..A new Assignment Already!

Some think we are always coming and going. The truth is, we are!
When we left Jamaica we were assigned to Valley Forge Christian College for Denny to be on loan as a Missions Professor for one year. The second year we would be itinerating to raise the budget for the next field of ministry. We weren't sure where that would be but we knew we had time to pray about it and ponder the best suited place for us.

In November our regional director called and asked us to consider a place of ministry that for us sounded like a dream come true. In 1985 when we were approved as new missionaries to Spain, after itineration we headed to San Jose, Costa Rica for language school for one year. Denny had 9 years of French under his belt and wrote, spoke, and read Arabic fluently from his language studies in the Air Force so for him to tackle Spanish was fun. I had Spanish in high school so I too was anxious to see how I would do and if any of the language would come back.

In 2003 Denny went back to language school in Costa Rica to beef up his skills in his new post, teaching at the graduate level with the Latin America Theological Seminary, Facultad. He spent 4 months there and in the last 2 weeks of his studies, Ryan too was enrolled as the youngest student to receive a certificate from the school. Good times. Special for them both to be there together. When Renee and I flew in for Denny's graduation and recognition of Ryan's studies we spent some vacation time together. It was a really great time for all of us.

So in November when the director called and asked us to consider being the directors of the language school, we were more than stunned. Whenever we thought of Cincel, we always had good thoughts of the school and the country of Costa Rica, so we were overjoyed with the consideration. They flew us to San Jose December 13th to be a part of the graduation for the missionaries that had finished their year of study and they introduced us as the new directors. I think we were all smiles the entire time we were there....observing, learning, orienting ourselves to this new assignment as much as we could in 3 days.

So in just a couple of days Denny will resume teaching at VFCC and we will be hitting the road big
time on the weekends raising the budget. What would be 2 years in the states just got compressed into a few months! The previous director begins his itineration cycle April 2013 after having served the school for the past four years.

Cincel stands for  Center for Cultural Research and Language Studies. This is where all the new Latin American missionaries come to learn Spanish and cultural studies for their term in Latin America. The entire family comes, so there is a daycare for the little ones and the older children go to Sojourn Academy in San Jose.

We are more than excited to serve the Lord in this fashion. We are praying for all of the details to come together in our lives as well as Renee's as she remains in VFCC. Nothing comes to him as a surprise so we know that He has everything orchestrated in His plan and in His time. God is so good.