I experienced a place where the uncommon concept of disciple making is being carried out in an astonishing way. It’s in the Central American country of Costa Rica. It’s called Casa Vidanet. My wife, Ernie, and I just spent a few days there.
Because it is rare disciple making is difficult to define. Jesus said to make disciples, but I don’t think we really know what He meant.
There’s a strong sense of spirituality at Casa Vidanet. From the things that they say and do it’s obvious that the people there really love Jesus, each other, and any visitors who come by. At Casa Vidanet I saw people being trained to continually listen to and obey the risen Jesus Christ.
Every September Casa Vidanet welcomes about 20 people 18 and older to a 10-month disciple building experience. Half of them are from the USA and Canada and the other half from Latin America. They live together, have their meals together, worship together, pray together, work together, play together, and listen to God together in a bilingual, multi-cultural community for 10 months.
After 3 months of training, they are sent in missions teams to 4 different Central American countries for 5 months. There they focus on showing people love, kindness, compassion, and service. When they return to the Casa Vidanet base, they serve as leaders and welcome various youth groups from North America to 10-day missions experiences during their final 2 months.
Many of the Vidanet leaders and staff are graduates of the experience. They are young people who radiate excitement about humbly loving God and joyously serving people. Their lives demonstrate that Spirit-led discipleship is a reality that can be seen, felt, experienced, and continually surrendered to throughout each day.
To learn more about this life-empowering discipleship experience, click here.
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