What We Do

Amy and I work with a ministry called the Abraham Project on the outskirts of San José.  We moved down here in January of 2008 and spent the year learning Spanish.  Last month, we officially took over as the short term mission team coordinators for the Project.  Our teams come from all over the States and represent many different age groups.  We love meeting such a wide variety of people and helping to serve as a bridge between our community here and the Church back home.  

Our teams donate their time and services helping us through construction, children's ministry, outreach, teaching English, and in any other way that we can incorporate them.  In exchange, they are blessed with the opportunity to participate in what God is doing in Costa Rica and by getting to know one of the best countries on the planet.  

The Abraham Project was started in 1997 by a local church comprised of only 7 people.  The pastor (Jorge Gomez) believed God was calling the tiny church to transform its community by living out the Gospel of Jesus.  In other words, God wanted this body of believers to participate with Him in healing the community, both spiritually and physically.  After praying, the group was convinced that the pastor's vision was from God and they were on board.  So with $20 they set out in faith and obedience believing that God would do the rest.  Now the church has an average of 350 people in attendance every week and has founded the Abraham Project.  Aside from the church, this ministry has 4 major areas of outreach which are 2 children's homes, a daycare, vocational classes, and a multipurpose building that is currently under construction. 

Amy and I love the vision of the Project because it is seeking to truly transform the community through evangelism and meeting the needs of the people in very practical ways.  It's not the perfect church or ministry, but it's a very good example of the body acting as the hands and feet of Jesus for a community that desperately needs him.  

Below is a video that our youth group made to show a little of the history of the Project as well as what the place looks like now.  Oh yeah, it's in Spanish.  (The guy talking is our pastor).