Costa Rican Pastor and Mentor Has Vision to Build a Sustainable Farm to Support Area Pastors in Their Various Ministries
Pastor Douglas Rossman—Jon's mentor and partner at YKPM—has long been an advocate, supporter and mentor of fellow pastors in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
For many years, God has used Douglas to come alongside other pastors, not only in their ministry capabilities, but also along their need to be resourceful with their talents to supplement the income received through their churches with other means of support.
One example is assisting one pastor to establish a tiny “grocery store” in front of his home to serve his neighborhood in an area where people do not have their own means of transportation.
Douglas had an idea to go a bigger in helping these pastors and their various ministries with a project of his own. He wanted to establish a chicken farm that would quickly begin producing income from the sale of the eggs. He also wanted to plant various fruit trees on family-owned property, which will take a couple years before they begin producing fruit to harvest.
Both of these endeavors are meant to create income that will go directly toward supporting even more ministry efforts.
YKPM raised about $11,000 to purchase 1,000 chicks to house in a newly-built facility to produce eggs, as well as to buy avocado and dragon-fruit trees.
Facts about Costa Rica
Population: Five million
One of the few sovereign nations in the world without a standing army
La Costa Rica means “rich coast” in Spanish
Leans more egalitarian than its Central American neighbors
Ranked 15th country out of 153 in the 2020 United Nations World Happiness Report
Has one of the highest literacy rates in Latin America at 97%
While considered an upper middle-income country, it still maintains a lot of inequality within its overall population
35% of children live in poverty
Only 20% of national services reach poor children
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