Just a quick update.  Last week I preached my first sermon in Spanish at my school, after the chapel my Pastor asked me to preach it on Sunday.  I was a little nervous to say the least.  You can click the above link to see a video slideshow of those two days along with some other updates.   Hope you enjoy and feel free to share it with others.  Also if you would like to download it, go to www.acidplanet.com . Do a search by artist name and type in Terry Rosch.  You will see my name and after you click on it you will see my videos.  Right now there is only one called “First Spanish sermon”  after you click on the you will have the option to play, or download if you would like in order to show in your churches or other gatherings.  It is there for you to use.  Hope it blesses and encourages you, that with your prayers and support, you are making a difference!

Here are three of the guys that kept the welders fed with rebar.   Notice the guy on the left, the on/off switch was broken on the saw, so he had to plug and unplug the saw for every cut… the fun teams have working in other countries!  Below are the welders making a roof joist on our high tech jig.  All in all it turned out great because of the brains and work of the guys and of course the faithfullness of God.

 Here is the evidence that Pastor Barden worked hard on the trip!

And who said Jonathan Cartledge sat in the shade all day?  Here he is doing a little work. (It took me all weekend to get this shot of him working though)  Just kidding of course.

Where there is a will there is a way.  I don’t know if this was OSHA approved or not, what do you think?

All in all the team worked really hard and it was a joy to get away from San Jose and school for the weekend and we able to help out with a church and to put into practice what I have learned in the class room.

On February 8th about 10 churches came together to hold an evening service in a city outside San Jose called Desamperados. Over 2000 people attended this ground breaking service in which there has been an almost 7 year lapse of these churches doing anything of this magnitude.  Before the start of the “adult service”, there was a service for the children and teens were about 40  prayed to invite Jesus to be the Lord of their lives!

On January 25th there was a group from our school that went to help those who lost everything.

Seen here are tents that are set up for those without homes. There are 100’s of people living there.  You can only image the issues that could arise in those types of situations.  It was a very sad sight to see and experience.  To make matters worse, it has been unseasonable cold and rainy in this region, and many do not have adequate clothing.

 As we traveled up the mountain, and closer to the epicenter, we came across these houses.

They we built in a gully type landscape and as you can see the sides gave way and destroyed homes, or left them unsafe to be lived in.  We also learned that here an 18 month old baby died as a result of the Earthquake.  A very sad and surreal time for our team. It was here that our team leaders decided to give away the new clothing and food that had been collected!

Please pray for this community and many others like it that are still suffering as a result of the earthquake.

 Here are 2 more picture of our trip.

On the left you can see a house that is now partially hanging over a cliff.

On the right this is taken from the main road and you can see the ground is cracked and will possibly give way at any moment. 

Again please pray for the people of Costa Rica who are going through tough times right now!

Here are our past updates if your interested. 

• Spring 2007 Pg1
• Spring 2007 Pg2
• Summer 2007
• Fall 2007
• Spring 2008
• Summer 2008