During the month of January we hosted a DTS from Costa Rica. They joined us on our ministries and were a blessing to our base. We always enjoy their spirit and enthusiasm to reach people with the gospel and be a blessing to others.
We had a Voluntary Missionary Retreat at our base after the Costa Rica
team departed. Jaime and Lori Euseche, base directors at YWAM Leticia, Colombia were o
ur invited speakers. They gave our missionaries very practical information from their experiences working with YWAM for more than 42 years. They addressed the topics of: Working as team; Vision and Provision; Connecting with your community. We highly recommend them to any YWAM base looking for a DTS teacher or retreat speaker.
We also conducted a dental and health clinic with a group from Minnesota and Iowa. This group has come to our base for the past 4 years and have impacted the community as well as bless our base. The dentist and hygienist treated over 85 people during the week. Several of the patients had teeth that were beyond repair and needed to be removed. It is great to 
be able to help them buy also sad that they had to wait so long to get the care they needed. In addition to the dental clinic our Medical Missions team conducted healthier living classes to educate the attendees on good nutrition and hygiene. We also had a prayer room that was visited by many people and 9 people gave their lives to Christ! Part of the team that was not involved in the clinics came to help with work around the base: painting, building shelves, sanding windows and applying varnish, concrete work, installing stove and water filters. They also helped with Bible Distribution and with ministry to families working at a local dump. It was a busy but very productive week for the team.We are anticipating completion of the paperwork to enable us to purchase the adjacent lot and will be presenting all the building plans to construct a 3 level addition to the base. We are excited to be able to add more rooms for students as well as other uses.
