Costa Clems

The journey of a family who feel called to live as sent disciples in rural Costa Rica, sharing stories of how Jesus is working in their life.


  • Us vs. The World

    Us vs. The World

     And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:17-19 When I was the Family Ministry Director for Mars Hill Church in Ballard we got send a bunch of CD’s that contained songs for kids that formed a catechism by Dana Dirksen. We never used them in the… Continue reading

  • Beta Test

    As you know a beta test is when you have a program or piece of software or hardware that is almost ready to launch, but you need to find out what the problems are going to be or see if there are any bugs. Basically right now, as in, from yesterday January 27th when we… Continue reading

  • So… Why are you in Costa Rica?

    This is the thing we get asked most right now, maybe it will continue to be, and we have had many different length conversations about it with family and friends during different stages of our journey. My plan with this blog is to work a little bit backwards and a little bit forwards from this… Continue reading