CFCI-Nicaragua

We’ve been blog slackers for more than a month now! Today’s blog entry is my attempt to plead for your forgiveness — and to catch you up on what we’ve been up to since our last post. So, before I go any further, please forgive us for neglecting our loyal blog readers (i.e you!).
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This month Christ for the City Nicaragua celebrates our 7th anniversary er uh Birthday.  I am not really sure which one it is! Nonetheless, we are 7 years young. It is remarkable to reflect on all the things that God has done through His servants here in Nicaragua in such a short time.
Since the idea [...]

Amber, Mary, Fabricio, and Alcides will be with a medical mission team from Grace Church in Greenville, SC this week in southern Nicaraguan city of Rivas (Amber and Mary for the full 9 days, Fabricio and Alcides for half of the week). As with all mission teams, we’re asking for your prayers this week for [...]

My neighbor needs Christ. For some time I have felt drawn to reach out to her. Not too long ago, I went over to her house and asked her if she would ever be interested in reading the Bible together. Because she grew up on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, she speaks both English and [...]

The past month has been been full of incredible meetings with great teachers at Colegio Hosanna Sur. Julie and I have had tremendous opportunities to encourage and equip teachers all while building relationships with the administration and the students. What a blessing it has been.
Today we had the opportunity to [...]

This week we’ve written about how the global recession has affected Nicaragua and our steps of faith as a ministry in creating our 2009 budget. Today I want to tell you about another effect of the economic downturn and ask for your fervent prayers.
Two of our missionaries (our only native Nicaraguans at CFCI-Nicaragua), Fabricio and [...]

Many Americans are extremely worried about the U.S. economy and the prospect of a worldwide economic crisis (and rightly so). But at times like this we forget how blessed we are — and how much overwhelming need continues to exist around the world.  Here are some sobering statistics about the global recession’s tremendous impact on [...]