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. In addition, Ray 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 the director of the Methodist Childrenīs Home and we host approximately 25 short-term mission teams each year who work on a variety of church related ministries.
Ray
Ray is a native Texan. He attended Southern Methodist University earning a B.A. in both History and Latin American Studies, a minor in Spanish and a Texas teaching certificate. While attending SMU, Ray was privileged to assume leadership positions within two Christian ministries on campus: Campus Crusade for Christ and the university Sunday School Class at Highland Park UMC. Through his work with these two groups and the continual development of his personal relationship with Christ, he sensed the Lord leading him into full time Christian ministry and mission work. 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 Masters of Divinity degree. It was while he was attending seminary that he met Dr. Palomo and was invited to teach at the Methodist Seminary immediately following his graduation.
Lidia
Lidia is a native Alabamian. She attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 Masters of Divinity degree in 1994. During Lidiaīs first year in Costa Rica she attended language school in San José.
Our Personal Statement of Faith
We would first and foremost affirm the historic statements of our Christian heritage as found in both the Apostleīs 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 Lordīs 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.
