{"id":716,"date":"2016-01-04T19:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T00:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/?p=716"},"modified":"2016-02-01T18:15:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T23:15:29","slug":"missions-home-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Missions: Home of Life (Hogar De Vida)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By James Devers<\/p>\n<p>On April 20,2015, our family had the privilege of visiting Hogar De Vida (Home of Life) in Atenas, Costa Rica. Hogar De Vida is a Christian mission home that provides transitional foster care services to up to 35 children at a time. Hogar\u2019s primary population ranges in age from newborn to about 5 years old.<\/p>\n<p>When we originally planned our trip to Costa Rica back in December, it was intended to be a \u201cregular\u201d vacation. However, through a series of divinely arranged interactions in the 10 days prior to our departure, a mission visit to Hogar was added.<\/p>\n<p>We (James &amp; Tamisha) have been donors to Hogar for about a year through their child sponsorship program. We received a \u201cthank you\u201d e-mail inviting us to come to Hogar for a free hug. Since we were already planning to be in country, we reached out the director of the home who gave us information about visitation options and their list of priority needs in terms of supplies. We then made an appeal to our local churches (<em>Bethel Temple Church<\/em> in Columbus, OH and <em>Visions of Victory<\/em> in Kalamazoo, MI) just a few days prior to departure and were overwhelmed by the response!<\/p>\n<p>A total of over $1,300 in cash was donated plus many of the requested supplies, which allowed us to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a \u201cfellowship meal\u201d for all of the staff and children of the home.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase and bring <u>all<\/u> of the items on Hogar\u2019s priority list: two laptop computers, two car seats and two sets of hair clippers.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase and collect enough requested supplies to fill two suitcases. The suitcases contained: baby &amp; children\u2019s clothing and underwear, bed and crib sheets, medicines, clothespins and other items (see below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hogar-collage-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hogar-collage-3.jpg\" alt=\"hogar collage 3\" width=\"877\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hogar-collage-3.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hogar-collage-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voiceofbethel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hogar-collage-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a>As an example of God\u2019s timing, one of the laptops used by the staff died the night before we arrived! So Hogar\u2019s director was extra excited about the timing of the arrival of the new laptops, as this was another testimony to him of how God takes care of Hogar. In addition to bringing supplies, we were able to attend the home\u2019s morning devotional, interact for a couple hours with the children and talk with the staff of Hogar to learn more about the mission\u2019s current work and the many things God worked out to get them to this point.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesoflife.org\/costa-rica.htm\">http:\/\/www.homesoflife.org\/costa-rica.htm<\/a> to learn more about Hogar De Vida and ways that you and your family can support their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Devers On April 20,2015, our family had the privilege of visiting Hogar De Vida (Home of Life) in Atenas, Costa Rica. Hogar De Vida is a Christian mission home that provides transitional foster care services to up to 35 children at a time. 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