Tour of the house

This is where I'll be washing my dishes.

This is my kitchen, dining room, livingroom and office.

Thank You Jesus!

Looking out the front door.

Back corner of property. (All of these trees are about 70 feet tall).

Going towards the backyard from the front door.

Back corner of the house.

Our view of the backyard from the devo bench.

Our devo bench in the backyard and laundry room.

Our landlord's back yard is our front yard.

Peeking from inside the doorway.

The path towards the street, past the main house.

Walking towards the house.

Between Costa Rica and El Salvador

We are now traveling to El Salvador for the “Central American Pastors’ and Leaders’ Conference”… our heart is filled with confirmation of God’s calling to us “in such a time as this.” Once again the evangelical church is stained with the greed of pastors and people without scruples that take the name of our Lord to make themselves rich. It is exciting though to know that God will use us to make the difference, and bless the people of Costa Rica with the simple truths and principles of God’s Word… Thank you Jesus for being so merciful and full of grace.
His grace abounds and our “cup runneth over”… our little house is beauuuuutiful, our landlord is a friend, a brother, and our fellowship and prayers with him are very fulfilling.
His wife is a Spirit-filled women who loves God and seeks opportunities to serve Him…
The Lord is good and we are ready………..Thank you for your prayers and love.
Stay tuned for updates from El Salvador!

SE VENDIO LA CASA!!!

Beloved of God, it is with great joy that we share the following.... YES THE HOUSE WAS SOLD for sure this morning….(YES,YEAHHHH,WOOHOOOOO) Sorry am loosing my composure …….God is so GOOD. And there is a wonderful God’s story to follow. But for now, thank you for all your prayers for what seems like such a long time.
Stay tuned for more…moving furniture as we speak.

In His loving arms
geiner and denise

The Lord has sent Jonathan and Rebecca (pictured with us here) to take over His house. They are truly a blessing and have been praying for the neighborhood for some time now.

God is good all the time

Dear beloved of God and ours:

We cannot help but to apologized for the delay in updating our blog. It has been four weeks since we updated it last; definitely we want to do better…
So Let’s catch up! (We will actually have some pictures of these events some time next week. Thought it better to fill you in without further delay, and you can check back next week for posted pix. Thanks!)

Reception: First, we would like to give the King the glory that is due Him, and it is because of His mighty hand that so many people came and locked arms with us to put together an amazing Ministry Team that, together with Him, will bring Glory to His Name. It is for this reason that we had an extraordinary Missionary Reception on the 27th of September. The TEAM put together the most thoughtful, caring, and sweet reception we could have ever imagined. Let’s try to recap in order:
The greeting was rich in love. Our greeters had a display available with a sign-in book for guests to write something special to us (and they did!). But they also had a Bible there with our favorite verses marked off, and highlighters so that guests could highlight any scriptures they might want to share with us. It was a total blessing, and will continue to bring us joy every time we sit down to read these gems.

The worship: We were blessed with songs…in English and Spanish…led by the worship team from Calvary Southwest, and the Spanish songs sung by our sister from the CCAbq Spanish worship team.

The presentation: A couple of videos of Costa Rica gave our friends a flavor of the culture, beauty, and history of this beautiful country the Lord is sending us to. These were followed by Geiner sharing the vision the Lord has given us for the work we believe He will have us doing for His glory in Costa Rica.

The food: The culinary delights included authentic Costa Rican tamales, Gallo Pinto, and cabbage salad, and other treats loving prepared by family, friends, and team members to the enjoyment of the crowd. And let’s not forget the Costa Rican coffee!

The decorations: The Costa Rican flag, map, beautiful flowers on each table, and various other displays of Costa Rican customs and traditions set the mood, along with red white and blue balloons and streamers everywhere. The room was totally Costa Rican…and all prepared by our awesome team.

The silent auction: Wow! What can we say?! The items, the displays, the generosity…what an amazing blessing. We delighted in seeing the “winners” enjoying their prizes, and are eternally grateful for their generous successful bids.

The organization, the humbleness, the level of detail given to each area was filled with the love of Christ. For that reason we want to thank God, through His Son Jesus, who allowed us to experience blessings like this. And we want to take the opportunity to thank our much beloved team for their partnership and availability in sharing Jesus’ love to us. We love each and every one of you.

