Sept and Oct, 2006 Mission update

October 23, 2006








My Dear Friends and Supporters,
I pray this finds you all in joy through God's blessings in your lifes.
Three weeks ago I was able to build wooden stairs over (9) cement stairs, that acted more like a waterfall when it rained, and was a hazard to people walking on them, besides getting very wet. I hired a local man to help me, (He lived in Casa Cuba on the street with his wife and four children) as I was still sick with Bronchitis and had no energy, but this needed to be completed before I went to Nicaragua. It has started raining really hard every day, so this was a blessing for all..)




Two weeks ago I went to Nicaragua for (1) week to renew my visa for another 3 months. (You have to stay out of the country for 3 days every 3 months to renew a visa. I stayed at Calavary Chapel in Managua, while I was there I installed some fans, lights and a door in their school directers office. The school has about 120 students, which Calvary pays a large portion of there tuition every year as mostly their very poor. Praise God!!....Great Place to visit:>)






Casa Cuba......Before and after!!
Now here's a blessing I found out about after I came back from Nicaragua.
The government (in wanting to get these families off the street) had paid all of them enough money to pay rent on a house for the next three months. So my first visit back from Managua to Casa Cuba I found nobody there, no tents, nothing, accept garbage on the street.
This was a sight to see after two years of over 100 families living in shacks on the streets. I was over joyed. What they will do after three months is the question?
Please pray for jobs and housing for all these families.




More blessings; Los Guizaros.......
"Food for the Hungry Mission" has been providing enough vegetables, (potatoes, squash, cabbage, pineapple, platanos and other foods common to Costa Rica) two help for two weeks, every two weeks in feeding the children in Los Guidzaros. This has improved there diet every day. Their are still many needs for this ministry, one being, "remodeling the small kitchen area in the center with a stove, refrigerator, counters and plumbing so that all the preparation and cooking and clean up can be done on site."

Due to the hard work of mission teams from Tenn and Texas that helped remodel the Community Center this past August. We are now using the other room we built, to teach the youth Bible Studies which reduces the distractions from the younger children who are in the big room having there own style of Bible Study for children.

“Ministry C.A.F.E.”, The Men’s Rehab Center in Coronado is being blessed with a weekly Bible Study, starting this week. It will be taught by an advanced student from the Spanish Language School I attended three years ago. God continues to bless these men in there quest for a drug alcohol free life based on a relationship with Christ. We have not picked an afternoon yet, but we will be going up every week to teach the study and minister to these men.
A major need for this ministry is a room addition, as they need more room and a real bedroom with bathroom and shower area and bunk beds for up to 20 men. This would be a great project for a short term mission team or I can build it for about $3500.00, complete with bunk beds.
Please pray on this.

I just got back from Jaco Beach. (It's on the Pacific coast, about 3 hours from my home.) I was helping a Pastor friend and his family (Michael and Reeve and there two girls) finish a storage room on there house. They're from a Calvary Chapel in Florida and have been on mission in Costa Rica for about 1&1/2 years. A mission team from there home church had started the project, but had to leave before it was finished. I was blessed in going there, as it was a blessing fellow shipping with Pastor Mike and his wife Revae and playing with their children.
There is another project I've agreed to help with at Jaco Beach in the near future.
A local family has weekly bible studies and fellowship meeting at there home, but getting to the house is a bit tricky as you have to walk across a high creek bed over a very old and narrow bridge, about 35 feet long. Some families that would like to come to the meeting can't bring there children in fear of falling off the bridge. Mike's home church has left enough funds to build a new bridge across the creek similar to the one I built in Los Guido last year.

Photos of Jaco Beach, the Pastors family, the bridge to be replaced, building the roof, the beach and some local children.



Please send your support to,
Commission To Every Nation, = "CTEN, P.O. Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 78029"...please send in all support by the 24th for that months disbursement. Make your check out to CTEN with a side note with my name on it, (not on the check).

