It is an exciting time in life and ministry of Beyond Partnership. Thank you for your past financial support—and more importantly—your prayer support. As you may know, we are transitioning from our former umbrella organization, Missions Door, to become our own independent mission. This transition will officially be complete on June 1 of this year. Please do not send any future donations to Missions Door, whether by check, credit card or by automatic Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Missions Door will no longer be receiving donations for us after the separation. You may have already received a letter from Missions Door about this. If you are making electronic transfers (EFT) through Missions Door, you will need to contact Missions Door at 303.308.1818 or Finance@MissionsDoor.org to discontinue your electronic transfers.

As you continue to support us financially, you may do so by either one of two methods. The first is to send a check as you may have already been doing, just making the check out to Beyond Partnership, and sending it to Beyond Partnership, PO Box 5180, Sacramento, CA 95817-0180.

Or if you want to make an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or use your credit card, go to our website, www.beyondpartnership.org and make your donations through our secure online service. On the home page, just go to Online Giving in the upper right-hand corner, and then follow the easy directions. You may choose to make a special, one-time donation or a recurring one as well, such as once a month, quarter or year. Whichever method you choose, you will promptly receive a receipt from Beyond Partnership for your tax deductible donation which you should keep in your records.

If you haven’t been a donor up to this point, please prayerfully consider supporting one of our missionaries, ministries or projects. It’s easy to start your giving online.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and financial support. We pray for you often, and ask that the Lord will continue to bless you and fill you. Your love for us is very encouraging, and allows us to go on loving others and tell them how good our God is.

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

mike@beyondpartnership.org

April 28, 2010

Greetings from snowy…yes, snowy upstate NY!  We are looking forward seeing more spring-like weather this weekend!

On Friday March 26th, we returned home from Siguatepeque along with a wonderful team (The FrontLine 9) from McLean Bible Church (VA).  Once again, God’s love prevailed and He revealed to us how He is working in the lives of our brothers and sisters in Christ in the village called, “Las Colinas” just outside of Siguatepeque  Honduras!  The team was blessed to spend time with Ambrocio Cordova and his family – Ambrocio serves in the Siguatepeque region as a church planter and director of the HEBI-West (Honduras Extension Bible Institute).

To clarify things, “cheque-leque” is much like “okee-dokee” in English but one of the Cordova’s sons, Josue would extend the expression to make a rhyming “sentence” but most times what results is something simple, like “okee-dokee- artichokee”…well, after a few days of hard work, these things are funny!  Out of context, maybe not, but bear with me!  So, here is one for the records “cheque-leque, no compro panqueques  porque hay bistec en Siguatepeque”.  This definitely was not the highlight of the trip, but I did need to explain my eye catching title, didn’t I?

Steve Reed and I met the team at the San Pedro Sula airport and the challenges began right away – four of the team members’ luggage never made it to Honduras.  Note to oneself – pack some essential in carry-on luggage just in case!  You can tell the character of a team when they are faced with challenges – and we knew immediately that this team was prepared and ready to serve regardless of the obstacles they face!

I think the most incredible time was after our longest workday – we arrived right at Sunrise…the village was still somewhat asleep but as the sun rose, the birds and people began to stir.  We were able to share a devotional time before the work began – that time together with God was truly special!  Our task for the day was to pour concrete for the 2nd floor’s floor which also served and the roof for the first floor.  After this project, the congregation will now be able to worship in a DRY sanctuary!!

To say this was a long day would not suffice – we began shortly after sunrise and it was completely dark when the last buckets were passed and the final portion of the floor was hand leveled by one of our Honduras brothers.  The very sweetest time for me was the spontaneous worship that followed.  Pastor Miguel offered prayers and we celebrated together as a family!

Over this short period of time we worked hard together, shared meals with local families and played with their children.  God had created extended families for all of us and it was evident from the stories shared by team members and the local families as well.  It was truly a double blessing!  The team then understood more clearly that this was more about relationships than it was about completing the building!

I was blessed by being able to travel to McLean Bible Church a couple weeks after the project for their Community Night in which Global Impact teams can return and give a report of their experiences.  It was a real privilege to be able to share this time with the team and as a special treat, Ambrocio Cordova, the missionary we served with in Siguatepeque was also able to be there!  We look forward to the opportunity of working alongside another team from McLean Bible Church!

And now, a little over one month since our return, I still have fond memories and have some new friends…and I thank God for allowing me to share this experience with the “FrontLine 9″ and the great people of Las Colinas!

Peace,

Rick Myers – rick@beyondpartnership.org