Acts of the Acostas

One of our main ongoing ministries with the youth of Santa Rosa has been a soccer ministry. Thanks to some generous donors, we have soccer balls, goalie gloves, and pinnies to kick it off (yes, I know). At first, the idea was to get some people together, pray, and play soccer, the favored sport of Costa Ricans (for good reason, I may add). We expected to have a smaller group, enough to ideally just fill the 5-on-5 futsal field in our town. But God had other plans! As of now, every Sunday afternoon we go to the field for our soccer ministry. We begin by having everybody give thanks for at least one thing. We will play for at least an hour, then finish with everybody sharing an intention that everybody else can pray for throughout the coming week. Lastly, we all share a snack together. Turns out, word got around after just a couple weeks of us playing that the missionaries played soccer on Sundays and anybody could play with them for free, and they had snacks! Our group has grown a lot s...