Next came the Medical Missions trip to Juarez:

We headed out mid-morning on Friday Oct. 9th. We were able to stop at “La Cocina” restaurant in Truth or Consequences and ate a delicious lunch. We continued down to El Paso where we stopped briefly to drop off some supplies for the hospital, and then headed to the border. One of our two vans was detained there a bit because it had all of our luggage and boxes of medical supplies, which prompted the border patrol to want to charge us taxes. However, the Holy Spirit used Meliton to share with the officers the purpose of our mission trip. They proceeded to give us their appreciation and let us go.
Needless to say, we arrived in Juarez later than expected, but were greeted with a delicious dinner of Frito Pie, prepared right there at the compound. However, we still needed to set-up the clinic for the next day, and did not get to bed until about 10:30.
At 5am we were up to breakfast, worship, and devotion, which gave us the boost we needed it to proceed to the improvised clinic at “Amigo Fiel”. By the time we arrived there we had people already waiting for us. So we put hands on immediately. We were blessed on so many different levels and so many different ways…but there were also times when it was heart breaking. Some of these people needed medical attention long before we got there. We saw people that hadn’t take their medication in months because they simply do not have the money to buy them. Then there were others that don’t have enough to eat as well. We saw a woman who had a stroke and didn’t know it. It was sad…but the reward was in seeing their faces lighting up because of God’s provision. By 5pm we had seen 233 patients! Thank God in His faithfulness, His goodness, and His mercy… He provided…He swiftly came to their rescue and the people saw what our good God will do through His people, if they only surrender to His call.
We returned to the compound for dinner and debriefing… exhausted and exhilarated at the same time. And we praised God for what He was able to accomplish through us on that day.
We woke Sunday morning ready to head back. We had breakfast together, and I (Geiner) had the opportunity to share a devotional with the intention of encouraging each other to continue to give the Glory to our King by sharing what He accomplished in just one short weekend in Juarez. The highlight of the ride home was the border crossing, where we experienced a slight delay because it seems that one of our team members has the same name as someone who they might be looking for in Nebraska! Needless to say, it was not him! However we were also able to enjoy a wonderful lunch at “La Posta” in Mesilla, NM.

So here we are, back in Albuquerque, waiting for the Lord to give us our next call to action. Our plans over the next few weeks include Geiner’s Chaplaincy training, a trip to El Salvador for the Central American Pastors and Leaders conference, and packing, packing, packing in between. We are hoping to have house-sale information for you soon, which will also bring with it an announcement of a leave date….so stay tuned!

Thank you for your patience with our lack of time to communicate….and may our Lord abundantly bless you in these days! We love you.

Missionary Reception

Good day beloved of God and ours, in the past couple of weeks we went to Philadelphia, which was a blessed time, not only because we visited family, but also because it was a beautiful time of sharing what we love and the One we love with those whom we love. And this gives proof to us that we are still here for a reason, a divine reason. Now we are back and continue in the process of preparation. We just lowered the house another $10,000.00 to $139,900. This is it, so the Lord’s will be done. This, through the cooperation of friends, but mainly because of the prayers of many of you and of course the conviction of the Holy Spirit, that didn’t allow us to just throw in the towel. I believe we are doing the right thing so we will stick around until we sell it.
Now in the meantime we continue moving forward….On Sunday the 27th of September, we will be having our “Missionary Reception” at Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque. It will be held at The Plex from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm and we would like to invite all of you to attend and taste some typical costarrican food…We will also have a “Silent Auction” with treasures that you definitely can use at your home, however we won’t be able to accept credit cards for the auction items.

Come and enjoy this time of fellowship, sending us off to Costa Rica. God bless you for that!

This will be the start of a perfect evening…immediately after the reception there will be a concert in the park at Calvary featuring “The Lively Hearts” …Please come and enjoy.

Blue Ocean, Blue Sky

Hola Beloved of God and ours,

This week was kind of slow in the movement toward Costa Rica, which becomes challenging at times. But the Lord has a way of renewing our strength, and we saw relationships healed, our target moved, and new ideas and events.

Sometimes we seem to believe that we know what God is doing. And He is quick to let us know that we don’t! This is our story: we are now one week closer, and that is all we can say for sure. But somebody said “blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken”…but they will be stretched! So as of right now we are going to quit giving you exact days, times, and locations (other than Costa Rica!), and will inform you AFTER God lets us know. Our vision is clear, but the way to get there is not. From our original plans we went from Escazú to the building in San Jose. Right now we are here. That we think we know for sure! But “…tomorrow will worry about its own things, sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matt 6:34. So we continue on one day at a time.

Through what we have learned this week and searching for the Lord’s will, I just so happened to stumble on something that God helped me realize, and that I hope will be of help for you too. We (Christians) might not see God’s hand when we are waiting, and while we are waiting we do a little thing here and there. The day goes by, and we think “there goes another day” and we didn’t accomplish what God wanted us to accomplish for today. So therefore, disillusioned, we sleep. “Tomorrow’s another day” we say. “We will do our best.” Spiritually speaking, sometimes we search for purpose when “purpose” is already there. I read something this week that helped me understand this a little better –
F.B. Meyer’s book, The Best from All His Work. We complain our life is at a stand still, or that there is a type of monotony in it. But God could have chosen us to be something different than what we are. And then we would have other types of hoops to jump through…but we would still have hoops. I realized that God chooses our circumstances, and that His plan unfolds one day at a time. In the words of F.B. Meyer, “Each day He gives us the opportunity of weaving a curtain, carving a peg, fashioning the metal. We know not what we do, but at the end of our life the disjointed pieces will suddenly come together and we shall see the symmetry and beauty of the divine thought. Then we shall be satisfied.” Every little thing matters to God. In our eyes it might be insignificant, but in the eyes of God it is a puzzle coming together. It is like our friend Matthew, or our nephew Cristopher, who do and say little things that make their parents say “WOW, this is my son!”

