Rice and Beans of Life: Sabbath, My Soul Restored

For those of you who have ever seen or can imagine a child taking their first steps ... I share this God moment. I have always pictured God standing peacefully, arms outstretched, pleasant smile, full of love, at times laughing, and holding me close. Yesterday during devotions, He restored my soul ... Much like a Father or Mother encouraging their child to walk for the first time, there HE was ... Arms outstretched, hands beckoning, face full of anticipation and excitement, eyes twinkling with life and love, bending down to meet me and cheering me on ... "Come on sweet daughter, you can do this, one foot in front of the other, come on, I'm here to pick you up when you fall, I'm so proud of you, I know you can do this, come on, walk with Me, give me your hand, lets go, this is only the beginning!"

Beautiful CR

The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want, He makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside quiet waters, HE RESTORES MY SOUL! ... After a busy week, today is truly a Sabbath. By 10:30 a.m. we were all awake, enjoying sweet bread, coffee, hot chocolate, fresh pineapple, sweetened condensed milk with crackers and talking about our Favorite things from 2016. The boys are currently reading, playing Legos, napping, and watching a video, Daryl is watching the Eagles beat the Cowboys, and ... I am here, sharing the precious God moments of our life in CR.

"Everyone Paints"

Life at the base ... We hosted a Vida Mission (VM) team from Indiana. We helped give leadership to this team as we worked at Pastor Pablo's church, painting, building a truss to remove the center pole in the church, evangelizing in the park, kids club, community suppers and sharing God's love with the community. We were excited to welcome the Vida220 students home from Christmas break. They spent some days praying and cleaning at the new base. We were all together last night for a time of celebration and worship before heading up the mountain to watch fire works exploding ALL over the city of San Jose' at midnight! My heart is so full and my soul restored ... if you can even imagine the emotion of worshiping with this family and being lead into the presence of our Holy Father by two gifted worship leaders ... Pablo, leading in Spanish and Daryl, leading in English, together! Adam slept soundly in my arms, the boys were on their faces before the Lord, receiving and boldly sharing words of encouragement, praying for healing and being prayed over ... it felt like a sweet taste of Heaven, every tongue and every nation declaring JESUS IS LORD!
God's presence so tangible ... Jesus's peace so sweet ... Holy Spirit's power penetrating!

I Give Thanks to You Lord ... Brian Thiessen

Jedidiah reading devotions to Adam

"You have shown me favor unending, You have given Your life for me.
And my heart knows of Your goodness, Your blood has covered me!

I will arise and give thanks to You Lord my God
And Your name I will bless with my whole heart
You have shown mercy. You have shown mercy to me
I will give thanks to You, Lord

You have poured out Your healing upon us,You have set the captives free
And we know it is not what we’ve done but by Your hand alone!

We will arise and give thanks to You Lord our God
And Your name we will bless with our whole heart
You have shown mercy, You have shown mercy to us
We give thanks to You, Lord!"

Praises
We officially have a New Base
Health
Safety, wisdom and grace during the VM week
Adam and Dylan playing every second of the day ... and being nixie together!
Joseph's heart open to the work of the Holy Spirit
Each of you that have supported us through prayer and finances
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow ... Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Prayers
We are moving to Heredia this week
Delynn and Gloria are moving to the new base
The teams go on Out Reach
Delynn, Gloria and Carmelinda will be in the states 3 weeks in January
Wisdom on purchasing a vehicle ... if, when and what
Financial Partners to sponsor the new base