Cabécar Mission Overview

Since 2003, we have been sending medical, evangelistic, construction, and discipleship mission trips to work among the Cabécar Indians in Costa Rica.  These works have been both in association with the missions efforts of a church in church San José, Costa Rica, and have also joined efforts with another long-time mission effort called River of God.

The Cabécar are an indigenous people group concentrated in the mountains east of San José, as indicated by the red area on the map on the right.  We have sent missions to the Valle de la Estrella and the Rio Chirripó/Rio Pacuare areas.  Click on the map for a more detailed version (high resolution version also available), or on the small boxes for a detailed version of each region.  (Talamanca used geographically actually refers to a valley and reservation in Bribri territory on the Panama border.)

Kalberi, Valle de la Estrella

The mission church at Kalberi (Valle de la Estrella) is led by Pastor Pablo.

River of God, Grano de Oro

The River of God ministry (all regions) arose as the second-generation ministry of the family of Aziel and Marian Jones, who began Bible Translation work among the Cabécar in the 1950s.  Currently three of the children, Timothy, Philip, and David, with their families, are continuing the ministry of Bible Translation, evangelism, and discipleship among the Cabécar.

• Timothy Jones is based at Grano de Oro, an Hispanic village high in the mountains, and ministers to the southwest.
• Philip Jones is based at the old homestead at Tsipiri, and ministers to the northeast.
• David Jones is based in the east in Valle Talamanca, which is near Valle de la Estrella.

Cabécar Language Intro and Scripture Portions

An introduction to the Cabécar language, along with recordings of Scripture portions are now included here on our site. More recordings will be added as they become available.