Dear Harvest Hands Friends,
I’m watching the clouds form very quickly over the nearby mountains today. Hopefully, we are back to the regular rainy season weather, rather than the intense rains that have been pouring on Costa Rica for the last week. There are about 60 roads in the country that have been closed, because of swollen rivers and/or mudslides! There are some photos on the Inside Costa Rica website: (http://www.insidecostarica.com/archives/2010/september/10-09-30.htm). We thank God that no one has been killed. I have the same feelings as I do in Maine during the month of March, when spring is just around the corner, but it snows again! We are anxious for the dry season!
We had a wonderful and blessed time preparing a Mother’s Day dinner here at the Harvest Hands house for the women of our fellowship. We were able to give them a lovely dinner, prayer time, roses and a gift (provided by a couple of women from La Viña, Escazu), but I think that we were more blessed than the ladies! What a joy it is to serve these women!
WELCOME JULIE!
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We would like to welcome Julie Herrmann from Grand Rapids, Michigan as our new “intern”. Julie will be with us for a year. She has been here for three weeks and has “slid” into our house, ministry and hearts with ease! She has started teaching English, giving piano lessons and an exercise class for the women! Julie is also bi-lingual and has already used her language skills to do some translating. She has also done teaching at one of our small groups. She and Steve have started doing puppet shows for the children. Julie has a blog where you can get to know her better: http://mylifeintupperware.blogspot.com
Now that we are in a “non-team” season, we are taking advantage of the time to do some upkeep around the Harvest Hands house. One of the sad, but necessary jobs that we accomplished was the cutting of the big pine tree next to the house. Its roots were starting to destroy the walkway and were heading to the house. It was amazing to watch Marvin (the man who received the first yellow house) climb this tree in his stocking feet, cutting each branch with a machete. When he got to the top, his chain saw was passed to him and he started cutting the big trunk in sections. That was completed in two days and the other pines in the back were also removed.
We will also be doing some work on the interior of the HH house, such as painting, etc.
Remember I told you about the bag gardens which were planted all over Anonos?? They are growing wonderfully and producing much! Here is a photo of ours with a nice Chinese cabbage plant! →→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→
That’s it for now! We will be having a meeting in October with the mission leaders of the churches who work with us here in Los Anonos. So, I’m sure that there will be much to share in our next newsletter.
Please pray for wisdom for us as we continue to minister in the community. The warfare can be intense at times and we need your prayer coverage!
We also need prayer for the next steps to take as a church is growing here in Los Anonos!
Blessings to you!
Rodney and Cindy
PS. If you would like to send financial support, the address is:
Harvest Hands, c/o Vineyard Church of Mechanic Falls
P.O. Box 55
Mechanic Falls, Maine 04256
