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

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

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

GOD IN ACTION .. HELPING IN COSTA RICA COSTA RICA

HELLO MY FRIENDS,

I HAVE BEEN A ABSENTEE BLOGGER MOST OF THIS YEAR .
HOWEVER, GOD HAS NOT BEEN, PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND READ ON!!!!

SINCE MY LAST UPDATE, GOD HAS BROUGHT TWO MISSION TEAMS TO HELP IN THIS MINISTRY. ONE IN June AND THE OTHER IN July. HE HAS ALSO INTRODUCED ME TO ANOTHER CHRISTIAN BRO ON MISSION HERE IN COSTA RICA... WE CALL HIM MIGUEL, BUT HIS REAL NAME IS KERRY.(MORE ABOUT HIM LATER.)

THE JUNE TEAM CAME FROM DELAND FlORIDA. THIS SMALL BUT FRUITFUL CHURCH HAS BEEN COMING ON MISSION HERE FOR 3 YEARS. THEY ARE ALSO ONE OF THE MAIN SUPPORTERS OF THE "CHILDREN'S BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM"
(STARTING AGAIN IN OCT 2011 THRU FEB 2012).
THE TEAM CONSISTED OF 3 GUYS AND 4 WOMEN, THE MEN AND ONE WOMAN WORKED AT THE REHAB CENTER. CINDI, WHO IS AN AWESOME WORKER TILED THE MEN'S BEDROOMS WITH THE HELP OF A COUPLE OF GUYS, AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HELPED BUILD AN ADD ON TO THE KITCHEN WHILE THE OTHER WOMEN MINISTERED TO THE CHILDREN AND MOTHERS IN lOS GUIZAROS,TEACHING THEM HOW TO MAKE JEWELRY AND GAVE A BIBLE STUDY.
THEY ALSO VISITED ANOTHER MISSION AREA CALLED "TEJERCILLAS" WHERE THEY SUPPORT A SMALL CHURCH(WHICH IS IN A HOUSE). THE TEAM BROUGHT GIFTS AND SANG AND WORSHIPED WITH THE CHILDREN. IT WAS A BLESSINGS FOR ALL.
OK, ATTENTION FLORIDA TEAM..YOU WHERE SUPPOSED TO SEND ME MORE PHOTOS???



























THE JULY TEAM CAME FROM BARTLETT BAPTIST CHURCH IN TENNESSEE. THEY HAVE SENT MISSION TEAMS TO HELP IN LOS GUIZAROS, (WHERE WE FEED THE CHILDREN 6 DAYS A WEEK,) FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS. THIS YEAR THEY SENT A DENTIST / MEDICAL TEAM AND WHAT A WONDERFUL BLESSINGS THEY WERE.
BILL, THE TEAM LEADER HELPED ORGANIZE THERE TIME HERE IN GOOD ORDER, THE DENTISTS WERE A LITTLE BUSIER THAN THE DOCTORS, BUT ALL WORKED HARD. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS THAT REALLY TELL THE STORY.










TEAM TENN,
THANK YOU FOR THE HUNDREDS OF BLESSINGS YOU GAVE TO THE PEOPLE IN LOS GUIZAROS,COSTA RICA.
(I KNOW CECILIA DOES)










OK, THERE'S MORE TO COME SO PLEASE READ ON##########:>)
NEXT WEEK

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT, THAT YOU GIVE UNSELFISHLY TO HELP GOD'S CHILDREN IN COSTA RICA.

BLESSINGS
KEITH BRITTON ...WORKING WITH "GOD IN ACTION MINISTRY"

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.

UPDATE = SCHOOL IN COSTA RICA

LAST YEAR WE HELPED OVER 75 CHILDREN WITH UNIFORMS AND ALL THERE SCHOOL SUPPLIES SO THEY COULD CONTINUE GOING TO SCHOOL, (UNIFORMS ARE MONITORY. THE YEAR BEFORE WE HELPED OVER 53 CHILDREN. IS GOD AWESOME OR WHAT!!?? SO THIS YEAR I WAS FIGURING ON MAYBE 80 OR 90 AT THE MOST.........
LESSON??¿¿ NEVER UNDERESTIMATE OUR GOD.

