Shelton Robert Janet 1978 Costa Rica

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February

1973

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Robert E SheTE^r

Apartado

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R Liberia, Giianacaste

Costa Rica

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FoTKaxdlng Agent

Byron Hamm

815

Waynetown Road

Crawfordsville

E-I 47933

Dear

fbrlends

in Jesus

Time once

again to te l l

you of

the

work

here

in Costa

Rica

and

hOH

the Lord has been

working

with us and through us to give Kis precious

love

and

word

to the

people here* e

praise

His

name

for the

opportunity

of being here and of serving Him with our lives

November found us very busy with the beginning of a new

Sunday

School on

November

6 also the ending of

the

Bible Club here in our

home with a fiesta

for

the children (30 ninos). The

girls

finished

their school year on

November

17, passed the year with very good notes,

for all

their hard work* Praise the

Lord 11

Ch

November

25, we received

our long awaited Residence VISAS.

What

a way to celebrate Thanksgiving

Day,

thank

you Lord,

we

have so

much to

be thankful for

Early in December we began to plan toward our Savior's Birthday

with

a

drama

of the

Christmas

story in

Luke

2.

This

was

done

by

the

children

in

the

new

Sunday School* .We also made Christmas cookies for

our friends,

bought

gifts for

each

other, and

had

a beautiful fellowship

with the other Qiristians here on Christmas

Eve*

We had a **Birthday

Ihrty for

Jesus on

Sunday

morning the 25th* There

was

a chocolate

cupcake for eadi child, plus a few other goodies to go along* They were

all so

thrilled

and happy

to learn

of the birth of Jesus and to be able

to have a party

in

His

honor*

They

all

know now irtiy God c^ose to send

His only Son into the

world,

and

we pray they will never, never foocget*

The

Zatln diur


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CHRIST

a t

vrork in Costa Hica Ifege 2

January

started off

vrith

a whirl, as we began to clean, build and

make

plans for our

v/eek

of

Day Ganp. The

pLanning, ahead and

the

preparation

was

a

big

help, as the rreel:

was

enjoyed by a l l .

We

had

froin 20

t o 2k

children each

day.

l.e also began t o

plan for

our v i s i t o r Sllen Thompson

who

arrived

on

January 21st . fo r

a

two

woek s t a y .

She arrived j u st i n

time to get

in

on the l a s t

minute

work and the v/eek of Camp. Thank

you

Ellen fo r your

v i s i t and

fo r your love in Jesus.

Ellen

i s

from

the

Homeville

Christian

Church in West i i i ff l in, ib .

Also, January

I ra.s

a

very

busy and

Important

month because Bob was

f inal ly

able t o f ly t he a ir pl an e

from

San

Jose,

home to Liberia.

He

i s

no;/

doing his survey

work

and hopes

to

begin

his back country

t r ips

soon.

Please k eep him

in

your

prayers as

he

becomes

famil iar

with

the country side and the

mountains.

Also

in

January

the

three

Shelton children

were

able to

go

to

a

Christian Camp a t

the

bcac^ for

5

days. This

v/as with a

group

of k2

English speaking

Christ ian kids,

vrhat a joy

i t v ias for then to get to go. Fellov/shipping

with your own

peer

group i s very

important,

especially when you l i v e i n a

foreign

country.

The month of February wil l find us

bucy

buying

school

books

and

uniforms

as

the g i r l s

begin

s choo l a ga in the f i r s t of harch. Sam has

already s t a r t e d

h is s tu die s

and hope s t o

f i n i s h and t r a v e l

t o

Indiana

a

month

ahead of the r e s t of us. Bob w i l l be

busy with

evangelizing and the

aiirplane work and

Janet

v/ith studying and teaching the V /eekly Bible

lessons.

Lord will ing, we wil l have a v;cek of V.B.S. a t the new Sunday School, the

l a s t week

i n

February.