Feeding God's Children..Sept 16 thru Sept 23

My Dear Freinds and Supporters

Two 1/2 weeks ago I met with Lori, she's a representitive from "Food for the Hungry International" Mission organization. They have an office about 3 miles from my house. They have agreed to supply my mission in Los Guizaros with about 200# of vegetables every two weeks starting two weeks ago.
Talk about a God sent. This is my car loaded with the food as I explain to Cecelia (I surprised her) about this wonderful gift.




It was just in time as that Saturday the Pastor who helped start this ministry over 2 1/2 years ago came with others from his church and brought a medical doctor to check up on the children as their had been a out break of a stomach flu that past week and 30 or more children had been sick. the Doctor examined over 100 children and some moms, and gave out medicine as needed. I was able to help with some medical supplies @ baby aspirin, anti diarrhea medicine, bandages and ointment and alcohol prep pads. this was brought down by the Tenn. mission team in August.
All in all we had about 160 children with moms and we fed them all. The Doctor was a total blessing to this community.
This was the first time many children had seen a doctor this year as most just go the the pharmacy and ask what medicine there child should take, and hope it works.
I would like to encourage you to think about bringing a medical/dental/ eye doctor team to Costa Rica from your church or other. They just can't afford doctors.








This past Saturday we had (9) children that had completed all the work sheets from the first Bible Study. (It takes about three months). So as a reward for completing the course, we treated those children to pizza. Here's a few photos.
I would also like to introduce the mission team(below)that helps me every week. Mark and Adrian are the two American missionaries in the back, then theirs Cindi, Katherin, Stephanie, and Rebeca. The girl’s (I call them) are all Costa Rica and attend another church together where I had spoken once over a year ago. They all volunteered to help at Los Guizaros teaching the Bible Study, and the younger child bible stories every Saturday
They are all a God sent as I couldn't teach the Bible Study, (my Spanish isn't good enough) or the younger children Bible stories...Thank you God for your wisdom.
Mark and Adrian have helped and supported the mission for almost a year. They are on mission, teaching English at a private school out side of San Jose.



This Thursday I'm leaving for Nicaragua for a week to visit with Calvary Chapel of Managua. Please pray for the children while I'm gone and for the children in Managua that live and work in the city dump daily, that I will minister too.



My God Richly Bless you with your needs
Bruddah Keith





Please send your support to,
Commission To Every Nation, = "CTEN, P.O. Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 78029"...please send in all support by the 24th for that months disbursement. Make your check out to CTEN with a side note with my name on it, (not on the check).

The Gift of Giving :>)

Hi my friends and supporters,

Here's some stuff that has been going on, I almost cut my left index finger off, (12 stitches) and battling Bronchitis for three weeks, plus all this got me alittle down.
Well that’s over with, and all is well accept I put on #10 of junk food and coughed enough for all of you!!!
Praise God. as all your prayers have blessed me and helped in my healing.
Thank You!!

OK. Now, here's what been going on while I was going through these trails. (I still visited all my mission areas)


The families living in Casa Cuba are hanging in there.
Their circumstances have not changed, but God is helping them coop with the hardships day by day. Help is still needed in all ways, food, water, food, medical and so on.
Please get in touch with me if you care to help these families.



This past Saturday, Sept 9th was "National Children’s Day" in Costa Rica.
Due in part to your donations, we were able to give 150 children of Los Guizaros, (that's where we feed the children lunch 6 days a week) a fiesta with food, presents, games and clowns(with a Christian message), and as they left all 150 children got an ice cream cone.
On the side, we asked the children that come throughout every week and attend the Bible Study on Saturdays to stay as the other children went home. We then handed out special presents to these 80 children to show them that they are special in showing up every week as they learn more about Jesus.


Enjoy the photos:>)

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The men at the Coronado re-hab center all thank you for your help, prayers and support in helping them change there lives through Jesus Christ, which is their hope for a better future with no more addictions!! Each Month, part of my support goes towards buying #200 of rice and other food stuff plus helping them when I can with
clothes and medical supplies, and always Bibles and ministry. Jason,(pictured with me) just returned to his home, after being clean for 6 months! He got a job, and is going back to work. Jason accepted Jesus about 5 months ago after he was at the re-hab for a month. This is their home, an old barn.



