Hi friends and family! I am sorry for the delay in writing to you! I arrived to Costa Rica a little over a month ago and am finally settling into life here! J I always think that it will be a quick adjustment when moving into a new place but the reality is that it takes a while and it is different for each person.  

I truly feel the Lord guiding my steps here in Costa Rica and am so thankful for the friendship and leadership of GOD in my life! One of the coolest things the Lord has blessed me with is a loving home to live in.... it is undeniably from the Lord. I am living with the grandparents of some friends of mine, just outside of San Jose. I LOVE IT! It is perfect and it is exactly what I need...they have taken me in as one of their own and made me feel a part of their family. I am so thankful –it is more than I could ask for...the home is filled with LOVE and that is the most important thing. You could live in the most beautiful house in the world but there may not be peace in the home....but where I live...I come home and feel such peace and love...there is no other place I would rather be. THANK YOU JESUS....You know exactly what we need!

So what does my life look like right now?? I am working a few days a week at a ministry day care ...what do I do? I love on kids all day through teaching English, song time, games and etc..., I also help out a local missionary family some with homeschooling their kids, I attend a KIDS CLUB (usually on Saturdays.) we teach bible lesson, play games and sing songs! Once a month in Jaco there is a BEAUTIFUL event as an outreach to love on the 300-600 people who work in prostitution that walk on the streets of Jaco each day... so last Friday night I joined up with a church in Jaco –We set up tables in the park and offered hand massages and then let them pick a bottle of lotion of lip gloss to take them along with some literature. While we massaged their hands we conversed with them and we offered to see if there was anything that we could pray for them....If you are in North America and are reading this ...you may thing that this event would not be productive...but the reality is this type of event in Costa Rica is a huge success....it fits right in with the culture..They LOVE it!! J and I LOVE it..I love getting to share Christ’s love!

There is always an opportunity to share Christ’s love wherever you are! ....I ride the bus for at least 1hr some days 3 hours every day to get back and forth where I go...What about the person sitting next to me? Sometimes I go to a cafe to use the internet......what about the person that attends to me?  What about you? Who are the people in your surroundings that you can love on? Love boldly ...whatever that looks like...a smile, a hug, a word, your time, a prayer, a gift, a listening ear, all....etc!

I will be posting pictures soon....

Please let me know if you have any questions or prayer request. Thank you for supporting me in this!

LOVE,

JMelissa W

PS...been praying this SONG: soooooo good!!! :) sooooo true!!!! :)

CLICK to listen: Break Every Chain- Jesus Culture