A group of 20 medical personnel and volunteers just returned from a great experience of helping people in need in three communities near Somotillo, one of the poorest areas in Nicaragua. People came from up to 5 ½ hours away walking to be able to see a doctor. They went away not only with the appropriate medicine, but also having received the dignity of being heard and loved by someone who cared. Many received counseling and prayer to address personal and spiritual needs as well. They also had the opportunity to hear the Gospel in love. In total, about 1,700 people were attended in a span of 5 days of clinics.
The most exciting part, however, is the fact that we were there working as servants through the Nicaraguan Conservative Baptist Church Association, which had already been meeting with people in these areas, planting spiritual seeds. Now, they have many more contacts and invitations to houses in these three villages as well as many of the surrounding villages where there are no churches. The ministry was used as a catalyst to exponentially expand the ministry in this remote part of the country, and the harvest is ready. There are several trained leaders in the ministry ready to go to reap the harvest. Please pray that God will provide the resources to send them and provide what is necessary for the ministry. Pray for the community leaders of San Ramon, who God has already used to impact the community for good, so that they can know the full joy of knowing Christ.
One of the communities we worked in was called Bonete, where the Nicaraguan ministry already has plans to invest in economic development projects to provide a church, clean water and sanitation to start, and also agricultural training and housing in the future.
If you would like to help support the Nicaraguan ministry to send ministers to this area or with the economic development projects, please go to the online giving tab on the home page, and follow the directions, choosing to give to Nicaraguan ministry option. Please let me know if you would like further info on the trip, the Nicaraguan ministry, or if you would be interested in a future medical mission.
Mike Najjar