Catch up with our 2006-2008 LINKS missionaries, Scott & Emily Armstrong who are currently serving in Costa Rica.

1. Scott, Emily, Elijah & Sydney
Armstrong
Serving the Lord in
Missionary Development in the
Mexico and Central America Region
scott_emily00@yahoo.com
Costa Ricans LOVE Christmas decorations! In early October, stores started decorating and selling anything
related with Christmas, and in the end of October, Christmas trees in homes started going up! Since they
don’t have Thanksgiving to celebrate, nothing holds them back from celebrating Christmas for almost 3
months! So—Merry Christmas!
MINISTRY IN MAC
In October, we were privileged to see a to do (if anything, a little more after the
HUGE ministry goal become a reality. We brainstorming sessions!), but we feel like God
invited 8 World Mission MAC ministry has given us a direction to go in, and local
coordinators from all over the region to come leadership around us to help us get there.
to San José to talk about philosophy and Maddai González is our coordinator for the
strategies of discovering, developing and Central and South field in Mexico. Her passion
deploying Latino missionaries from our region. for missions is SO contagious! God has given
For quite a few years, it’s been a goal to have her a missions call that includes involving
volunteer coordinators in the fields and others in mission. She’s only 22 years old, but
districts of the MAC Region, because there is her vision for reaching the lost is immense.
too much work for 2 people to do. God has She is currently coordinating a project in her
blessed us with a team of 8 and during the field that provides an opportunity for
course of the 2 day meetings, we were able to missionaries to be involved in church planting
hear their passion for sending missionaries as for 3 weeks, and due to this evangelistic
well as their ideas and strategies. God used strategy, we have seen lots of people take part
the time together to form us into a team, and in short term missions work—some of which
to also give us a new vision and passion for testify to a long term missions call after their
the ministry. Sometimes there seems like so participation. Please keep Maddai and the
much work to do, you don’t even know others in your prayers, as well as God’s
where to start—these meetings proved to be direction in naming a coordinator for each of
the opposite. Sure, we still have a lot of work our 38 districts in the MAC Region.

2. OUR FAMILY
It’s so cliché, but the kids are housing for missionaries, and everything
growing like weeds! They are was full on the seminary campus. They
both doing well in school and asked us to consider moving outside of the
looking forward to summer campus, and we said yes. It’s a transition
vacation, which starts in the being away from the missionary community,
end of November. Elijah will but we love being in the Costa Rican
be starting 1st grade next year neighborhood. We feel like God will
(the equivalent to 2nd grade in the US) and continue to use this new home to help us
Sydney will start Kindergarten. They’ve reach out to others in our neighborhood.
both made some wonderful friends, and
Our church in El Bosque is wonderful—
we’ve gotten a chance to spend a little time
Scott and I are involved with the NYI
with their families as well. A good friend
council and helping them to “plan with a
from Elijah’s soccer team only lives about
purpose”. The youth have a heart for
1/4 mile away from our new home, and we
evangelism and discipleship– it’s wonderful
hope to continue building a friendship with
working with a council that is ready to
his parents.
reach the world! Emily has also started
Yes, we moved into a new home. We now teaching Sunday school every 3rd Sunday
live in a suburb of San José called Tibás. It’s for the 9-12 year olds. We know that God
about 15 minutes away from the Regional led us to this church, and love being
Office and where the other missionary involved in local church ministry as well!
NEW families live. The church needed more
RESS
ADD
With the holiday’s quickly approaching, some churches have contacted us New Giving Website Released
about sending a care package through the mail. If you are interested in sending a
If you would like to partner with us
package, please send it to our NEW ADDRESS:
in developing, discovering and de-
Asociación Cristiana Región MAC Iglesia Nazareno/ Scott Armstrong ploying missionaries through a dona-
tions to our deputation account,
3401-B NW 72nd Avenue, Epaqs 27582, Miami, FL 33122
check out http://web.nazarene.org/
Items are more easily received if they are taken out of original packaging and are sent goto/scott.armstrong.
in padded envelopes, as opposed to a box. Mail takes about 10-14 days to arrive.
MISSIONARY
Prayer Requests At A Glimpse
OPPORTUNITIES • That we would know God’s direction in naming more World Mission MAC Coor-
dinators in the districts
Check out the new website
https://secure.nazarene.org/ • That our local church NYI would have vision and passion as we plan for 2010.
WMPersonnel/ for missionary • That we continue to push ourselves outside of our box and find new and better
needs around the world ways to do the ministry that God has given us.
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