Please pray for the new Sunday School and for the 25 to 30

children

who

are

attending each vieek. Pray too for the

beginning of

the new flying

mission

into the back country, and

also

for tl e

Bible

Club t h a t We hope

t o

begin again, here a t home in Ilarch. Aloo pray f o r Bob,

Janet,

Sam

Roberta

and Sal ly and our personal v/itness f o r our Lord Jesus,

where

ever

we might be. Pray fo r ou r plans t o cone home

t h i s

sununer June and July

and

t h a t

the

Lord

w i l l

be

able

t o

use us

t h e r e i n

what

ever

v:ay He

w i l l s .

e love each

of you and thank you so

much for

your

past

and continued

p r a y e r s

on our

b e h a l f and

on

b eh a l f o f

t h e

L o r d s

work h e r e i n

C o s t a R i c a . . .

SEE YOU SOQH LCRD l/ILLIIlGin

for your heavenly Father knoweth tha t ye have need of a l l

these

things. But seek ye f i r s t the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and

a l l

these

things s h a l l

be

added unto you .

i-latthew

6:32,

33

In J e s u s

P.S. Since

the

writ ing

of t h i s newsletter , J a n e t s

Mother

has been taken t o the h o s p i t a l i n

Indianapol is .

Janet

f e l t t h e need t o come and

be

with

hei ' . She a s k s t h a t

you pray

f o r her mother

and family, and

f o r Bob

and

the

c h i l d r e n i n C o s t a R i c a .


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Today i f y o i t - l i e a r H is

v o i c e , d o

no t harden

hea r t s He b r e ws 3:15;

4:7)

G)

N D A

from Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary w

co m e fo r

another

t hr ee w ee k session d

ing

th e Christmas

holidays.

All f un ds s ho ul d be

sent

to

the fo

warding

agent

serving in

your countr

F IELD

ADDRESS

Mike

Disk in

B ox 23 2

St .

John s,

Antigua

FO R

W A R D I N G A

GENTS

Mike a n d Brenda

Diskin,

missionaries

to

Antigua,

st Indies completed in March their

sixth

year of

on

that field.

Pr io r t o

this

Mike served three

in K en tu ck y o ve r a

period

of seven years.

Since the

groundwork

for t he c or re sp on de nc e

was

laid

by workers from

P ue rt o R ic o

in th e

o f

I 9 7 I , over

1 , 00 0 s t u de n t s have been

en

in a Bible correspondeiice course. This course

financed and

supplied

by Lawrence Carpenter, pres

working at Mission Sen'ice.s.

tw o congregations

have

been established, drawing

from

si x

villages.

On e

national preacher

is

on th e field

while in training. Three

students

ill have completed tw o years at Winston-Salem Bible

ollege in November o f 1978. A Bible study ha s

en established in a

third

village - hopefully a ne w

will

develop

there.

An in no vatio n b y M aritim e Christian College. Char-

P.E.I., Canada is training

future

preachers

nd teachers fo r

th e Caribbean under th e leadership

f K. T. Norris.

Th e

college has just completed its

h ir d th re e

week

sessio n . A b ou t 2 5 s tu den ts

h a v e

involved

in

t h e s e classes. T w o m o r e

sessions are

for

19 78. Brother Bob-Shannon is scheduled

o h old

a

th ree d ay s em in ar

in

connection

with the

in August. President Norris

and

Dr. Billiard

Jim Knifley

B o x 97

Campbellsville, Ky. 42718

S l e t v a rd Lew

B o x

Weyniou

Nova

S co l in , C a na

B U L L E T I N

4. this is.sue

of

LAMPis being edited, the ballots are being

counted following the general elections in the Dominican Re

public. There have been interruptions in the counting amid

charges

of

unprecidentcd fraud on both sides. .4t the momen

it appears that there will be a change In a governnieni aligned

with Socialism International.

There

are many shades

o

socialism and it r em a in s to

he

se en w ha t

direction

this country

will follow.

