian Church

Serving In Costa Rica
February 1, 2025
Community: Santa Cruz
Partner: Iglesia Biblica Sama
Staff: Laura Vasquez, Ishi Vega

We are Ready !

by Ishi Vega | February 2, 2025 1:48 PM

Meet our staff for the week, Laura and Ishi. They are ready to serve along with us during this week!

We are Ready !

We Made it

by Ishi Vega | February 2, 2025 2:03 PM

We made it to Costa Rica. We are safe. We are good and really excited to see our friends here. Pray for us and the ministries that we are going to be doing during this week! 

We Made it

Praying for the Families

by Ishi Vega | February 2, 2025 7:25 PM

We had the opportunity to pray for the families that we are going to be visiting during this week. May this be a blessing for them! 

Praying for the Families

Quality Time with Pastor!

by Ishi Vega | February 2, 2025 7:35 PM

We had a good time with Pastor and Pastora. They shared about all the things that happened since the last time we saw each other and we prayed for them to be strengthened! 
Quality Time with Pastor!

A New Generation

by Ishi Vega | February 3, 2025 12:49 PM

Today was our first day of food distribution and we visited 6 families from the community. The teens from the church came to serve with us and experienced ministry. They are going to be the ones doing this in the future.  

A New Generation

Promises

by Ishi Vega | February 3, 2025 10:23 PM

Denise talked about promises, how good and important they are for our life.

God is ALWAYS with me , He’s ALWAYS in control, He’s ALWAYS good , He’s ALWAYS watching and one of the most important ones He’s ALWAYS victorious ! 

We also had time to bond with each other and build deeper relationships!

Promises

Jesus Calms the Storm

by Laura Vasquez | February 3, 2025 10:28 PM

Today in VBS we learned that although times might be hard and we might get scared we can always pray and ask Jesus for help and there is nothing He can't do. 

We also had a ton of fun playing and spending time together.


Jesus Calms the Storm

Hard Workers

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 7:37 AM

What you see in the back, part of the sidewalk, was our construction project. We poured concrete in the back part of the church so they will have better access and a new sink. 
Hard Workers

Only if You are Young

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 7:39 AM

Denise shared a beautiful message with the elders in the church. She talked about how important it is to keep growing. Sometimes we think that because we fulfill a purpose or because we are not young anymore there’s nothing else to do, but the mission never ends !

Only if You are Young

When the Unexpected Happens

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 7:42 AM

Jesse shared the message with the ladies from the church, what to do when things that we didn’t expect happen in our lives. She taught us about the importance of making relationships with the women around us, how important it is to rely on the Lord and that our testimonies matter. We can change someone’s life with our story.
When the Unexpected Happens

Our friends matter

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 11:40 AM

Ginger taught the kids about the paralytic man, how the faith of his friends help to Jesus to heal him. 

She also taught them that their surroundings matter, that our friends can impact our life’s in a positive or negative way 

Our friends matter

Food distribution

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 11:48 AM

“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2? NIV
Food distribution

Lean into Worship

by Ishi Vega | February 5, 2025 6:13 PM

Alli shared about the difficult situations that we go through as a women how  we can relay in God and how we can worship and praise him in the middle of the pain 

Lean into Worship

Miracles

by Ishi Vega | February 6, 2025 8:07 AM

In kids ministry we talked about one of the biggest miracles in the Bible, how Jesus fed 5000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves. There’s nothing impossible for him and if we ask him for a miracle he’ll do it 


“They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭6‬:‭42‬-‭44‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Miracles

Teens night

by Ishi Vega | February 6, 2025 8:53 AM

We had an amazing time with the teens, we played some games we shared, we ate pizza and of course we heard the word of the lord, Jana shared about the importance of loving God for who he is and not for what he give us, just like Job, he truly loved Jesus despite everything! 

Teens night

See you fam !

by Ishi Vega | February 7, 2025 12:44 PM

We had our goodbye service, it was a little bittersweet, we know that we have a family here, and we are going to miss them ! 

Pastor prayed for the team and for our families! Keep this church in your prayers ! 

See you fam !

Continue Your Impact

by Praying Pelican Missions | February 7, 2025 11:57 PM

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Anne Onstead

February 2, 2025 1:51 PM

Ishi and Laura. So miss you both. Have a great week with the team.

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