ywam costa rica

DTS students impact San José!
We are now almost halfway into our first Discipleship Training School, here at YWAM San José. We have 11 students from many different nations, including the USA, Costa Rica, Jamaica & more! God has been good and we are seeing Him move in the lives of these students and are really excited about the upcoming outreach.

On Mother's Day (August 15th) here in Costa Rica, our students hit the streets of downtown San José with bouquets of flowers to give out to mothers. Many of the women welled up with tears as our students walked up to them with the simple message that Jesus loves them.

A few students went to an area with many prostitutes to give out bouquets. One girl in particular quickly took the flowers from a student while passing by. When she reached the end of the block she read the card attached to the bouquet, which had a scripture written on it. She turned towards the student with tears in her eyes, the Lord was ministering to her through that little act of love. Our students were hit with tremendous love and compassion for these women. Many were astounded by the number of divine appointments that day!

The Virgin of Los Angeles
On August 2nd, our DTS along with a team from Indiana traveled to Cartago, which was the finishing point for thousands of Catholics who were participating in a journey by foot from different places around Costa Rica to celebrate the Virgin of Los Angeles.

Our team had received a word from the Lord to go to Cartago to wash the feet of the travelers. So we headed out with medicine, band-aids and water to give out, and set ourselves up outside the Catholic church.

As people passed by, they looked at us as if we were from a different planet! After washing the feet of one women, she began to share how hard her life had been with her siblings always treating her badly. She spoke of the unforgiveness that she held in her heart towards them. We talked about God's forgiveness for His children and prayed with her, she decided at that moment to forgive her siblings for all of the pain they had caused her. She said, "I have prayed for many years to get rid of this hate, and after talking to you young people, God has truly done something in my heart!"