Tuesday, September 30, 2014

HI EVERYBODY :>) YEP, I'M BACK .... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE I'VE UP DATED MY BLOG ... I THINK THERE'S JUST TO MANY WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE ON THE NET ...:>( OH WELL, I'M BACK... SO HERE'S MY UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR,---- JUST HIGH LITES. JAN WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM... WE HELPED CLOSE TO 300 CHILDREN WITH ALL THERE SCHOOL NEEDS FOR 2014... THIS WAS MOSTLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDS THAT GOD GAVE TO MARCI AND HER TEAM FROM FLORIDA ... THE CHILDREN WERE AWESOME AS THEY RECEIVED THERE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND UNIFORMS, ALWAYS GIVEING THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS MERCY AND GRACE ... THIS IS THE 7TH YEAR I'VE DONE THIS ... I STARTED WITH 27 CHILDREN AND GOD HAS PROVIDED EVERY YEAR FOR MORE CHILDREN ... I THANK GOD, THAT HE PROVIDES!! THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE PHOTOS I HAVE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE, PLEASE WRITE ME ........ OK, NOW THE NOT SO GOOD NEWS ..... THIS COMING YEAR'S SCHOOL PROGRAM MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN ..... MARCI'S TEAM HAS PULLED OUT... (SOMETHING ABOUT SHE DIDN'T FEEL THEIR WAS ENOUGH INDIVIDUAL MINISTRY GOING ON AND TO MUCH GIVING ???) -- YES IT'S SAD, BUT GOD DOES PRUNE HIS MINISTRIES EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE ... SHE IS STARTING HER OWN MISSION APART FROM GOD IN ACTION MINISTRY AND THE SCHOOL PROGRAM ... SHE HAD SUPPLIED OVER 2/3'S OF THE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH COST UP TO $20,000.00 PER YEAR ... SO I AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO COVER THAT AMOUNT. :>) ... I KNOW I CAN'T, BUT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD, IF IT BE HIS WELL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS HIS MISSION / MINISTRY, I JUST SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO HIS DIRECTION WHICH COVERS ALL. I'M NOT WORRIED. IT'S ALL IN HIS HANDS... PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS AND IF YOU FEEL THE LOVE TO HELP, PLEASE CONTACT ME .. keith.peace777@gmail.com ... THANK YOU I'LL BE adding more news of 2014, but right now I need to get back to my rehab center and the 14 men needing help AND GUIDANCE. sept,30 12 noon

Monday, January 02, 2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM LOS GUIZAROS, COSTA RICA 2011

DEAR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO READS THIS,
FIRST... MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.
FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS I HAVE HELPED WITH A MINISTRY IN LOS GUIZAROS, COSTA RICA. SIX DAYS A WEEK WE SERVE LUNCH TO ABOUT 30 TO 70 CHILDREN, FOR ABOUT 20% THIS IS THEIR MAIN MEAL EVERY DAY AND FOR THE REST IT'S THE BIGGEST MEAL FOR THE DAY.
EVERY CHRISTMAS WE PUT ON A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 800 CHILDREN. 400 TO 500 IN LOS GUIZAROS AND ANOTHER 300 IN THREE OTHER LOCATIONS. IT TAKES THREE DAYS DOING THIS AND A LOT OF DRIVING, BUT WITH YOUR HELP EVERY YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE A PRESENT, LUNCH (HOT DOGS, RICE AND CHICKEN AND ICE CREAM)AND THE WORD OF GOD TO ABOUT 800 CHILDREN. THIS TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER, SOME AS FAR AWAY AS CANADA, BUT TOGETHER AS GOD'S SERVANTS IT ALL COMES TOGETHER... PRAISE GOD!!

I WILL LET THE PICTURES DO THE TALKING. PLEASE ENJOY AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP NEXT YEAR. IT TAKES ABOUT $4000.OO AND A LOT OF LOVE AND FAITH IN CHRIST.

BLESSINGS
YOUR SERVANT IN COSTA RICA
KEITH BRITTON

AS He lays it on your hearts, please send your support to, Commission To Every Nation, "CTEN, P.O . Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 78029" ---- Make your check out to CTEN with a side note with my name, Keith Britton, on the note, not the check.


PRAISE GOD.






















THE LOVE OF CHRIST



AMEN :>)

Thursday, November 17, 2011

BACK COUNTRY MISSION, NOV 2011


Hello my friends, family and supporters,

This past week (in November) was an adventure in patience, perseverance, learning, and experiencing God's mercy...oh did I mention patience??

A fellow missionary (Ana)here in Costa Rica, needed help in repairing her ministry camp in the wilderness near the Nicaraguan border. it had been flooded, and one boat had been destroyed also.







