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 […]

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Raven 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 […]

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A 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 […]

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Hot 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 […]

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Guest 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. […]

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Church 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 […]

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Another 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 […]

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The 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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