Faithfulness to the Call

About two years ago, a man on his 30 used to work for what would be an agency similar to our FBI agency in the states. God orchestrated for him to leave that job and concentrate on exercising his profession as a Topographer Engineer as a way to meet the needs of his family. Thus pursuing the call that God placed in his life to also surrender to service to Him in a more full time capacity.  He came to Christ over 5 years ago and has grown in the Lord at a fast rate, for He seeks the Father daily in the study of His word and prayer, and has a very good mentor for a Pastor. This man is the man that I told you I would let you know about his call in the prior blog.

Fer and Rosi on the left, Fer leading prayer time at a visit!

God has called Fer and his wife Rosi to missions and at the time they did not know how this would look.  When we arrived at their church back last August, our desire was to join a church that would want to do church planting around them. When we asked the Pastor if he had the vision to plant churches as missions the first day we visited, he said that he had two men who were called to the field. One of these men is Fer. On that Sunday was when we met Fer.  Little did we know that we were going to become great friends. Well, our friendship developed and we met on wednesdays to mentor each other and seek God's face as to how the call would have feet and field attached to it. Fer and Rosi have helped in three of the mission points that we have described before, La Fila, Cangrejal and lately in a work in Puerto Viejo.  

Back in April, Fer and the Coordinator of Missions for that particular Baptist Association, went to Sinergia 2011 in Panama.  We traveled at night from Costa Rica. Rosi and the children were scheduled to go as well. When we reached the Panama border that morning, the Panama migration office did not let them in because they were Cuban.  So, the rest of the team headed off to Panama, which was one of the hardest decisions I had to make in my life, leaving a team member and most importantly my best friend in Costa Rica, like a sister and her children, the friends of my children behind. Rosi had to find a hotel and the next day catch the bus back to Costa Rica  because there were not buses at that time  of the early morning heading to Costa Rica. Seeing them at the terminal from the window of the bus as we headed off was one of the most difficult times we had to face.  I (Noemi) could not stay behind with her because already that night when we had to go to the CR bus terminal, my daughter Kaila had contracted a fast running infection from her return from Camp and Jeff had decided to stay back for one more day and ride the next night on the next bus. So it was just Josiah and I accompanying our friends to the conference.  If Jeff had been there to go with the rest of the team, I would have stayed back with my friend.  Starting on the night of departure, then on that morning, one of the aspects that was evident to me is that we had entered Spiritual Warfare and we had to press on, because these men were going to find out more of the definition of their call.

At the conference, both men Fer and the Coordinator of Missions learned so much about the need to reach the people in the world that have not even heard the name of Jesus. They came back to Costa Rica and started immediately getting courses from a local oraganization that prepares workers for the ends of the earth.  I ask you to pray because even though Fer has a great degree, business is slow and he is trying to support his family as he prepares for what God has in store in the future.  Pray also that the funds would come within the organization for them to be able to make it to the ends of the earth and possibly for some creative ways to get them there. We have the owner of the funds, pray that the distribution would be according to God's purposes by His people.

This beautiful couple and their children was one of the hardest aspects for us to leave in Costa Rica.  We met regularly with them and we became like sisters and brothers.  They are as committed as you ever can see when it comes to the Word of God, the spreading of God's word, and teaching of His word.  It has been one of our greatest joys to have had the opportunity to know them and to be their prayer partners unto the ends of the earth.