The Hutton Family
When Quintin and Melanie first met and got married, they had a desire and burden from God to send them out to be missionaries to reach an unreached people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
While they waited for the Lord to open a door into a mission work, they worked in ministry at their local Bible believing church doing neighborhood outreach ministries, a juvenile detention center ministry, a homeless ministry, a church plant, discipleship programs, personal evangelism, children's ministry, and Bible studies. They both have a passion for proclaiming the Gospel to lost souls and training disciples to follow Christ. Both of them are equipped with Biblical degrees for the ministry and have a great love for the Word of God.
In 2016, after a survey trip to visit and minister to the Cabécars in Costa Rica, God called and confirmed to Quintin and Melanie that their mission is to carry out the “Great Commission” (Matt. 28:19-20) to the Cabécar Indians, who do not live in villages, but who live in family clans dispersed throughout the mountainous rainforest regions of Costa Rica.
The Huttons arrived in Costa Rica January 2018, and are now living close to the Cabécars and making expeditions into the jungles to evangelize them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and lead lost souls to Him.
Since then, the Hutton Family have been serving the Lord in this Cabécar mission work for over 7 years now.
From the beginning, their work consisted of ministering and doing Bible studies in the Cabécar Indian homes. And from those Bible studies and from outreach events, they now have established churches in the three different Cabécar areas of Moravia de Chirripo, Nimari Ñak, and Atirro / La Esperanza.
Today, they continue on doing home Bible studies, outreach events, Bible training sessions, and more to build up these churches/congregations and train the Cabécar to serve the Lord in their own communities. Their goal is to teach and assist Cabécar men and women to take over the work of the church in each of these Cabécar areas. Many souls have been saved and baptized in each ministry area / congregation, and the Huttons continue preaching the Gospel and training these Cabécar people in God’s word and for His service.
Please pray for the souls of the Cabécars and for the ministry that the Lord has opened up for the Hutton Family.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them what preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" - Romans 10:13-15
Ministry Works Happening Right Now
We visit three separate areas where God is working as we plant churches among the Cabécar people.
1.) Chirripo Area
This was the very first area that we began our mission work with the Cabécar Indians and have continued to visit Cabécar families throughout the rainforest trails. We have had several Bible studies with these families, and we have also recently had two get-togethers / group meetings where we invited three different Cabécar families to come together for food, fellowship, and a Bible study. God is working in their hearts, and they are enjoying having and reading their own Bibles in the Cabécar language! Praise God!
2.) Atirro / Esperanza Area
This is the second area that God led us to began a work with the Cabécar Indians. This area is much closer to our home, and we actually have Bible studies in our home for these Cabécar and for any other Cabécar in the surrounding areas. Recently, we had an evangelistic soccer activity in this area where we had food, a soccer game, and presented the Gospel to all who participated. All who came listened intently to the Gospel message and thoroughly enjoyed their time at the activity. Praise God!
3.) Nimari / Pacuare River Area
This is the third area that we have begun working with the Cabécar Indians. The Lord has opened this door within the last few weeks. Not long ago, we were able to have a Bible study and food for the Cabécar at an indigenous outdoor community center in the Nimari area. There were about 30-40 Cabécar that came and took part in this Bible study! Praise God!
Special Ministry Services
At each of our church services, we trade with women and men as a way of showing the love of God which helps meet the needs of people with His church.
1.) Essentials for a Trade with Women
This is how ESSENTIALS FOR BRACELETS & BAGS works:
1.) Here in Costa Rica, beans and rice are staple food items that they eat with almost every meal, every day.
2.) Each essential food item that we purchase costs between $2.00-$4.00. (Examples: a bag of rice, a bag of beans, a small carton of milk, and a bag of coffee, etc.)
3.) Each week we supply the Cabécar women with yarn or materials to make their BRACELETS or BAGS.
4.) Throughout the week, they hand-make their BRACELETS or BAGS, and then they trade them in to us for the essential food items.
Click on this link below to for more information and how you can donate to this ministry.
Essentials for Bracelets and Bags
2.) Tools for a Trade with Men
With men we trade a tools in return for their fruits, vegetables, baskets, stones, and even plants. Tools like: machetes, files and sharpeners, and many other farming tools which help these men in their day to day work.
3.) Bible Study Church Planting
Our goal is to plant new churches by starting Bible studies within homes which can then reach entire communities with the Gospel. But because the mountainous terrain and the our full size vehicle cannot reach their homes, ATV travel is the safest, quickest and most reliable form of transportation for doing this work.
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST AND NEED
So far, we have one ATV, but we are still in need of a second one, for we have two children who always help us in the ministry and we cannot all ride safely on one alone. So we asking and praying that God will supply with your giving a second ATV so we can complete this work.
To learn even more about this ministry, you can click on the links below for more information.
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If you would like to see more information about the ministry we are doing with the Cabécars, please contact us at our email or Facebook, which can be found above. Or you can find links above that will share with you our prayer and update letters, photos, and videos of what we are doing in the ministry.
Click 'view larger map' below to see more about the area we will be serving the Cabécars.
To our many Church partners, friends, and individual supporters of this mission,
Thank You!!