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FIELD
Marvin and Viélka Cabrera met Luis and Azucena Matute, Missions Door missionaries to Panama, while planting churches on their own at the border of Costa Rica and Panama, and now are working together. Marvin, who is trained in church planting and leadership development, pastors the Paso Canoas church and is also working in several locations among indigenous people groups in the mountains further north along the border.  

In 2007 First Baptist Church of Camp Verde, AZ, supporters of the Matutes, sent a team to Costa Rica to help build a church building in Paso Canoas where the believers had been meeting in their home. It was a great provision for the ministry and a real encouragement for the growth of the work.

The Cabreras applied to work full-time with Missions Door under the leadership of Luis as the field director and they were appointed in 2008. Property next to the church is being purchased to serve as the base for the new Costa Rica Extension Bible Institute and a parsonage.  

FAITH
Marvin accepted Christ as his Savior at the age of 16 and immediately began serving in his church. After a year of discipleship he went on for a year of training in evangelism in David, Panama, where he met Viélka who accepted the Lord at age 20. She was baptized there and committed her life to full-time service. After they were married they spent 8 years in San Jose, Costa Rica, where they served in evangelism with their church before moving to Paso Canoas. 

FAMILY
Marvin and Viélka were married in 1994 and have two children: Geral Jafet, born in 1998, and Kristhal Yamili, born in 2003.