SHINE FOR JESUS

Easter Break we were priveleged to have a High School group from Calvary Chapel Downey.For some this was there first time out of the country experiencing a cross culture mission. And for some this is the beginning where God has stirred in their hearts to go back to their homes and realize they have a whole mission field before their own eyes lost without Jesus.

They came to Costa Rica not knowing what to expect or what God was going to do.But they knew that God the God of impossibles the God who provided for them to come and helped them learn how to face paint and make balloons was going to do amazing things.

God wants a available heart one that is willing to be used by him. How great it is that He has put in our hearts His love and compassion for others. In our selfish world where everything points to put ourselves first... Love, How God the creator of the world the Kings of Kings who holds our very heart beat in His hands and knows our everydays, set the perfect example of living for others, serving others and reaching the brokenhearted. We went to Guarari, a poor area with many abused children, some of their parents on drugs.

Downey High School group jumped right in the singing & dancing to God with the children of Guarari.Not knowing the lyrics in spanish or the dance steps, they did not let that intmidate them, but learned the moves fast and brought smiles to the faces of the children.

A smile, a hug, an ice-cream cone, telling a child that Jesus loves them, are precious moments where God speaks to the hearts and shows us the simplicity of reaching out and letting Jesus Shine!! When we are given opportunities to reach out to others , It then when God is reaching into our own lives and changing us."Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."( Matthew 20:26-28)