Thanks to everyone for your prayers through a very busy and blessed month in August. Two days after the Carlsbad, California team left, David flew to Managua, Nicaragua to prepare for another team that would work in the southern part of Nicaragua. This was a very special trip for many reasons.
The team which came from Yakima, WA, was a great group and they brought in a full set of Jesus Film equipment which will stay with the Nicaragua South district to be used in church planting.
This was also special because we worked on the largest freshwater island in the world, Ometepe Island, which is in Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in the Central America.
Yes, there are two volcanoes on Lake Ometepe.
However, the most special opportunity was the chance to work in help planting a new cell group in an area with a very small evangelical presence. We worked in the community of Altagracia (in English this means “high grace”). Altagracia is the largest community on the island and God opened many doors of ministry.
The team from Yakima was a living witness of the love and compassion of Christ during the day as they painted walls around the city park...
and painted the front wall of the local high school and the auditorium...
as well as passing out Jesus Film invitations in the community and the high school. In the evenings we showed the Jesus Film in the city park and saw 39 decisions for Jesus Christ.
Please pray for Pastor Oscar Lopez who is the pastor of the mother church as he and his church continue to follow up with the new believers. Pastor Oscar pastors another church on Ometepe Island and has a great love for the Lord and the people in Altagracia.
The team also spent two days working in the Bible Institute in San Jorge after returning to the mainland as they did plumbing repairs and more painting on existing facilities.
The Bible Institute is a very important part of the history of the Church of the Nazarene in Nicaragua as the first Church of the Nazarene in Nicaragua was built in San Jorge in 1945 and the Bible Institute opened in 1948. The institute is used for many district events including a youth camp where over 300 youth attended in July.
The Nicaragua South district is the biggest of the four districts in Nicaragua with 62 churches as they just organized 5 new churches this year.
The District Superintendent, Gerardo Reyes, painting and cutting down some cocos.
We want to thank Steve, Zach, Erica, Kaitlin, Nick, Samantha, Jessica, Chris, Joel, Dan, Janelle, and Gavi for all their hard work and desire to see God’s kingdom grow in Nicaragua (hope I spelled everyone’s name right!).
After David arrived home on August 28, Shelley, David and Kayley flew to Guatemala on August 29 to be interviewed by the Regional Advisory Council. But we'll tell you more about that next week!
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Cor. 15:58
In Christ,
The Webbs
Prayer requests:
Please pray for our next two teams who will be coming in October. These teams are from Roseburg, OR and from the Eastern Kentucky District.
Please pray for Joshua and Kayley as they start the new school year. Pray for organizational skills and acclamating to a new schedule both for Kayley in 5th grade and Joshua in 9th grade.
Please pray for Shelley as she works with almost 500 children in child sponsorship and all the responsibilities this entails.
Please pray for David as he will travel to all 4 districts in Nicaragua the 21st through the 26th of September with Rev. Mike Dennis. Brother Mike will be giving workshops on preaching and sermon construction with an emphasis on preaching holiness.
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What a good report. We still think about the Nicaragua trip. Steve wonders how your Regional Directors meeting went for you. You sound very busy, but we know that God blesses you because it is for Him.
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