Episode 99: THE COOPERRIDER'S STORY PART 3: When God faithfully leads; life on the mission field
This week we're continuing our series in sharing Part 3 of The Cooperrider's story! Wade and Shannon's story picks up with them preparing to attend language school in Costa Rica. As soon as they felt they had received affirmation from God and their community they began to take steps to get to the mission field. They knew it would be a process to get there but very quickly God made it apparent that He wanted them in Nicaragua. It was very important that Wade and Shannon learn Spanish and that led them to attending a language school in Costa Rica for the majority of 2017. December 18th, 2017, Wade, Shannon and their daughter Natalie officially moved to Nicaragua. They were nervous and excited but so ready to begin their new life on the mission field. Tragically, having been in Nicaragua for less than two days, Shannon received word that her mother had suddenly passed away. The mission field was bringing about new trials and challenges. Four months later there was an attempted coup that forced Wade and Shannon to evacuate to Costa Rica and eventually back to the states. They were finally able to live full-time in Nicaragua in September 2018. The Lord's hand and protection was so evident. You'll get to hear some wonderful stories about the Cooperrider's ministry, including how the church plant at La Paz Centro came about. Make sure you tune in on January 31st for a special episode with Wade and Shannon and our DSCC Missions Pastor Jamie Engram. They will dive in more about all the ministry things in that episode. During all of this there were still trials as Shannon lost her Dad, their furlough was extended by 14 months due to covid and Wade almost lost his life to covid in November 2020. You will be amazed at how Wade and Shannon leaned into the Lord through all of this and have continued in the confidence that God has called them to the mission field.
Learn more about The Cooperriders: https://thebridge.bbfimissions.com/wade-and-shannon-cooperrider/
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For more information on Missions at DSCC, email james@dscchurch.com
Join us on Wednesday, January 31st for Part 4! Next week we are sharing a very special interview to celebrate 100 episodes of The Stories Collective 🎉🎉 Would you please subscribe and leave us a review? This will help our podcast reach more people! We’d love it if you’d share this podcast with your friends on social media and beyond.
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