WE STARTED OUT IN NOV 2010 WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE BANK FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT BY JANUARY 2011 WE HAD OVER $7,000.00. (We spent it all + some)

I ASKED A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN LOS GUIDO TO HELP ME GET THE NAMES AND SIZES OF THE CHILDREN WE HELPED LAST YEAR,(THEY ALL LIVE IN THE SAME AREA. I GAVE HERE 90 APPLICATION TO FELL OUT. A WEEK LATER SHE HANDED ME 90 APPLICATIONS COMPLETED. I ALREADY HAD 14 CHILDREN FROM THE MEN AT MY CENTER WHOM NEEDED HELP, WHICH GAVE ME A TOTAL OF 104 CHILDREN!!! . I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY... AFTER DEBATING A LITTLE, I DECIDED I HAD TO CUT BACK FROM 2 UNIFORMS PER CHILD TO 1, BECAUSE WITH THE MONEY I SAVED I WOULD BE ABLE HELP MORE CHILDREN.
I HAD RENTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN LOS GUIDO FOR ONE DAY, AND HAD ALL THE FAMILIES COME THERE TO PICK UP THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. IT WORKED OUT GREAT WITH VERY LITTLE CONFUSION


I give thanks to our God for all of you, and all your hearts to help His children, because you certainly have helped in a hugh way this New Year, far beyond what I ever imagined. And we're not through!

WOW, I am still delivering stuff here and there.. I haven´t as yet done a total count , but unofficially over 150 children have received there school needs... I thunk I need more help next year.!!

I could also use more funds right now, as I have a list of another 7 CHILDREN needing school supplies.. Be it God's well. Please let me know if you can help a little more.
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So guess what??¿¿ Have you ever heard of anybody running over there own laptop??¿¿ NO!!
hahah I have,........... I just did !!

I gave my laptop case to one of the men to put in my car, it was night, but my car was locked so he put it on the ground to wait for me to unlock the car... well we both got doing something else... I started my car to leave and as I backed up I felt an unusual bump and almost instantly I knew what I ran over... Yep, my full of stuff Lap Top...
I tried not to cry out so I just drove off saying over and over :: I just ran over my lap top, I just ran over my laptop, over and over until my anger subsided and I was able to praise Jesus, and forgive me, Mr dummy hahahah

So I can't get to any of my photos or programs, the hard drive was intact ,but the mother board had a heart attack zip, bang, CRACKED,,haha.. bummer.

Any way I am working on a replacement, a friend in CA fronted me the money and I got a great deal on a HP, (after discount and rebate $499.00) -- 17" screen, loaded 300 GB, (I found it at Stables.com) it sounds great, but it did put me in the hole this month, but in faith I know a computer is needed, and if this be is His well, He will get me through this OK-

GOOD NEWS IS/WAS, that 2 Christan women (2 sisters) are coming down to visit Costa Rica and my mission and tour Costa Rica for 2 weeks, (no, not with me) and she is bringing me the new laptop. They arrived on Friday the 4th. So I'm back on line

"God In action" Rehab CenterI have 12 men at the rehab center as we speak, and I have to give all the glory to our God, cus most of them seem to be really getting it. All of them have heard the message so the seeds have been planted... The rest, not my job. But prayer is...... Amen!

What is my job?¿¿ My main job is to see to there dialy care and to help them understand there addiction and how to control there urges through Jesus Christ. (Anything else is iceing on the cake.).....ho ya, and to keep order :>)

If you know of anyone (Christian Man)that speaks Spanish (or close)that has a heart for missions and can work with drug addicts and all other types of addictions. I have a need for full time help, (I would like a minimum 2 year commitment) He needs to be self supporting and motivated. I provide R & B at my center with a private room. Must be able to live in third world type environment with love and understanding.


Feeding the Children at LOS QUIZAROS is an on going blessing as it continúes to grow. We not only have the regular Saturday morning program for the children, but also have an Saturday afternoon teenage bible Study and activity program going.
Cecilia has built (through donations) and opened a computer lab and Internet cafe for the children and community above her home.

Blessings

BY FAITH WE WALK, BY FAITH WE TALK AND BY FAITH WE RECEIVE GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE...

BRUDDAH KEITH

www.godinactionministry.org

http://www.sponsorcostaricakids.com

http://keithbritton.blogspot.com


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.