Wednesday, October 7

Costa Rica

Sara teaches about pastoral care and counseling in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Mission co-workers Guido and Sara Mahecha have been working with the Presbyterian church since 1973. They first served in Colombia as pastors and educators in the Presbyterian Church of Girardot and as principal and professor of the former Colombia Presbyterian Seminary in Bogotá, which is now the Reformed University in Barranquilla. In 1990, they were commissioned as PC(USA) mission co-workers and have worked with the Presbyterian Church of Bolivia and the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil as professors in the Presbyterian Seminary in Fortaleza.

Guido teaches a New Testament course in Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes.

Since 1999, they have been at the Latin American Biblical University (UBL) in Costa Rica, teaching pastors and leaders from all over Latin America. UBL has a relationship with fifteen theological education programs in nine Latin American countries. Altogether the UBL serves about 2,250 lay people and 1,100 in the bachelor’s degree programs. All UBL professors travel to partner institutions to teach two courses every year. This keeps staff in contact with the diverse realities in Latin America and the needs of the church — a vital component of UBL’s ever-changing and transforming educational approach. The UBL has a strong commitment to women’s ministry and indigenous programs.

Let us join in prayer for:
PC(USA) People in Mission
Latin American Biblical University: Elisabeth Cook, curriculum development, The Rev. Guidoberto Mahecha, theological educator, Sara Mahecha, theological educator

Partners/Ministries
Latin American Biblical University: Violeta Rocha, rector
Presbyterian Church of Costa Rica (IEPC): Stacey Steck, executive director, Santos Espinosa, president, Juan Carlos Medrano Diaz, vice-president

Presbytery Partnerships
Presbytery of Lake Huron and Presbytery of Tres Rios with the IEPC

PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Perfecto Romero, GAMC
Toni Roppel, GAMC
Elder Doska Ross, OGA

Prayer
Loving God, thank you for those who answer your call to ministry and for schools like UBL that provide training for those who serve your church. Bless them, keep them, and make your face shine upon them. Amen.

Daily Lectionary
Ps. 89: 1–18, 147:1–11 Ps. 1, 33
2 Kings 22:14–23:3
1 Cor. 11:23–34; Matt. 9:9–17