Libros para la biblioteca de La Palabra de Vida

When we decided to take a family mission trip together, there were three questions we needed to answer. One, would we go independently or with an organization, two, where would we go, and three, what would we do. Well, God led us to Matt and Lisa Befus and their work at La Palabra de Vida school in Costa Rica. Our primary project during our time there is improving the K-6 section of their library.

Lending libraries are not common in Latin America. Students and parents are reluctant to check out books and are astonished when told they can take books home and read them. The staff at La Palabra de Vida is attempting to change this part of the culture and are offering books for students to check out and read. Lisa Befus and the staff at the school identified 300 Spanish language K-6 books that would work well and fit the mission of the school. We were able to locate an excellent library book provider right here in Illinois (Perma-Bound Books), and they quickly and efficiently delivered 300 books to our home.

The books include Junie B. Jones, Wimpy Kid, Little House on the Prairie, Chronicles of Narnia, Heroes of the Faith, Dr. Seuss, and many, many more. These books are library bound with plastic coated covers. We hope they will serve the school for many years to come.

Thanks to your generosity, we will also be taking an additional $6000 to the school, and will be able to improve the children's area by buying furniture, throw rugs, murals, and other supplies.

We will also be able to consider a large computer purchase for the library to access the vast world of online resources that can also assist this school in improving library resources.


Thanks for helping us to provide these books and resources to La Palabra de Vida. We just got through packing all the books in five extra suitcases we are going to take with us. They are carefully protected with multiple layers of bubble wrap.

Here are our three children proudly displaying some of the books that will be going to the school.
Gloria a Dios para Jesucristo y La Palabra de Vida!