March 2012
Harding University
the church and simply being a blessing to Nicaragua.

Interns
March brought this year’s first internship completions. Niki Starks and Tessa Savage spent six weeks with us. Tessa is a student a Freed Hardman and Niki works with a traveling children’s ministry. They did a number of different things while they were here. They will probably be remember by most is Niki making some great costumes for our Bible Adventures and Tessa building rabbit houses for Hope4Life. They were such a blessing during their time in Nicaragua.Hope For Life
Good Friends
Coleman Lemmons also came to visit in March. Coleman is a very special family friend (there is more I could say about that). Coleman’s daughter, Michael, is working for a few years with a mission project in Honduras. His son Sean-Breden will intern with us this summer. Porfilio Molina, Luis Gracia, David Henninger and Luis Prada have been working to develop a program working with the Youth Judge in Jinotega for at-risk youth. Coleman is a professional counselor and met with them to advise a little in the development of this program and plans to work with it more as it continues to develop.Ladies’ Day
Travels
Donna and I left mid March for a longer (4 weeks) trip to the states. The trip gave us opportunity to visit with congregations and individuals from Oklahoma to Florida concerning the mission, allowing us to say “thank you” to so many for their continued support for this Mission for Christ and the tell the story of God’s tremendous blessings for the first time to many.News From the Rio Cocco
We had a great trip on the river last week. There were three Nicaraguan brothers, Chris Counts (his first time out) and myself. We visited a total of five communities along the river and were able to distribute hunger relief dry soup packs to all of them. We also had the chance to worship with the believers in San Andres and one of the other communities (I'm sorry I can't remember the name right now). Alberto Lopez from Jinotega and Anjel, the preacher in Pantasma, were able to share the Word of God on both of those occasions. I was particularly excited to visit with a sister in San Andres who we had baptized three trips earlier. I was really happy to see her continuing to be a part of the Lord's church and growing in Christ. We were also excited to be able to purchase hand-carved toy boats from some of the young boys in the community of Esperanza. This is an exceptional way to help people capitalize on their strengths, shifting away from asking people, "What are your problems and how can we fix them?" to asking, "What are your strengths and how can you use them to better yourself and your community?" It was an exceptional blessing to us to be able to help those boys benefit from their God given talents. Thank you so much for helping to make these trips possible!
Deputy Director Jonathan Holland
The List
Please contact us today on how you can partner with…- …us to reach our goal to secure 25,000 Bibles for Nicaragua.
- …us to support “Just One More” child or school.
- …us to build one more house, school or location for a congregation of the church.
- …us to support the planting on one more congregation.
- …us to provide food to one more community with funds for shipping of an additional container.
- …us by purchasing a goat for Hope4Life.
- … us with the purchasing medicine for the Clinica Medica.
- …us with your prayers.
Because of Him,
Benny and Donna