Darrin and Chrissy King
Puente Ministries - Costa Rica

APDO 402-2350
San Jose
Costa Rica
Central America
darrin@puenteministries.org
620-514-0135

The King family includes Darrin & Chrissy King, married in 1992, with their four children Zachary, Austin, Chloe, and Wyatt. Darrin graduated from Ozark Christian College in 1993 with a BBL, and Chrissy holds dual degrees from Ozark and Missouri Southern State College. Beyond the call of growing in their faith in Christ and their relationship as a couple, they are dedicated to enjoying their children and sharing life in Christ with them. Darrin, on staff as a living link missionary at Christ’s Church of Oronogo since 1994, continues that partnership with CCO under the auspices of PUENTE Ministries, Inc. He enjoys language, cultural studies, and gardening when he can. Chrissy, in addition to being a supporting wife and mother to four, is an avid scrapbooking participant and teacher. After five years in Honduras, and three years working with Hispanics in the USA, they are excited about the opportunity to return to Central America to focus on leadership development in Costa Rica.

International Evangelism Institute

Vision: We are an evangelistic, educational institution that stresses a theoretical-practical teaching methodology and where acquiring ministry experience is essential.

Visión: Somos una institución educacional evangelística, resaltando la metodología de enseñanza teórico-práctico, donde sea fundamental adquirir experiencia ministerial, enfocándonos de una manera movible donde el propósito nos guíe.

Mission: Forge a group of leaders in the area of evangelism that will influence churches to impact their communities and beyond.

Misión: Forjar un grupo de líderes en el evangelismo que impacte a las iglesias a convertirse en una influencia.

Objectives:

1. To train students through a balanced, Christian education, both in and out of the classroom.
2. To grow the local church where the institute is located.
3. To plant a new church with a team of students from the institute chosen for this specific work.
4. To aid in the longevity of the graduates’ ministry by effectively matching up the students with local churches or mission groups in need of their specific abilities.
5. To enrich the leaders in the region by giving them the opportunity to expand their ministerial knowledge.

Objetivos:

1. El entrenamiento de los estudiantes en una educación cristiana avanzada, dentro y fuera del aula.
2. El crecimiento de la iglesia local donde funcione el instituto.
3. El establecimiento de una nueva obra a través de la formación de un equipo de estudiantes para este trabajo.
4. El entrelazar a los graduados con las iglesias locales y misiones para la continuidad de ellos en el ministerio.
5. El enriquecer el ministerio pastoral brindando la oportunidad a los líderes de la región de aprender o ampliar sus conocimientos ministeriales.

Who

1. Number of students – minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 (ideal – 15)
2. Candidate – single, at least 18, high school graduate, active leader in his/her congregation
3. Requirements:
1. Letter of recommendation from preacher
2. Letter of recommendation from someone in their community
3. Valid passport
4. Round trip ticket
5. Teachable
6. Able to work in group
7. Open to change
4. Potential countries – Central America and the Caribbean Spanish speaking nations

How

1.Housing – We have two houses rented, one for the males that has three bedrooms and space for teaching and recreation, and one for the girls, nearly identical, on the same street.

2.Stipend – each student receives around $30 a month for personal expenses since they studying and working full-time (we ask their home congregation to supply this) and cannot have formal jobs in Costa Rica.

3.Length – minimum of one year, continuing for an additional year with a select group for the purpose of planting/following up on the new church plant

4.Schedule – from Monday through Thursday:

a. Class 8-11:30 AM

b. Visitation & Bible studies 2-6:00 PM

c. Service or Cell group 7-9:00 PM

Schedule – Friday to Sunday

1. Class 8-11:30 (when they are in San Jose over the weekend)
2. On weekends when we send them to other churches, they get ready on Friday morning and are gone through Sunday evening
3. Free day – When they leave for the weekend, it’s on Monday. Otherwise, free day is from Friday p.m. to Saturday noon.

They also have a week off half-way through the year, and in October they’ll serve one month in another country as an internship/missionary experience.

SUMMARY

For the remainder of the Institute project (scheduled to finish in February 2008), our work as missionaries here includes administration of the mission and helping our Institute Director, Edwin Guerra with the administration of the Institute, which we've named El Legado, or "The Legacy". We are are also resposible for some teaching during the 14 months, as well as hosting visiting pastors, professors and leaders who teach, and translating for them. We are also responsible for hosting groups, which number 8 for the year 2007. As it is a new church plant that is springing from the work of the Institute students, and there are no formal leaders as of yet, we are expected to fill that role as well in the local church.

January 23- Zachery
April 27- Austin
August 13- Chloe
September 20- Darrin
October 3- Chrissy
November 23- Wyatt

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