Based in Managua, reaching out to Nicaragua: Christ for the City International.
With the Summer STM Slam upon us, Missions Minded will take a backseat for a couple of weeks. Amber and I will be in Niquinohomo for a week with a youth team from Grace Church in Greenville, SC. Then I will be pulling the back-to-back, serving in Diriamaba with another youth team, this one from [...]
Read full post...We appreciate your ongoing prayers as we serve with Christ for the City International in Nicaragua! Amber and I rely on our team of prayer warriors for encouragement and support. Here is our current list of prayer requests and praise reports:
Ministry responsibilities. We ask that you would pray for God’s direction and wisdom as our [...]
Read full post...The “Summer STM (short-term mission) Slam” is upon us. The first mission team of the summer arrives today from Charlotte. And following this one will be six more teams in the next eight weeks! Here’s CFCI-Nicaragua’s summer:
June 16-24 - Mosaic Church - Teacher Training
June 24-July 2 - Grace Church - Youth Ministry
July 2-11 - Emmanuel [...]
Nicaragua is dealing with major economic woes. The price of food and water is going up daily, it seems. (By my estimation, prices have gone up by about 20 to 30 percent since we arrived in March.)
And gasoline is now over $5.00 per gallon (that’s $5.00 per gallon).
I know that a lot of Americans are [...]
I received an email this morning from Linda in our “Link Group” at Seacoast asking about how we’re doing after Tropical Storm Alma. I realized that I never updated you on the direct impact of the storm on us here in Managua. (Thank you, Linda, for the reminder!)
The CFCI missionaries here were not [...]
This storm is turning out to be nastier than expected:
“The fast-growing storm took forecasters and many in Central America by surprise. Residents scrambled to prepare for the storm before it hit.”
Turns out we weren’t the only ones completely caught off guard. Read the full USA Today story here.
Please pray for Nicaraguans in the path [...]
I promise, this will be the last “re-run.” But if you didn’t catch this video first time, now you can download on YouTube or iTunes! This video is from the Kirk of the Hills medical mission trip in Rivas, Nicaragua.
Watch on YouTube (lower video quality, but faster download) or below…
