| A missionary familyWe are a multicultural, multilingual family from three different nations who serve as missionaries through Youth With A Mission in Costa Rica. In 1996 we met and in 1998 we were married. Giacomo is originally from Costa Rica and Marjolein from the Netherlands. Our missionary calling has taken us since 1998 to many different nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America. We have three children, Gioela born in Nicaragua in 2002, Luca born in Costa Rica in 2004 and Tessa born in Costa Rica in 2009.
We are a family with a vision to see Latinos reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, equipping, training and serving them to become missionaries themselves in their society, to their own nation and the nations of the world. |
The ministry
In July 2004 the Lord lead us with a small team to start a new YWAM ministry in San Jose. God has blessed us with an amazing staff team and in 2011 we have grown to be close to 50 staff members serving the nation of Costa Rica through childrens ministry, reaching out to the prostitutes in downtown San Jose with the love of Christ, various training schools through the University of the Nations that is part of YWAM International www.uofn.edu. We are also reaching out into the different provinces of Costa Rica and have send out a small team to a beach town called Jaco to minister to children at risk.
As a family we are called to serve the new generation and equip them, train them and disciple them in their relationship with God and send them out as missionaries into the different spheres of society, so that cities and nations will be transformed with the power of the message of Jesus Christ.
As a family we are called to serve the new generation and equip them, train them and disciple them in their relationship with God and send them out as missionaries into the different spheres of society, so that cities and nations will be transformed with the power of the message of Jesus Christ.
