About Us
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In 1995, we were invited by Dr. Luis Palomo, Bishop, to minister with the Methodist Church in Costa Rica. Ray is an ordained elder in the Methodist Church and serves as a professor at the Evangelical Methodist Seminary. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Methodist High School and Elementary School; and, he helps to plant and develop local congregations. Lidia is also an ordained elder in the Methodist Church and is the director of the Methodist Children´s Home. We host approximately 30 short-term mission teams each year who work on a variety of church related ministries.
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Ray |
Ray is a native Texan. He attended Southern Methodist University (‘87) earning a B.A. in both History and Latin American Studies, a minor in Spanish and a Texas teaching certificate. He began his ministry in 1989 as a missionary to Guatemala, teaching Spanish at a mission school. In 1990, he returned to the USA to attend Seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary graduating in 1994 with a Master´s of Divinity degree. It was while he was attending seminary that he meet Dr. Palomo and was invited to teach at the Methodist Seminary immediately following his graduation.
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Lidia |
Lidia is a native Alabamian. She attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham ('91) earning a B.A. in English with a minor in Marketing. While attending UAB, Lidia worked full time in financial marketing and advertising. It was while Lidia was attending UAB that she became a Christian and felt the Lord leading her into full time ministry. Lidia also graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master´s of Divinity degree in 1994.
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Our Family |
We have two beautiful daughters, Sarah and Emma, both girls were born in Costa Rica and are students at Baylor University.
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Our Personal
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We would first and foremost affirm the historic statement of our Christian heritage as found in both the Apostle´s and Nicene creeds. In addition to these summaries of belief, we would add a particular emphasis to the ongoing task of all Christians to fulfill our Lord´s Great Commission to proclaim Christ to all nations so that all may receive Him as their personal Lord and Savior and become mature disciples in the faith; ever increasing in their love for God and their neighbor through lives of personal and social holiness.
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