Wil Bailey is a missionary from North Carolina.  Wil studied Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and received his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School in May of 2003.  He was commisioned as a full time missionary in May of that year.  His wife, Yolanda, is an active, life-long member of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Costa Rica.

Wil went to Costa Rica for the first time when he was 15 years old with a youth mission team.  He went back alomst every year until he moved to Costa Rica in 2003. Wil says, "I have known since that first trip that doing mission work in Central America would always be a part of my life."  Wil has also been on mission trips to Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and spent the Summer of 2001 working with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wil spent the Summer of 2002 back in Costa Rica living with a pastor and his family in San Isidro.  It was over the course of those three-and-a-half months that God showed Wil that there was a ministry for him in Costa Rica.  The week before he left to come back to the States to finish seminary, Wil met with Bishop Fernando Palomo in San Jose, and the Bishop invited him to come to work full-time with Evangelical Methodist Church of Costa Rica, as a bridge between congregations in Costa Rica and congregations in the United States.  

In March of 2014 Wil and Yolanda were overjoyed to welcome the newest member of the Costa Rica Mission Projects family, Isabella Caroline Bailey Ulloa.

Wil and Yolanda believe that when Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, he taught us, in dramatic fashion, that if we claim to be His followers, we must be servants to one another. Christian service comes in many forms and they believe that they have been called to provide opportunities for churches in Costa Rica and churches from other countries to serve one another and explore what it means for us to be part of a body that extends far beyond the walls of our own individual churches. Their hope is that they might be able to help foster long lasting, fruitful relationships between the congregations who participate in this ministry. It is very important to them that they avoid establishing or reinforcing already existing relationships of dependency, but rather, that the churches involved will discover the benefits of abiding in faithful friendship with one another.  They understand the communion that takes place across borders, cultures and languages as a glimpse of God's Kingdom and as a sign of the work of the Holy Spirit among us.

Wil and Yolanda (and Isabella) are looking forward to seeing how, with your help and participation, this ministry and the Kingdom of God will continue to grow.