.4ugust 16 (Restoration Dav) is the day

fo r

the inauguration

of the.

elected president

of

the Dominican Republic, ll'e hope

yo u will have this issue in

hand

by that time an d that you wil

be closely following events here. and praying for this grea

land. it\s people, il\s leaders, and fo r your missionaries

IL' believe that the political atmosphere here is indicative

of a hunger in the souls o f the. people fo r spiritual food. One

can sense this longing, this deep desire, this hunger

an d

thirs

fo r righteousness.

f

believe that this could be the greates

opportunity the New Testament churches have ever luid in this

land. May we not let this opportunity

.slip

away from usi

Faith, prayer an d action ivill move mountains an d build the

kingdom of God here in the birthplace of the .Americas

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B E R T A 1 4)

SALLY

13)

T HE S HE LT ON FAMILY

IN

COSTA RICA

SAM 16)

When we, the Robert E. Shellon I nmily decided

logo

into

full time Christian

service,

as foreigti nmsionaries,

ive

sold our

farm in Indiana and went to particifxite in a new ivork in San

Juan, PuertoRico

tvliere

we were blessed to see the Lord begin

several new areas of work, not only a missionarv training

center

bu t also a new chu rc h and a Christian

school

IVe

served there three years, as missionaries, training on the job,

but also as students.

received our Bible training at Inter

national Christian University ((k)llege of World

Mission)

and

Bobgraduated with a two yenr

A.A.

degree. He was ordained

by our home congregation. Young s Chapel Christian Church

in Indiana and the next spring, we left Puerto Rico to begin a

new

work

in Costa Rica, a small countrY in Central America

just north

of

Pananui.

begin by enrolling in the Sfxinish Languag Institute in

San Jose, where ive studied our first year. Our children were

also learning Spanish and how to do their school work in it.

During this time Bob was able to make several survey trips to

the different parts

of

the country, to find out just where the

Lord would have us to begin. finally, prayerfully, settled

on a town called Liberia, in the northern most fxirt

of

Costa

Rica, in an area called Guanacasle, one hour south of the

Nicaraguan

border on the Pan

American

Ilighivay. This area

has very little Christian work, ivith only two small Kvangelical

churches in a totvn of about 16,000 people. The climate in

lAberia is very hot, with a dry season

and

a rainy season.

are at sea level and not too far from the Pacific Ocean. The

area is mostlyfarming. Theygrow cotton, sufmr. rice

and

a lot

of cattle. Our children are sludving in on all school

and their school rear runs from March to Novemt- as the

seasons are just backward from the Slates. The pi nple here

arc generally very poor, but very hard ivorking and honest.

The town of Liberia is becoming more modern yearly.

The Lord has ble.s.sed us this fxist year with an airplane

Bob to use when going into the back country to the a

where there are no roads or the roads arc so bad they can

be traveled by horseback. Our main thrust so ja r has bee

gel acquainted with the different small towns and the peo

pa.ssingout tracts

and

Bibles

and

generally sowing gosfwl s

While here in Liberia, we have had a Bible Club in our ho

and a week of DVBS Day Camp for children, in our back

We also begin a Suniiay School for children in an area clo

our home. The very first Sunday, November 6, 1977, we

a dozen children to help us start. Now after just six mo

we are having over

40

children each week. PRAISE

LORD A lot

of

these children have never heard the B

stories or the love,of Jesus and it is such a joy to teach t

are at the point in the work where wefeel the Lord

he sendinghelp soon. The. two most, important qualifica

needed are: a true calling to serve the Lord in Latin Am

and the other one is to speak Spanish. would stro

advise anyone interested, to consider going to the iMUg

Institute in San

Jo.se

for the first year. If anvone is intere

in coming to work with us here, please write to us and w

be glad to give, more information. Our very busiest month

the months

of

December, January

and

February (as th

summer lime here) and also. Lord willing, wewill

have

a

of DVBS Day Camp in July, 1979 when the children ha

two week vacation

from

school. We want to extend an in

tion to anyone interested in the work here to come and

with us had three ladies visit with us this lastyear.

lady

ivas here

during

our week of camp and was a big h

ivould appreciate

letters

touspersonally.

Your

pra

arc a very important part

of

the Lord s ivork here

and

to

family.

S U N DA Y S C HO O L C LA SS IN S AN R OQ UE

T H E R E

A R E BETWEEN

35 AND 55

E A CH W E E K.

P RA IS E T HE L OR D

ROBERT E.

and

J.ANET SHELTON -

Fie ld Add

.Apartado 130, Liberia. Cuanacaste, Costa Rica. SEND M

SIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS: do

Mr. Mrs.

Byron lla

81.3 Waynelown Road, Crawford.svillc, Indiana 47933.

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