It's about 1/2 hour river trip, but that's after a 1 hour driving over one of the bumpiest road I've driven on here in Costa Rica into the wilderness. From my center, near San Jose, it's about a 2&1/2 hr trip to Ana's house. Sunday we drove to Ana's house where we stayed the night.
I took 3 of the men from me center, and after I eliminated the men who couldn't go, three of them volunteered. One (Louise) has changed all together for Christ and is a good worker and leader, (knows construction), the other two are working on it, and are good workers.
Monday the four of us packed in my truck (type SUV) and after 1 & 1/2hours we arrived at the river. After packing the boat with supplies, we took a 1/2 hour boat trip up river to the ministry camp. The river is about 30ft high right now, and the stairs at the landing have been pretty much destroyed, so to get from the boat to the landing we us a 15ft rope to pull are way up the embankment using what is left of the old stairway, plus all the supplies. Wow, it was a little hairy.!!
After all that, I instructed the men on what was needed to repair the stairway from the river to the landing. I showed them how to do it and gave them enough other work for the week. After lunch, Ana, me and the boat driver headed back to town to buy more building material and to get the trailer to haul cement block plus cement plus rock and sand in buckets(to mix the cement) up to the dock.
Back in town I get a trailer hitch welded on my truck, (Ana's 4x4 brakes are gone). the guy finishes installing the hitch as it's getting dark. when I drive away, my lights don't work and my battery is discharging and my starter quit working. At first I thought the welder screwed it up, but after checking he was off the hook.
Now I had to find a person who could cut the hole in the metal hitch for the towing ball, it was 5pm, and find a car Electrician... Good Luck!!?? In the dark I drive from one place to another ... very slowly with only parking lights. Everyone is helpful and they direct me to a good Mechanic.. He's closed (6pm)

The next day Ana is going to San Jose to have an eye operation, I was to take her, but no car, as my car is at the electricians garage. Ana leaves on the bus, all is OK.
I wait around till 3:30 when he calls me... car is ready.... He had to rebuild the starter and the generator and fix a few wires. It runs great and all for just $100.00, that's $400 in the states, maybe more.
I help buy chicken feed, rice, beans and coffee for the camp. We then load the trailer (5:30pm)with all the material, about 600lbs of material plus four men. We hook it up to my Galloper and off we go to the river. the road allows about 15mph. We unload at the dock, in the dark (after 7:00pm) I hold the lights as the men load the boat. I start back alone,(8pm) and about half way back ... hahaha.... the trailer hitch falls off!!!! It's raining... After a bit I praise God and give thanks, that it held together till after we delivered the material... I flatten the tires to help prevent stealing, and drive back to the house and bed.
In the morning I get the guy to re-weld the hitch, but with heavier welding rod. He feels bad... I then head out to to retrieve the trailer... Praise God it was still there. I fill the tires with air and return to the house. By then the boat arrives in town with the missionary couple who are helping Ana at the camp. Ana also returns on the bus from San Jose and using the trailer again we haul a freezer and bags of cement from the house to the boat and load it up.
They head up river, and I start heading back to San Jose.I will return the following Sunday to retrieve the men from the camp. All in all it was a great adventure with God and a learning time for all. I know they are learning a lot while working / serving our Lord in the back woods. It will help in there self esteem and build up there character and faith in there recovery as they see God in Action, all around them.



Five days later I pick the men up and we head home. They had installed most of the top part of the stairway and fixed some other fixtures at the camp

I pray you all had a great Thanksgiving
Blessings
Keith


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Have you seen it rain on a sunny day???

MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND ALL WHO SUPPORT GODS MISSION HERE IN COSTA RICA .

MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO I HAD A DENTAL PROBLEM, AND A WEEK LATER MY TURBO broke on my 4X4 SUV, WHICH LEFT ME CAR-LESS.
TO FIX MY TEETH WOULD COST AROUND $1000.00 (NEW partials)... (IMPLANTS ABOUT $15,000.)
DUE To ALL YOUR PRAYERS I NOW HAVE NEW AND STRONGER partials... YAHOO I CAN EAT AGAIN>>>> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

THE CAR WAS ANOTHER STORY. MY RIGHT KNEE HAS KINDA GIVEN UP WORKING without pain. So it is very difficult to use the clutch.
Friends of mine here in Costa Rica (missionaries) have been urging me to buy a small car for economic reasons. They donated $3500. for that purpose, but when I started looking for a small used car with an automatic transmission the price went up and i was a little worried, and as I sat at a small cafe internet looking on line for cars with one of the men from the rehab center, (He reads better Spanish than I)....When a visiting missionary over heard my problem and donated the needed funds as we talked. He wire transferred the funds the following week.. I was left very humbled after experiencing "God In Action" so quickly and completely. I now have a automatic, 93 Toyota Corona and it runs great... hmmm Praise God.


Please pray for Costa Rica and all Central America
, as the rain storms are causing a lot of damage and displacing thousands of families every week. Pray for my center and the area I live in, as the Electrical has been going out a lot, which is hard on everybody. And it's very cold + wet, the children suffer the most.

