Dear Friends and Family,
Last month was another month of taking a few steps forward. We've kept pushing on with the church activities and evangelism. We saw two people trust in Christ as their Savior. We are now preparing for a baptism service in the near future. We also began a new adult Sunday school class. It has been a bit difficult to have more than one class going simultaneously in the open air building where we are meeting. We are praying that God will work a miracle for us and provide the means for us to have our own church building. Meanwhile, we have completed more of the residency process and should be receiving our legal ID's in late March. In the beginning of March we lost the ability to continue driving on our foreign licenses. At the last moment, the department of immigration allowed for tourists to stay for another three months... however the department of transportation did not make the extension. For a few days we relied upon a combination of walking, taking taxis, buses, and trains to get our children to school and cross the city to fulfill all our of ministry responsibilities. We continued checking the news expecting for the government announcement while Jeremy made plans to fly out and return to renew our ability to drive in case they did not. Finally, the government made an announcement which was not exactly clear who could and could not drive. However, we are going to interpret it in our favor and resume driving again.
Our family is busier than ever, but thankfully we are doing well. Last month, our girls began attending a small Christian school. It is great for them to be in class again... just difficult to manage transportation without being able to drive. Michelle is now teaching English and helping out at another small Christian school for two days each week. Elijah is attending a preschool class during this time. Jeremy was invited to speak in chapel tomorrow and will look forward to preaching a brief message. Last month was one of the first times we were able to spend some time with some missionary friends in quite a while. We also were able to meet up and spend a little with our Central American Director at BIMI and his wife.
As we look forward to the rest of March, we know it will be an unusual month. We are tackling a lot of obstacles, but Lord willing we will make a lot of progress. This month, please pray:
1. That God will guide us through all of the obstacles and difficulties we are facing.
2. That God will strengthen the faith of the Costa Rican believers.
3. That God will continue to build the church here in San Pablo.
4. That God will provide the funds for us to be able to buy or build our own church building.
In Christ,
Jeremy, Michelle, Lila, Ellowyn, and Elijah Blanz
