So, this past week was a ton of fun! The team from Covenant school in Virginia left today and it was so great to get to know them and experience different ministries with them. For me, it was so neat to see how God can use everyone to do His work and how He brings certain people together for certain reasons. That was the third team I’ve done ministry with at El Puente, and it’s so cool to see how even though all of the teams are so different, it always works out so well!
They did lots of different ministries, including Corazon Contento, the dump, El Fortine (a church plant), the orphanage, and VBS at Luz Del Mundo and the train station. It was a blessing to see how willing they all were to serve and how much they blessed all those they came into contact with and how they were also blessed.
Today I went to church with my friend Francisco and that was a blast! It was “kids day”, so there was the regular church service, then a special message for the kids, and then a piñata! It was amazing and I got to meet more of Francisco’s family, so that was really cool. The pastor’s wife wants me to come back again next week, so I can help with the kid’s program and maybe do puppets, which I’m excited about!
I just really can’t say it enough how much of a wonderful place Nicaragua is to be and how God is so at work here. It’s been great going to the orphanage on a consistent basis and getting to help out, tutor, and play with the girls there. It's really neat to see how I'm getting to know them more and more each time I go, and how much fun we have.
Home of the Ancients is also such a great place! If you don’t already know, it’s a nursing home for older people, who have been abandoned by their family. It’s run by Catholic nuns, and we go and help them clean, do laundry, and the like, and then just get to talk and visit with some of the people there. I've gotten especially close to Needia, Miguel, and Louis, and they love to see and spend time with those who come.
The train station is still one of my favorite places, because so many of the kids there just need to know that someone loves them and cares for them, because it is a high risk place for abuse and the like. We did a VBS for the kids there twice this past week. One of the lessons was on loving your enemies and the other was on treating others how you want to be treated. Afterwards we did crafts and got to play with the kids, so that was awesome as always!
Random sidenote, but I highly recommend everyone read the book “The Irresistible Revolution”. I just got done with it and it is an amazing book!
Anyway, it’s so incredible and amazing to see how God is at work in so many areas. Please keep everyone here in your prayers, because prayer is the most powerful tool. If you have any questions about certain things I’m doing, feel free to ask :). Please let me know how everything is going for you!
"Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." -Colossians 3:12-14
your work is very nica...
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