Happy New Year from Costa Rica
A final message from Steve as we close out 2022!
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2022 Raven Scholarship Testimonies
We recently received testimonies from several of the 2022 Raven Scholarship recipients. Here are a few of our favorites. I am very grateful to ESEPA, who opened the doors for me this year to study the Master of Theology, supporting me with a 100% scholarship. I am General Pastor of a congregation in Coronado, and […]
Read MoreRaven Scholarship Awarded
Last year, we set a goal to raise $20,000 to fund the Raven Scholarship for ESEPA Seminary, in San Jose, Costa Rica. And our donors responded with their typical generosity. We are so grateful to be able to offer this scholarship in 2022 and look forward to doing even more in the coming year. Watch […]
Read MoreA New Direction for The Brook Ministries
Our passion is and always has been to train pastors. And beginning in 2022, we are taking that passion in a new direction. We will continue to do the things we have always done, but now we want to add one more thing.The doctoral dissertation research we conducted before the pandemic demonstrated the incredible need […]
Read MoreHot weather doesn’t stop work, or play
Even though the temperature climbed and the breeze faltered, our multi-national team got the job done. With our visitors from the US here and ready to work, along with one local volunteer and our Tico team from Grecia, work was completed on the concrete stairs and the new fire pit. Exhausted, the team still had […]
Read MoreWhy you should always start with prayer: a work miracle in Costa Rica
A quick update from The Brook Training Center and a good reason to always start with prayer…
Read MoreGuest Speaking in Jaco
One of the many things we do is speak at churches throughout Costa Rica. Most often it is a Spanish-speaking churches. But occasionally, we have the opportunity to minister in bilingual or English speaking churches. Over the last two weeks, we had the chance to fill the pulpit for Daniel Barrett, who was on sabbatical. […]
Read MoreChurch Counselor Receives Award
On Sunday, March 14, Rosa Brenes Rojas was awarded the Dr. Beverly R. Lucas Volunteer Service Award for March 2021. Rosa was nominated by Pastor Paul Garrett del Rio and his wife, Dra. Sofia Quintanilla Ramirez, for her work in counseling at Iglesia Union Church. Help the Hurting Rosa began ministering to people over seventeen […]
Read MoreAnother Volunteer Recognized In Special Ceremony
On Sunday, February 21, Eva Cecilia Herrera Rodriguez was awarded the Dr. Beverly R. Lucas Volunteer Service award for February 2021. Eva was nominated by Pastor Geovanny Herrera Chabarria and his wife, Pastora Kalen Valerio, for her work in women’s ministry at Comunidad Cristiana Reconciliación. A Powerful Story Eva’s nomination got the attention of our […]
Read MoreThe Brook Awards First Recipient
On Sunday, February 14, Oscar Stid Solano Arias was awarded the Dr. Beverly R. Lucas Volunteer Service award for January 2021. Oscar was nominated by Pastor Luis Elias Arguedas A. and his wife, Pastora Yita Gonguz, for his work in construction and maintenance at Iglesia Bíblica Unción Y Fuego. Well known Many of our Brook […]
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