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Newsletters
Jun 2010 |
Newsletters - Nov 2006Alongside Ministries en Nicaragua Dear Friends, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; With that charge we continue to move ahead, with our hand on the plough and not looking back with the guidance of the Lord in our ministry. Little Lighthouse Ministry Center
The Salt Shaker Christian Sports and Community Center The latest project at the Salt Shaker is the construction of a new library facility. It didn’t take long for us to realize that our current facility wasn’t going to be big enough to adequately house both the computer lab and library. So, to accommodate the increase in use, we have started another building that will be a dedicated library. Thanks to our good friends Wally and Carol Hedman and their church family at Congregational Christian Church in Naples, Florida the funds have been raised to see this through to completion and to begin to stock it with books. This library though, will be a bit different than most other libraries here in Nicaragua. This will be a lending library, where folks will actually be able to check out a book and take it home. This is a new concept to many here where thievery and distrust abound. We will be following a successful model that has been up and running in San Juan del Sur and are anticipating the same positive response from the community.
Is it too early to say Merry Christmas? We may not have another chance to say it before the holiday comes and goes. We are privileged to be able to travel back to Washington (via San Francisco to visit our son Brandon and his new wife and daughter) for Christmas and hope, as always, to see many of you while we are there. We will be hosting our 2nd annual Nica Night (invitation follows) and hope you will be able to fit it into your busy holiday schedule. While we are away from our home here in Nicaragua the Lord has provided a team from the Wenatchee, Washington area to come and house-sit for us. We don’t know them yet but are impressed by there involvement in a new ministry called Foundations. They are a group of 8 that will be culminating a time of intense study and personal growth with their trip here. They will be holding down the fort, doing some maintenance and work projects around the complex and ministering to the local youth through sports. Please pray for them – their fundraising, their travels and their time here. Another prayer request… please pray with us about the preschool scholarship program. It is a program to provide quality Christian education for the children who have completed our preschool program at El Farito. Please pray that God would reveal His will for this program through the financial support that we receive. We currently have 3 students completing Kindergarten and are planning to scholarship them in 1st grade but we don’t have the funds to add any new kindergarteners. We feel it is better to be consistent with those we have started rather than to move them back and forth between the private and public schools. School doesn’t start until February but we would like to inform the parents as soon as possible so that they can help us in preparation for the new school year. Please pray about this with us. Thank you. Thank you so much for your continuing support and friendship. We are reminded daily of our dependence on God and are so thankful for those reminders (although sometimes they are difficult) but we know that living in the palm of His hand is exactly where we want to be. He has brought us to where we are today and we know that He is leading and guiding our future. Please pray with us that we would have the eyes to see, the ears to hear, and the heart to follow.
Serving Together, Thank you for supporting our ministry in Nicaragua. Eastside Development |
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