Today was a new day. The game plan was to get up and after yet another large breakfast we were going to return to Betania to follow up with all of the homes in the community that accepted Christ earlier in the week. As we turned down the main road we immediately knew that today would not be the same as the ones before. So far we have been going door to door in the community of Betania and sharing the gospel with anyone that would open the door, but as we pulled down the street there was a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses now knocking on the same doors that we had been visiting the past few days. It was clear that there was and is spiritual warfare going on in this community. Before even leaving the bus we prayed for the community, the false teachers and our attitudes and focus as we unloaded the bus. It is amazing how God can take a seemingly difficult situation and use it to bring him glory; the enemy truly has no power against our God. As we visited the last houses we would knock on in Betania, eleven more women and children accepted Christ as their Savior today. Many of them had either just talked to Jehovah’s Witnesses minutes before or refused to open their doors to them. What we expected was to visit and encourage new believers in Christ this day but God had something more dynamic and supernatural in mind, in the midst of the enemy. We ended the day by showing a Max Lucado cartoon after dark for the children and we had many families attend, mostly children. After a day of touching moments with families and children, feeling the Spirit of God move in a community we had to load the bus and watch as children chased us down the road. We may never see them again until we meet in glory but God has impacted my life in Costa Rica through the people. They see the value in what had been offered to them and many were saved. While sharing the gospel with Marcos he asked me how Jesus had changed my life and I told him that Jesus was someone I could rely on despite my circumstances even though I could not see him. After this week I think that the Spirit of God can move in a way that your eyes are drawn to him through the lives that he changes and that is something that we can see.
Thanks for your perspective Phillip. It is truly amazing to see the Lord working here in Batania de Guatuso. Tomorrow, it's off to Rio Celeste for our tour. After seeing this beautiful creation, we will travel back to San Jose, do some souvenir shopping, and check in to our hotel near the airport.
Perhaps we will encounter someone with whom to share the gospel tomorrow! Let's pray to that end together.
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