Casafé Youth Ministry House
Empowering the youth of Jacó, to grow in their spiritual walk, develop life skills, and learn to live in healthy Christian community.
About Jacó, Costa Rica
Jacó is a small but growing beach town on the central pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is known for its beauty and great surf, but also for the crazy parties and legalized prostitution.
Some of the challenges the youth face in Jacó are:
- The prevalence of drugs and alcohol abuse.
- Legalized prostitution.
- Poverty, and lack of resources.
Together we can make a difference!
What we offer
At Casafé we offer a safe place for the youth to learn and grow. We give them an alternative option to what a lot of Jacó offers.
We do this through a variety of activities, some of which are:
English Classes
To give them a valuable skill for future employment, and help them in school.
Bible Study
To share the gospel and disciple them in the truth.
Beach days
Surfing / Hangout time
To provide a safe place for them to and find community and support!
Some comments from the youth about Casafé:
“Friend’s House.”
For me Casafé is like a house with friends. I like to go to play and drink coffee.
– L.J.P age 15
“Learn about the Lord.”
I like to go to Casafé to learn about the Lord and drink Coffee.
– B.A. age 15
“A place of peace.”
For me Casafé is a place of peace. I like to go there to drink coffee and hang out.
– D.J. age 13
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About Lisa
Lisa was born and raised on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. She first went to Jacó in 2011 and recognized that there were limited safe places for teens to build healthy relationships and gain valuable life skills. She desired to create an environment for just that; and wanted this place to also reach the youth with the gospel, and bridge them to the local Church. In 2015 she started the ministry of Casafé. Other than Casafé she enjoyes surfing and spending time with friends, and family when she can.
– Program director
Some of our blog posts
- Mentorship ProgramLast month we started the second book of our small Bible study group. I added one more youth – so there are 6 in total now. This is a closed Bible study where I hand-picked these 6 guys (unlike theContinue reading “Mentorship Program”
- Guitar ClassesOne of the young adults from the local Church felt led to give basic guitar classes to some people from the Church and community, and he asked me if he could use the space of Casafé to give them. AsContinue reading “Guitar Classes”
- Bible StudyWe have continued our Bible study in Proverbs, which has been so good! Each time I get the youth to read the passage on their own and to choose the verse that sticks out the most to them. After everyoneContinue reading “Bible Study”
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