Nicaragua
- July 14th-26th, 2005
Updated
August 11, 2005 (from
the pastor of the church in Nicaragua)
An Update
from REV. ISAEL LUNA R. Pastor
PRIMERA IGLESIA
BAUTISTA EMANUEL DE MASAYA, NICARAGUA
Brothers
GRACE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Santa Clarita
, California
Loved Ones by God and Brothers in
Jesus Christ:
Receive a sincere hello on our behalf.
Our cordial greeting is for all of
you wishing that our Lord almighty
will continue blessing you.
We are writing to you to acknowledge
you and to let you know that we are
highly appreciative with our Lord
and you as a church, to have allowed
this group of sisters and brothers
to come to visit us and work so effectively
on the Lord's kingdom in our country,
especially here in Masaya and its
surrounding areas.
The work of this group has been
a complete success. Brother Eugenio
(Gene Siwak) and Brother David (Cea)
have done a great job coordinating
and directing.
Our prayer is that the Lord protects
and strengthens you always. I want
to thank you on behalf of our Central
Church and the congregation for your
generous gift to continue the development
of this church and its congregation.
With our hearts filled with thankfulness
we wish that the Lord prospers you
now and always.
Fraternally,
REV.
ISAEL LUNA R. Pastor
PRIMERA IGLESIA
BAUTISTA EMANUEL DE MASAYA, NICARAGUA
Updated
Tuesday, July 26: from Team Leader
David Ceqa
Thank you
to all for your prayers for our team.
God had blessed us enormously on
this mission, and we were able to
do more than what we expected to
do. We are very thankful with
God - He has been with us from the
beginning to the end and we are very
happy we were able to glorify His
name. Our plane will be departing
from Nicaragua today at 3:45 PM and
is due to arrive at LAX at 11:55
PM. Thank you again for
your prayers.
Updated
Thursday, July 20:
We bring you greetings and an
update on the Nicaragua Team. Yesterday
was our first outing going door to
door and we began the VBS.
The Lord blessed us with
good weather - very hot, but
no rain: There was a tremendous
response by the people.
In the morning we contacted sixty-six
people, from which there were
twenty-two responses for people
to follow Christ.
(Praise the Lord!) and four reconcilations.
In the afternoon door-to-door,
we visted thirteen homes, having
two reconcilations.
We
were blessed with 115 children
coming to the first day of VBS,
and also had seventeen adults in
attendance.
Please
continue praying for us for strength
and health and safety for
the entire team, as we continue
doing the work of God.
Today we begin day two of VBS
and we pray for salvations. We
are expecting more children to come,
and we are prepared to see many children
come to know the Lord.
Blessings,
Nicaragua TEAM 2005
Updated
Monday, July 18:
We arrived
safely and with no troubles at the
airport. Pastor Luna and his staff
were there to greet us and they
transported us to the hotel where
we rested and prepared for our first
weekend. Every single member of the
team is doing well and in good spirits,
ready to take on the challenges before
us. The climate has been a bit of
an adjustment because it has been
raining and hot and humid.
On Friday,
we attended the first service at
Emanuel Baptist. Pastor Cea was asked
to give the devotional that evening
and we were greeted by the congregation.
On Saturday, we attended our first
seminar at the Church Emanuel were
Ana Carolina Cea addressed the ladies
of the congregation. On Sunday, we
had a beautiful morning service where
we met the rest of the congregation.
.
It is now
Monday morning, it has been raining
throughout the night. We would
ask for prayer at this time as we
begin our door to door and VBS ministries
at the local missions.
We are so thankful for all your
prayers and support and we count
it a blessing to serve our Lord in
the country of Nicaragua .
God bless,
NICARAGUA
TEAM
2005
Thursday,
July 14:
Team Nicaragua
was sent off by a gathering of folks
who came to pray with them. Pray
for travel safety and for their ministry
when they arrive in country.
Team
Nicaragua
David
Cea – Team Leader
Ana
Carolina Cea – Assistant Team
Leader
Josue
Cea
Sara
Dean
Domingo
Fuentes
Greta
Fuentes
Marianela
Fuentes
Ramiro
Fuentes
Ana
Marmol
Ricardo
Marmol
Chris Meehan
Ministries:
Vacation Bible School, Youth outreach,
evangelism and compassion ministries
in Nicaraguan churches
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