mercy in Costa rica

It started with faith and a backhoe

June 5, 2018

Today was our first day with some serious backhoe work in starting our next house project with a family in need of affordable and adequate housing here in Honduras. We needed to use a backhoe to get the project started because of the slope of the lot being somewhat excessive.  This extra work with the […]

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Once I wished upon a star. How I wonder where you are

December 11, 2017

Christmas 2017 Wish List(click here) Many of us have heard that song sung or have thought of this phrase from time to time.  You can click here to hear a 1940’s rendition of this well know melody.  Maybe as a child you  have wished upon a star for something that you wanted or needed.  Many […]

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It’s Christmas in Central America

November 10, 2017

Christmas in Central America is around the corner seeing we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving like you do in the United States and Canada. It’s a favorite time of year for me because I highly value the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ who came to this world so that everyone who believes in Him can have […]

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Triple joy for the expectant mother of triplets

June 16, 2017

The other day in the Maternity Ward at the hospital I met for the first time a mother who in a few weeks will give birth to triplets. This was the first time I had a chance to share with a woman expecting triplets.  In the past I have had opportunities to share with a […]

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She Pondered their Eternity Destiny

April 27, 2017

Recently on one of my visits to the pediatric ward at the hospital I brought along with me a young ministry friend of mine named May who helped me with the ministry that day at the hospital.  In Pediatrics we shared with a young boy who had been hospitalized because of a knife wound that […]

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Short term missions

March 10, 2017

As I write this short introduction to the week ahead, there is a group of dedicated Christians flying from North America to Central America to join us for a week of ministry to and with the local church.  Much has been written about short term missions both positive and negative and I have seen the […]

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The Importance of One

February 25, 2017

The Bible  teaches  us about the importance of the individual.  Its basis being that we have all been created in the image of a loving  Creator God.  Being a creation designed by a Divine God,  this  gives us great worth.  Our societies increasingly though over the years  have tried to degrade us into merely an […]

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Christmas begins in October for the Needy!

October 26, 2016

This is our first posting for SOR Mission’s yearly “Click for St. Nick“ campaign.  This year’s plan is to distribute 130 baskets to the needy of Honduras and Costa Rica. This year’s campaign will once again focus on Hondurans and Costa Ricans who we work with through several churches in addition to those who are […]

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So what does it mean to know God?

September 7, 2016

This morning before once again beginning a day full of ministry and activity, I was reading in Jeremiah where in chapter 22  the verse 16  jumped out at me  and I had to share it with you as it sums up once again what we’re all about at SOR Mission. The situation at the time […]

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The Rich Man and don Jorge (aka Lazarus)

August 23, 2016

On this morning’s walk I stopped to talk to don Jorge like I usually do for a few minutes.  Sometimes I put some “bread” in his cup as he’s almost always on the street leaning on his cane asking for help.  He’s a 92+ year old retired man who’s outlived his family so he doesn’t […]

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