Our Father loves our outdated cuteness when we do little things that represent Him well. F.B. Meyer says that those little things are the reflection of “the character in which we have to spend eternity.”

But little details build character to make a strong faith.

Luke 16:10a “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much…”

I guess it is how much you put into something you really believe in. David practiced with a slingshot, and the Holy Spirit directed the stone that put him “on the map” in the eyes of the Israelites. Also God kept Joseph pure in thought, so at the testing hour he said “no” to the temptress.

These two examples give us an idea of how preparation takes place. It goes back to what you do with God in your time alone. I picture David sitting at the base of a tree in a beautiful green valley, meditating on his next Psalm, overlooking the sheep that he pastured. Or Joseph in jail, joyful to see a new day even in the worst of conditions, yet seeking to help those in need and honoring his Father in heaven. Neither one of them was ever able to see the whole spectrum of their lives. And I bet there were times when they thought “is this my purpose...Who am I?”

Meyer quotes:

“Oh! Where is the sea?” the fishes cried,
As they swam the crystal clearness through;
“We’ve heard from of old of the ocean’s tide,
And we long to look on the waters blue.
The wise ones speak of the infinite sea.
Oh! who can tell us if such there be?”

The lark flew up in the morning bright,
And sang and balanced on sunny wings;
And this was its song: “I see the light,
I look o’er the world of beautiful things;
But flying and singing everywhere,
In vain I have searched to find the air.”

Sometimes it is like if a star would say “what am I good for?” and the Son would answer, “To reflect me.” Still hanging from the sky, seemingly not going anywhere, it fulfills the purpose God has for it. It is like the one star that came to the other and said, “What are you doing?” “Nothing” the other said. “And what about you?” “Oh nothing” …and all this while they are continuing to shine for another thousand years.

Who are we? We are stars in the infinite sky, shining in the emptiness of night, making beautiful the heavens. We are His creation in a space of time, shining for the Son, making beautiful the end result of His grace!

Stay tuned…

We will be holding our reception at Calvary on Sunday, September 27th , time and location to be announced, but we wanted to give you a preview of coming attractions.
We would like to thank “La señora Angelina” also known as Geiner’s mom, for all her hard work in creating the typical costarrican costume featured below and modeled by our precious niece, Deilani

Traveling in God's timing

Beloved of God and ours:

We have a new friend!!!!!!!!!!! We would like you to meet Matthew our buddy…An incredible 2 year old that God is using to minister to us. Faith is not something that we can fully understand but something that happens after you have believed. It is like traveling through time and then getting there….Where??????????? Exactly!! Where??? Wherever the Lord wants to direct our obedience while we don’t fully understand. This is Matthew, who in his young age and innocence, not fully understanding what he does, yields to the Holy Spirit to do things that are unthinkable for a child his age. This precious little boy prays for us by name (Mr Geiner and Miss Denise) and knows that our mission in life is to tell people about Jesus. Also, by his own choice, he decided to donate from his “life savings” to support the ministry in Costa Rica. You see Matthew’s mom was talking about us going to Costa Rica when we had the money to do so, and he said that he had money and wanted to share with us. His mom simply gave him his piggy bank and an envelope and told him that he could choose how much to give....he busily filled it up! .This child brought tears to our eyes and gave us a new prospective on faith. See faith and time go hand in hand and even though we didn’t totally understand it, now we look back and see how much He wants to give us His best… if we only let Him sometimes, and stop swimming against the flow of the will of God!!! Then we would discover the abundance of what He is offering.
For those who know us and have seen the struggles that we have experienced in the last couple months…you know our desire to be “there” ASAP! Yet, if we had left the 30th of June like WE had planned, we wouldn’t be in the position that we are today, with a furnished house and transportation waiting for us. We also would have missed the blessing that Matthew has brought to our lives and hopefully yours. We love you, Matthew, and we thank God for you!!!




In other news...we got the house. Yes we did rent it as of the 15th of this month. All we have to bring is clothes and books. God is abundantly good!!






We are one step closer!!!!!!!!! Even though the house hasn’t sold yet, we truly believe that we are very close… there is someone interested and is trying to be approved, so lets keep our hands together, our eyes closed and our faces scrunched.

What is next? Well we are actually packing books and some clothes, the rest is being sold or given away.


What is God teaching us? We are the work of His grace, what else can we ask for??…going to Costa Rica is about Him, and His care for us is our good. It is refreshing, and it provides for certainty in what we cannot see.