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September 19, 2009
Hello from Costa Rica,
This is the first update since we returned from Perú
in July and since I have been in Costa Rica. I
arrived on August 24th to attend language school at
the Instituto de Lengua Espanola in San Jose, Costa
Rica. We had three days of orientation and entrance
tests to properly place you into your classes. We
attend four 50 minute classes, one in fonetica, two
in gramatica, and one in lenguaje. It is all very
challenging for me but I will surely come away with
a better grasp of Spanish than I have ever had in my
life.
We are planning on taking
two trimesters of classes—which will have us in
Costa Rica through April. Then we will be back in
Iowa on deputation for the months of May, June, and
July. Then in August-October we will be teaching in
Perú. From there things will depend on our level of
support and my responsibilities with the seminary in
Urubamba.
The Lord has met all our
needs and then some. We are at 52% of our support.
We are blessed with a wonderful prayer base that
upholds us in many ways. Even in these financially
challenging times we are doing fine. We are hopeful
that we will be at full support by August 2010.
Wendy and I have both
officially retired. Wendy had served the residents
of Bethany as the Director of Activities for 25
years. She has talked many times about how the
residents were a blessing to her. I spent the last
25 years at Lewis Central teaching science and
coaching for most of those years. But now God has
called us to this ministry in Perú for however long
He chooses.
In July 2010 there will
be a two week training process for us at Baptist
Mid-Missions in Cleveland, Ohio. BMM is our mission
board and oversees our training and placement in
Perú. Our responsibilities in Perú will be
teaching, assisting graduates of the seminary in
church planting, and helping with administration at
the seminary. We will also be representing the
seminary in the states in trying to encourage
churches and individuals to prayerfully and
financially support work-study opportunities for
students at the seminary called Seminario Evangelico
Bautista Indepediente del Cusco, SEBIC. It costs
approximately $400 per year for a student to attend
SEBIC. The students are very willing to work and
there is a great deal of work to be done on the
seminary property. The most exciting at this time is
the new chapel. This past summer a group from Valley
View Baptist church in Council Bluffs, Iowa was in
Urubamba and helped pour the cement for the chapel
floor. They worked hand in hand with the Perúvian
students and got the entire floor poured on one
Saturday. The work-study program is a win-win
situation. The money provided by the work-study
gifts pays the students to work on the chapel
project and many other ongoing projects at SEBIC.
Please consider supporting a student through the
work-study programs. At the end of this letter there
will be information available if you would like to
support us and or the students at SEBIC.
On a personal note:
Wendy remained in Iowa for the birth of our fifth
grandson, Kyle Joseph Parrott, to Tiffany, our
youngest daughter, and her husband Chad. I was in
Costa Rica when he was born, so I will look forward
to meeting him in December. There are two big
brothers, Will 3 and Luke 2. There are some great
pictures on our Facebook, Pat Campbell, of all five
of our grandsons. Amber, our middle daughter, is the
mother of JD and Aiden. Her husband is Dan Downs.
Interestingly enough our
oldest daughter, April, is here in Costa Rica where
she is a missionary through Commission To Every
Nation serving the surfing community in Jaco, Costa
Rica. We have been together once since my arrival.
April will be taking an intensive Spanish course
with Wendy here at the institute starting in
October.
Prayer requests:
1. That we will be able to learn Spanish 2. That
our support goals will be met in a timely fashion 3.
That Wendy will arrive safely in Costa Rica 4.That
God will be honored and receive all the glory
through our ministry to Perú
Praises: 1.
For our new grandson, Kyle Joseph Parrott 2. That
our monthly support is at 52% 3. That God is good
and meets all our needs 4. That He is the power unto
salvation
Thank you for reading
this update. If you would like to join our financial
team please either contact me at
pwcampbell.Peru@gmail.com
or go to our Facebook,
Pat Campbell, and click on the heading www.bmm
under: Link to support Pat and Wendy is about 2/3’s
of the way down the wall.
In His service,
Pat and Wendy |
