Marge at Large

If you think all missionaries wear safari hats and sunblock and walk around holding a king size bible - perfect for bashing – then this may come as a shocker.

Hold on to your wooden cross necklace when you read this next bit.

We’re having a concert. And safari hats are highly discouraged.

It occurred to Matt before we even left Switzerland that a key way to get people together, bring joy and capture attention is through music. And it just so happens that his brother is a professional musician. Coincidence? More like Christcidence. Wow that was terrible.

So Matt has been hard at work for the past weeks, meeting with the band, venues and sound people to organize three benefit shows to fund raise for those that lost their homes in the earthquake.

 The band is coming into town on Tuesday and we have our first concert on Wednesday in Poas. We could not be  more excited.

And not just cause they are extremely good looking. But that may be part of it.

The whole team really believes that this will be an amazing way to bring these people a message of  joy and hope as well as raise cash for some casas. We are all extremely blessed to be able to work with such amazing musicians and make a mark on the local music scene.

Besides planning for the upcoming week we’ve also been busy with several other ministries. We have been to a local homeless shelter for the last three weeks, helping distribute food as well as giving bible studies. We were able to bless just under 10o people with bibles using the money from the collection taken back in Switzerland.

The reaction was truly amazing. The people were eager to learn and hungry for some hope. I believe that God really used us to speak into hundreds of lives in the shelter, and the bibles distributed will have a lasting effect.

We also spent two days working with children in a local slum, as well as visiting a University to start promoting the concert.

I really appreciate your continued prayers and support as we enter into our last week of outreach. We will be extremely busy with the concert and all that is involved with it, but for us it will be a labor of love. And rock.

I never liked those missionary khakis anyways.