Costa Rica

Central America

Year opened: 1986

The Mission Society first opened a field in Costa Rica 1986. Missionaries were sent to work with the Methodist Church in evangelism, hosting short-term mission teams, and other ministries. In 2004 there were no additional requests for personnel from The Mission Society because the Church had become well-established and national leadership was encouraged to take over. However, in 2006 The Mission Society began sending missionaries to Costa Rica again.

Mission Society missionaries to Costa Rica are primarily focused upon ministering to orphans and street children. Some are serving as house parents in children’s homes, others are working to help local families become foster parents for orphaned children. One family is teaching a youth and adult mentoring program throughout various areas of the nation. Human trafficking is a growing problem in Costa Rica, and another family is ministering to the rescued victims of the sex trade industry. 
 

Prayer Requests

• Pray for pastors to catch the vision that it is the church (their church) that is to care for the orphan within their communities.
• Pray for culturally appropriate vision casting to the pastors for ministry to orphans.
• Pray for humility and willingness for the existing ministries specifically targeted to work with orphans.
• Pray for a strong desire among the pastors to work together and to share resources.
• Pray for a strong and large wave of families across Latin America to open their homes to orphaned and abandoned children.
• Pray for those of us working with children-at-risk to be faithful in prayer, humble in service, and willing to do whatever God asks of us.