Holy Week HarvestOM InternationalOver 300 volunteers from across Latin America and the USA gathered in Costa Rica for a special outreach during Holy Week. After two days of training and preparation, teams headed out to serve local communities in partnership with local churches.One team of 50 people, including medics and dentists, provided free medical care to more than 1,200 people. At the same time, team members were able to share the Gospel message with many of those who attended the clinics. A sportslink team, led by Martin Bateman and Consuelo Rabanales ran soccer training camps and friendly matches while making the most of many opportunities to share the love of God with those they met. The remaining volunteers spread out across a 75-mile radius in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica, working alongside local churches in a range of outreach projects. According to reports, 4000 individuals had the opportunity to hear and read about Jesus Christ, and more than 500 opened their hearts to him. As pastors returned with their teams, many were in tears sharing their experiences. Something special had taken place. On the final night of the outreach, participants celebrated with a programme of international dances, songs and events of historical importance. Duane Grasman from México gave a challenge to world missions and over 200 young people came forward for prayer. Please pray for the OM Costa Rica team as they are following up with visits to all the churches involved in the outreach.
Credit: OM International
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Recent Stories from Costa RicaOM Costa Rica Informs 30 Jul, 2008On Saturday June 28th at 3:00 in the morning a group of 50 people started loading up the bus for a five day medical outreach in the Talamaca indigenous region of Costa Rica. Amongst the 50 participants we had a group of 17 from the US that included doctors, nurse practitioners and medical students. Additionally we had our OM Costa Rica staff as well as 20 Costa Rican volunteers. All of us came together for one purpose, to serve the BriBri Indians in Talamanca. After a six hour bus ride, we arrived at a river bank where we unloaded and loaded all the medicine, food and suitcases into several wooden carved boats for a 30 minute boat ride. This process was repeated on the other side of the river, this time into another bus which took us to our camp. AIDSLink takes root 5 May, 2008 Alex and Julie Paniagua, from OM Costa Rica, are now heading up AIDSLink in Central America. Holy Week Harvest 22 May, 2007 Over 300 volunteers from across Latin America and the USA gathered in Costa Rica for a special outreach during Holy Week. After two days of training and preparation, teams headed out to serve local communities in partnership with local churches. OM CENTRAL AMERICA EASTER CAMPAIGN 3 May, 2007 The following are highlights of our recent outreach in the Atlantic zone of Costa Rica, March 31 – April 6. The entire event was a dream and vision for more than a year that took numerous trips, prayer meetings and planning sessions and in reality was five campaigns in one, which included all the planning and blessing of a mega outreach with over 315 international and national volunteers. Campaña de Semana Santa 3 May, 2007 Tuvimos la oportunidad de hacer una pre-campaña, donde la idea era poder llevar acabo una cena con más de 40 personas entre ellas el staff, junta directiva e invitados especiales, con el conferencista Richard Sharp, que tiene mas de 30 años de trabajar con OM, Dios realmente hablo al corazón de muchos y por sobre todo nos llevo a la reflexión de cual era el propósito y nuevas armas a tomar para la campaña y que se cumpliera lo que dice Isaías 54:2 ¨Extender la Mano a la Cosecha¨. |