Miguel da Costa
Dear friends of St. Luke’s
It is with a sense of deep sorrow that we face the news that our beloved youth pastor and brother-in-Christ, Miguel da Costa, has gone to be with the Lord. Miguel was struck by a speeding vehicle outside the World Cup Stadium in PE on Tuesday last week and died of his injuries on Friday morning.
This whole experience was a rollercoaster ride of emotions and of faith. It was a time of great sorrow and yet a time when the church family stood together in prayer as (quite literally) never before. Never have I seen so many members of St. Luke’s come together day after day to pray in unity and in strong faith for the same thing. Yet, the Lord did not send Miguel back from the dead. Rather He received him to Himself and healed him forever.
We are left with so many questions. And yet, as family members and friends continue to seek the Lord, they are testifying of the answers and insights that the Lord is giving them. In sharing these they are bringing a sense of peace and acceptance for us all. It is indeed a great privilege to be part of a faith-community which so freely shares its love and its relationship with the Lord with one another.
So thank you to all who have prayed and to Catherine and the da Costa’s who have allowed us to journey with them in a very small way through their pain. We pray the Lord’s continual and permanent comfort upon them. And may the seeds that Miguel sowed in all of our lives bear much fruit for many years to come. Miguel was a young man who commanded respect way beyond his age. He was a leader … a son of God … a visionary … a passionate man of action in the Kingdom of God … and a faithful friend. He had great dreams and visions for the youth ministry at St. Luke’s and for spreading the gospel around the world. I pray that everything he dreamed of being a part of will come to fruition through others who take up his mantle.
Love in Jesus
Dave