God Bless you all with your needs and good health
Bruddah Keith

Day Seven, delivered 3 more beds...yaaaa!!

My dear friends,

We delivered three more beds to (2) families in Los Guido that live in the weco (hole)which is a section of Los Guido down in a ravine with a very dirty river runing through it. About 200people live in this area.
The first family recieved two beds. (Before the three children slept in one bed)






Scarlet and her family are one of the few families with a father living with them helping to support his family. This family was one of the first families (3years ago) that I helped disciple that came to the Lord as a family. They have 3 children which slept in one bed untill yesterday..Praise God













Both families were blessed as was the team as they met each other on common ground, which was through our Lord Jesus.

god Bless your day
Bruddah Keith

Team from Texas Building Bunk Beds

Dear Friends,

Today, five young Christian's ( I say young, as they in their 20s and I'll be 63 Saturday), showed up to serve God by helping His children who have next to nothing and live in very poor conditions, as most sleep 2 to 4 to a bed.

In the next 7 days or so, we will be building and delivering 10 bunk Beds for 20 children, who will for the first time in their lives, have their own bed!

I have ministered to most of these Families over the past 3 years, they all know that the beds are a Gift from God and that we are just His servants.
None have ever asked for this, as most have accepted their lot in life and wait on the Lord not expecting blessing like this, but always trusting in the Lord for their needs.

Please pray for the missions team: Jon, Amanda, Ryan, Derek and Justin.........

Pray for their safety, health and perseverance as they meet new challenges daily while on missions with God, and of course safe travel as they ride with me on the highways. Pray also for their host family Aaron and Ashley as they serve the teams needs with food and shelter and of course prayer.

Today we put together a game plan for building the beds as a team!…should be fun!
This morning the team met some of the families and children at Los Guido that will be receiving the beds. It was a joy for all, and yet a sober experience as the team met the children and came to a better understanding of their needs.

The Team.....


NOTE: for the families and supporters of the team, This page will be updated daily with the missions progress.




God Bless you all with your needs
Bruddah Keith

Feeding The Children, "Living Water"

Hola my friends,

I pray this finds you all blessed through the grace of Jesus Christ.

As most of you know part of my missions work in Costa Rica, is in a barrio called Los Guizaros. I help in feeding lunch to up to 80 children daily, (accept Sunday).
We started a Bible Study 6 weeks ago with the help of Cindi and Katherin. These are two young women from a Church where I spoke one time at the beginning of this year. They answered a prayer I had about starting a Bible Study on Saturday when we feed the children. We now have about 18 regular children and a mom attending each week. Cindi leads the study and Katherin helps the children that don't quite understand it all yet.
While the bible study is in progress, the younger children are read the bible from various stories and then asked questions, which they are starting to be eager to answer. We also have times when the children color with crayons.
This is being led by Amy, an American Missionary, and Stephanie an Costa Rica missionary along with Cindi and Katherin. Amy's husband Leith, is usually outside playing with the children that just can't set still.

Other missionaries (most are learning Spanish at the school I attended here), help each week in feeding the children food, love and the grace of Jesus Christ through there presence and interaction with the children and their families.

God works through people on missions with God, “When we allow God to manifest Himself through us as willing servants in spreading the word of God throughout the lands”!

God Bless you, and I pray a servants heart shines through your life to others:>)

Bruddah Keith

Below are a few pictures from this Saturday‘s Bible Study and children’s program.
*That is Cecilia and Cindi

*The Studies.
*A Team photo





Please send in all support by the 24th for that months disbursement to, "Commission To Every Nation", = CTEN, P.O. Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 78029...Make your check to CTEN with a side note with my name on it, (not on the check). Thank you.

July update 06

My Friends,

First, I'd like to welcome you to my new semi-kind of web page.

As most of you know their was a missions construction team coming from a church in Florida this month to help build bunk beds for 20 children.
They had to cancel for personal reasons. You would think, that's that?? NO!

While I was preparing for that mission, other missionaries here in Costa Rica (Aaron) asked me if a friend of theirs, and his friend, who was coming in July could do some work with my missions while they was here. I said of course! His name is "Jon" and he has a burning desire to serve God here. I had planned to use them with the other team while building the beds!

