Hi everybody,
David just returned from a trip to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua and surrounding areas with a Jesus Film team from Grandview, Washington. The picture at the top shows David with Angel and Feliciano. Feliciano, who is in the middle, is from Masaya which is in the central part of Nicaragua and has been recently assigned as a missionary within the district to work in the Puerto Cabezas area. His goal is to raise up pastors and 4 new churches in this area this year.
Thanks for everyone’s prayers as God continues to move in truly amazing ways in Nicaragua. We received many answers to prayer through out this trip.
After the team from Grandview, WA arrived in Managua on Tuesday February 5, we flew out February 6 to Puerto Cabezas which is an area on the northeastern part of Nicaragua. In this part of Nicaragua, the indigenous people are Miskito and they also speak the language called Miskito. The Miskito live in areas of southern Honduras and Northern Nicaragua. Although many people speak Spanish, Miskito is their heart language and, praise the Lord, Miskito is one of the 1,031 languages that the Jesus Film is now shown in. Although it is a beautiful language, I am only able to speak a few phrases.
The team from Grandview was outstanding to work with and I want to give a special thank you to Benno, Teresa, Woodie, Sherrie, Leroy, Susan, Ruth, Ron, Ruben, Abner, Courtnee and Vanessa for a job well done. We are also so thankful for the local leaders in Nicaragua who are working so hard with limited resources in the work in Puerto Cabezas.
The team by the Caribbean Coast
Many beautiful smiles and beautiful children
We had a wonderful time as we received a warm reception through out our trip. Although this area suffered much devastation from Hurricane Felix in September, people met us with smiles wherever we went. Many people suffer greatly as many crops were severely damaged and there are many basic medical needs that are unmet. After a day of getting everything in place, we traveled to the village of Santa Marta last Thursday where some of the team gave medical care to 76 people while others played soccer with kids and shared the gospel through the evangecubes.
There are still many reminders of Hurricane Felix
On Friday, we traveled to Sisin where we painted the city park and again had a chance to share the gospel in many ways. The team had trouble staying busy as people in the community kept volunteering to take the wire brushes to clean and the paint brushes to paint. One of my favorite moments is when a six year old girl scolded one of the members on the team for his sweeping style and promptly took the broom away from him! We also were able to sample the delicacy of turtle eggs while we were there, yum!
Turtle eggs and help from all ages
On Saturday, some of the team worked with kids in the neighborhood of Loma Verde while others went to the prison. Members of the team cut over 20 heads of hair (one of our team members with clippers chased one fellow with a pony tail, but the prisoner wasn’t about to give it up) and those in the team with medical specialties treated over 40 prisoners. We praise God as 10 prisoners accepted Christ after presentations of the evangecubes during this time.
Evangecube presentation during a haircut
Of course the presentations of the Jesus Film were especially impacting. Many of us agreed that the scene of Jesus calming the storm created some conversation in the crowds as they had so recently experienced a Category 5 hurricane. Yet, no matter how great our needs I am reminded constantly that our God meets the greatest needs of all—forgiveness and new life in Christ. After four days of ministry and presentations of the Jesus Film we saw over 650 people attend the Jesus Film presentations and 148 decisions to follow Jesus Christ. It was very impacting to see how much the people responded to hearing this film in their language.
Decisions for Christ on Friday evening
Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Puerto Cabezas as there is great need and great opportunity to minister to the body, soul and spirit there. Also please pray for our local leader Feliciano Perez as the real work is just beginning as he and other leaders continue to disciple and to train the new believers.
We rejoice in the fact that in the face of hardships of many kinds we serve a God that can meet all needs. It can be overwhelming at times but we remember that Christ fulfills the Scripture, The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Luke 4:18-19. Praise the Lord, whatever our past, we have a Savior and Lord who desires to have a relationship with each one of us and to fill our lives with His presence. And He truly does set us free.
We can say with our brothers and sisters in Puerto Cabezas, Dawan pain sa (God is good).
