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The Tatum's
On April 19th, our congregation had the opportunity to meet
the Tatum Family. The Tatum's will be serving in Coronado,
Costa Rica, as house parents in the United Methodist Orphanage
that is under construction. I recently reported in the
Sunday Morning announcements that the Tatum's had already departed
for Coronado; however, they are actually in the state of Colorado.
Although I reported a slight error in the location, the purpose of
their time in Colorado is to work on language skills. They
will need to master Spanish. If you would like to keep up
with their progress, you can read their reports at
www.missioncostarica.com
which we also have linked on our church's website.
We should keep them lifted up in prayer as they follow God's call
onto the mission field. We also need to add another
dimension to our prayers concerning Costa Rica. We need to
be in prayer about our next step with the orphanage. We are
in the early stages of planning a short term mission trip next
summer. This mission team will include everyone in our
church and every member is important. We need to begin
praying for the discernment of those who will be going on the
short term trip in 2010. While all the details are not
worked out, some information is available. The trip will
likely be in June or July of 2010.
We will need people who are willing to do construction work on the
orphanage--experience not required. We will need a couple of
team cooks who will go shopping daily and help prepare meals for
the worksite. We will also need people to do Bible School
lessons and crafts every evening with children in local churches.
Even if you do not go on the trip we will need prayer support,
help gathering materials, and financial support. Seek the
Lord in prayer about your involvement with this trip. We
will have an information meeting in late August or September for
those who are called to take up this mission. At that time
we will be able to answer questions and share what you might
expect on this mission trip.
Blessings,
Rev. Jimmy Cook
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A Letter from the Pastor