The men at the rehab center (God In Action Ministry)are doing OK in general. Please pray for My right hand man , Gabriel, He has changed a lot while here, his faith in God grows stronger every day, but he has some problems from the past that have come to haunt him. He has a past crime that he was on probation for, but the judges in San Jose has over turned a three year (after he has been good for 3 years) probation sentence, and now, want to give him 3 years in jail. Needless to say he is very worried about this. He is still young in Christ and is having a hard time trusting his faith in believing God is in charge no matter what happens. If anybody would like to help him through email with advice or with a lawyer, please let me know. keith.peace777@gmail.com ....

OH YA, Here's a little news flash, kinda a bummer.



I DON'T THINK I TOLD YOU BUT LAST SAT I DROVE A Mission FAMILY TO THE NICARAGUA BORDER IN MY NEW CAR... IT WORKED GREAT... THEN I STOPPED FOR TO TOP OFF MY GAS SO I COULD CHECK MY MILEAGE I GOT $11.00 OF GAS, BUT THEN (I FOUND OUT SUNDAY THAT HE RAN IT THROUGH AGAIN FOR $321.00 PUT I NEVER SAW THAT RECEIPT)
I CALLED MY BANK THINKING THEY WOULD JUST CANCELL THAT TRANSACTION...BUT NO!! THEY CANCELLED MY A T M AND LEFT ME WITH NO WAY TO GET FUNDS FROM MY BANK FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS.. ACTUALLY THE GUY PRETTY MUCH BROKE ME BY ROBBING ME..... THE BANK SAYS THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE, THEN MAYBE I GET MY MONEY BACK. UGH,,.....ANY WAY IT'S JUST ANOTHER FORM OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE BY USING THE NEED FOR MONEY TO RUN MY MISSION..HAHA GOD AINT BROKE...I GUESS THE LITTLE PUNK (SATAN)CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.


OK, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW. I PRAY YOU WILL ALL PRAY FOR THIS EMAIL AND HELP AS YOU CAN THROUGH PRAYER AND FAITH

BLESSINGS FROM GOD IN ACTION M INISTRY

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Sept 2011 weekly (almost) update





Hello from Costa Rica,
I pray this finds you and your families being blessed just as you bless others through your faith in Christ.


Los Guizaros are going great, save the constant need for more funds as the cost of everything keeps going up,. We don't worry much, as we got God, but we do try to use as much discernment as possible when buying food and other needs.


God has blessed the chilldrens feeding center through other missionaries (friends of mine) who send funds every month to buy the propane, about $50.00... praise God. ONE supporter from USA sends ( through CTEN) $40 every month to help pay the Electical, and other missionaries that live in Belize, (small country in Cental America)donate $100 from there mission funds to help cover the cost of feeding the children.... Praise God, And of course all of you that support my mission in general, help support the bulk of the monthly needs.
It truely takes all of us as a family in Christ working together through prayer and love to keep this mission alive. I prayfully thank you all.


The Mens Rehab Center

HMMM; what can I say, WOW? AWSOME?..... God is doing mericals in these mens lifes even as you read this.
Example>> 3 or 4 of the men, almost every morning, get up around 4:30..5 AM to read the bible and pray for the ministry and all the mens recuperation.. hahah Praise God. With two of the men, I was close to kicking them out of the center a month ago... go figure.

New Blessings, A local Korean Church has promised
to help buy food needs for the rehab center every month for the next 2 years........ AND...............
Another Christan brother and sister who live here in Costa Rica have started supporting my mission as well.

This is Pablo on the day he graduated from my center
(6 month program) this is are Pastor, Pastor Fernando, from the local Church we attend

I have been running at least $500. a month short for a long time,(and $500 a month car repairs for the last 3 months hasn't helped)
So this additional a monthly support will help me catch up, baring car repairs and other unexpected emergencies.
Oppps, I spoke to soon, the turbo on my engine just blow up, as in bang, cough cough, bye bye... SOOOO.. no transportation!! hmmm this could be a problem. I just asked how much to repair... $400 to 600... I think I will hold off for awhile......
Other missionaries here may be giving me enough money to buy a older (90 to 95) Toyota corolla, or similar. This will save me about $200.per month on gas, but limit my ability to transport people and supplies.. I can live with that for now. Please feel free to help if you'd like.

Which, speaking of....... My partials (teeth) broke awhile back, and while I was waiting to buy new ones, my left front tooth cracked and was removed... haha so I truely look like a toothless old guy hahaa... bummer;>( ( and NO.. No pictures)
Here's a blessing, ... Brothers and sisters from Calvary Chapel Jaco Beach are covering the cost of my new partials .... So pretty soon I'll just be an Old Guy again HEHEHE.
Praise God!!!

OK.. So all this happened in the last two weeks......
I would like to thank all of you ,(Supporters)whom have helped with extra support for my car and teeth.... and yes I need both to function on Mission in Costa Rica...Blessings

Blessings till next week
Bruddah Keith