Dawan yamni mai munbia ("God bless you" in Miskito)
The Webb family
David just returned from a trip to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua and surrounding areas with a Jesus Film team from Grandview, Washington. The picture at the top shows David with Angel and Feliciano. Feliciano, who is in the middle, is from Masaya which is in the central part of Nicaragua and has been recently assigned as a missionary within the district to work in the Puerto Cabezas area. His goal is to raise up pastors and 4 new churches in this area this year.
Thanks for everyone’s prayers as God continues to move in truly amazing ways in Nicaragua. We received many answers to prayer through out this trip.
After the team from Grandview, WA arrived in Managua on Tuesday February 5, we flew out February 6 to Puerto Cabezas which is an area on the northeastern part of Nicaragua. In this part of Nicaragua, the indigenous people are Miskito and they also speak the language called Miskito. The Miskito live in areas of southern Honduras and Northern Nicaragua. Although many people speak Spanish, Miskito is their heart language and, praise the Lord, Miskito is one of the 1,031 languages that the Jesus Film is now shown in. Although it is a beautiful language, I am only able to speak a few phrases.
The team from Grandview was outstanding to work with and I want to give a special thank you to Benno, Teresa, Woodie, Sherrie, Leroy, Susan, Ruth, Ron, Ruben, Abner, Courtnee and Vanessa for a job well done. We are also so thankful for the local leaders in Nicaragua who are working so hard with limited resources in the work in Puerto Cabezas.
The team by the Caribbean Coast
Many beautiful smiles and beautiful children
We had a wonderful time as we received a warm reception through out our trip. Although this area suffered much devastation from Hurricane Felix in September, people met us with smiles wherever we went. Many people suffer greatly as many crops were severely damaged and there are many basic medical needs that are unmet. After a day of getting everything in place, we traveled to the village of Santa Marta last Thursday where some of the team gave medical care to 76 people while others played soccer with kids and shared the gospel through the evangecubes.
There are still many reminders of Hurricane Felix
On Friday, we traveled to Sisin where we painted the city park and again had a chance to share the gospel in many ways. The team had trouble staying busy as people in the community kept volunteering to take the wire brushes to clean and the paint brushes to paint. One of my favorite moments is when a six year old girl scolded one of the members on the team for his sweeping style and promptly took the broom away from him! We also were able to sample the delicacy of turtle eggs while we were there, yum!
Turtle eggs and help from all ages
On Saturday, some of the team worked with kids in the neighborhood of Loma Verde while others went to the prison. Members of the team cut over 20 heads of hair (one of our team members with clippers chased one fellow with a pony tail, but the prisoner wasn’t about to give it up) and those in the team with medical specialties treated over 40 prisoners. We praise God as 10 prisoners accepted Christ after presentations of the evangecubes during this time.
Evangecube presentation during a haircut
Of course the presentations of the Jesus Film were especially impacting. Many of us agreed that the scene of Jesus calming the storm created some conversation in the crowds as they had so recently experienced a Category 5 hurricane. Yet, no matter how great our needs I am reminded constantly that our God meets the greatest needs of all—forgiveness and new life in Christ. After four days of ministry and presentations of the Jesus Film we saw over 650 people attend the Jesus Film presentations and 148 decisions to follow Jesus Christ. It was very impacting to see how much the people responded to hearing this film in their language.
Decisions for Christ on Friday evening
Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Puerto Cabezas as there is great need and great opportunity to minister to the body, soul and spirit there. Also please pray for our local leader Feliciano Perez as the real work is just beginning as he and other leaders continue to disciple and to train the new believers.
We rejoice in the fact that in the face of hardships of many kinds we serve a God that can meet all needs. It can be overwhelming at times but we remember that Christ fulfills the Scripture, The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Luke 4:18-19. Praise the Lord, whatever our past, we have a Savior and Lord who desires to have a relationship with each one of us and to fill our lives with His presence. And He truly does set us free.
We can say with our brothers and sisters in Puerto Cabezas, Dawan pain sa (God is good).
Dawan yamni mai munbia ("God bless you" in Miskito)
The Webb family
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