Blessing 1 of many:

Well, as it turns out, (when the church team cancelled), jon now has (4) friends signed up to come with him to Costa Rica to visit Aaron and his family. So I now have five, (1) young lady and (4) guys coming to help build the beds. They have also raised enough funds to buy the material to build them. Praise God!
But wait...There's more......

Blessing 2 of many;

My little car isn't big enough for 6 adults and material!!? So I need to rent a van/SUV type car, but I don't have enough money, so I figure it well work out:>)..Somehow!
Monday, I call my mission organization CTEN for other reasons, and I find out that a couple I have never met donated enough funds to my mission that will help cover the cost of the rental and diesel fuel for the time needed to build and deliver the beds. I can say, I've been blessed by the grace of God, but in fact it's the children that will receive the blessing from this donation! Thank you!

I refer you all to Ephesians 2:10.....For God has prepared the way....In advance!!

Please remember that there are hundreds of children that need a bed or school clothes or shoes or food that I can help with through my missions here in Costa Rica, if I have the funds. Most of these children and their parent's know God and have accepted Jesus Christ in to their life’s with in the past three years that
I have worked here. But there are so many that haven’t, and they live right next door to them. And as they see the blessing of God helping there friends and neighbors, they start asking questions, which have led many in the past to their salvation.

If you consider supporting this mission, please send your support to;
"Commission To Every Nation",== "CTEN, P.O. Box 291307, Kerrville, TX 78029 ... Make your check to CTEN with a side note with my name on it, (not on the check). Thank you.
Please send in all support by the 24th for that months disbursement "

God bless you with your needs
Bruddah Keith

Blessing

Hola,
I pray this finds you and your family rich in God's blessings.

I'd like to share this small blessing with you, which happened the other day. As you know I have three different mission areas that I work at. One is in Coranado, (men's re-hab center) which is about 40 minutes from my house, the other way from my other missions areas.

I supply two large sacks of rice (80 pounds) every month to this one, which I buy from a wholesale rice vendor. He was weeks late in getting me the rice, and so every day I would call and he would give me the run around as to when the rice would get here, and so I was on call every day. Well I had made other plan's this past Tuesday, but late in the day he called and gave me directions where I could pick the rice up, about a 50 minute away. I picked the rice up and decided to deliver it the next day as I had another stops in the opposite direction.

As I was driving the Holy Spirit, (that little voice in your head) said: You have the rice, go deliver it know!! Reluctantly I went. I picked up another missionary, (Jason, he's a Spanish language student and a pastor and enjoys ministering with the men there), I had not been there since my trip home, (there is no phone to call them), So when I arrived it was a great reunion.

They had built the chicken coupe I had told you about before I went back to the States, and have 20 egg laying chickens and one rooster, this supplies them with eggs every day, Praise God...
That's a blessing by it self, but God had another reason for my coming that day!!

OK, so Here's the Blessing
One of the new young men that has come for help, (to kick a drug habit) had punctured his right foot with a rusty nail the day before, and because they don't have any medical knowledge, he was just soaking it, kinda! When I arrived, he could not walk on it and it was swollen and very red. I told the team leader for that day that he needed an anti bacteria shot and other treatment ASAP or he could lose his foot or life very soon. (they have no on site transportation), and the bus is 1/2 mile away. So I drove him and one of the other guys, ( they can't leave the ranch a lone) to the hospital about ten miles away and he received treatment that night, which probably saved a lot of sickness in his immediate life and maybe his life! We all prayed together, as I realized again that God had answered a need of one of His children without anybody asking,(me showing up) but simply because of his love and faith in Jesus Christ as one of God's children.

God is no different than any of you parents. You see your children's needs and you act accordingly....In Love!!

Please remember to pray for the men at Ministry C.A.F.E. who have decided to rejoin life and are learning how to give back, in love through Jesus Christ!!

A Side Note: there's 20 men staying there now with only 18 real beds and no room for more (they are sleeping on the floor)...We could build as additional room for less that $3500.00 that would hold up to 25 men.....Just a thought?

God Bless You with His wisdom
Bruddah Keith