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Malacatoya Spanish for “worst road in Nicaragua.”

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The Nicaragua Bible School Finishied its third year of classes in November. 

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  • Masatepe
    January 05, 2011
    Pray for the continued growth both in number and in spiritual depth of this rural church.
  • Masatepe
    January 12, 2011
    Pray for the health of the pastor's family, Jose and Benarda.
  • Masatepe
    January 19, 2011
    Pray for unity in the congregation.  The majority of attenders are women who are in charge of single parent households
  • Masatepe
    January 26, 2011

    The congregation lives at the edge of extreme poverty, pray for the Lord to supply their needs.

  • Good Shepherd Church
    February 02, 2011

    Pray for Pastor Narciso for his leadership in the church and community, for the Lord to encourage him.

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Missionary Journey # 4 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julie Eckhardt   
Thursday, 05 August 2010 22:29

August 1st marked the beginning of our fourth term with Global Partners.  Jim and Lizzie arrived in Marion, IN for Jim to attend classes at Wesley Seminary while Matt and Julie flew to Managua, Nicaragua to get resettled in our home before Matt starts classes on August 8th.

The coming three years promise to be interesting as our previous three terms.  In addition to our ministry in Nicaragua, we will resume development of the IBWWW.ORG website and theological education by extension materials in Latin America.

Honduras is the newest country that will be using Ibwww materials to train leaders.  In September they will be starting a Bible school with the help of visiting pastors and ibwww materials.  class in El Salvador

There are currently over 60 active students that are using the website and study materials. Our goal is to provide access to theological education for all who desire to prepare themselves for ministry and ordination in the Wesleyan church,especially in those countries that have no Wesleyan education institutions .  We currently have 4 classes complete of the 24 required for ordination.  We have an additional class ready to be published and 3 classes in various stages of development by teachers on the IBWWW team. 

We appreciate your prayers and partnership as we work toward completing most of the core courses during this missionary term.
Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 23:22
 
Skirts, Skirts and more skirts PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julie Eckhardt   
Monday, 09 August 2010 16:33

The last 10 months that we were in Nicaragua, a building for the Cristo es el Camino church  was constructed.  Jim spent alot of time with Pastor Alfonso through the planning and construction.  A dream of a vocational school at the church site began to take place.  In July the first sewing classes were started.  Seven ladies are enrolled and I got to visit class today--August 8th. 

They were making skirts:  measuring and cutting out patterns, so far they have covered 3 different styles. Next week they will bring material and cut out their patterns and begin to sew. 

If you would like to join in this ministry of a trade school please direct your giving to the Nicaragua Compassionate Ministries fund
WM06-1260.  Thanks First Wesleyan church of Rapid City for your partnership with the sewing machines and supplies!!
Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 23:35
 
Trade School Plans Moving Forward PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julie Eckhardt   
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 23:41

 

During construction of the Jesucristo es el Camino Church in Managua last year, Pastor Alfonso, the job foreman, and a few of the workers began to dream and plan for the possibility of a vocational school where the youth and the unemployed in and around the new church could learn skills to provide an economic future for themselves and their families.  Unemployment in Nicaragua is anywhere from 26 to 80% depending on the area.  We hope to be able to teach some basic skills and then help people get set up in small businesses.

Currently, they are in the early stages of the project, however, in the future the vocational school will teach skills in carpentry, masonry, ironwork, sewing, cooking and several other areas as opportunities arise.  
 
 
One of the ways that you or your group could be involved is to purchase the following items as we move forward with this project:
 
 $300      Oven for baking bread/cakes.  

 $100      Kitchen kit:  basic kitchen utensils for bread/cake making

 $75         Baker's basket:   All ingredients needed to get started making bread  (flour, sugar, oil, ect  (bread and birthday cakes are the  most  marketable baked goods)

$150        Welder (the Nicaraguan kind are a homemade stick welders that work on 110, they actually  work  better in Nicaragua because of power fluctuations.)

$50         Carpenter's tool belt tool belt   misc. tools for home repair

$34         Street vendor's pack a basket filled with gum suckers and other things for people to sell on the street corners.  

$200       Sewing machine

$75        Seamstress pack:  kit for sewing, patterns, material, thread,  scissors, ect 

Send you donations to Global Partners, the project number is WM 06-1260.  For more information please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:17
 
New Child Sponsorship Program PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Eckhardt   
Thursday, 05 August 2010 17:39

In April 2010, a transition was made with the Hope for the Children sponsorships in our schools in Nicaragua to a different foundation.  In an effort to focus ministry activities in other parts of the world, World Hope investigated other avenues for people to continue to sponsor their kids in Nicaragua they found that avenue in the Nicaragua Children's Education Foundation. 

For more information on how you can sponsor a child in Nicaragua please contact Bill Beltz at http://www.nicefoundation.org/sponsorachild.html .  Our schools in Nicaragua are providing a Christian education to hundreds of children how would not otherwise be able to attend school where they receive a quality education.

 

 
Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 23:36
 
IBWWW Extension to Open PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julie Eckhardt   
Friday, 05 February 2010 13:49

 

Last week we received an email from the District Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church of El Salvador. René was excited to let me know they were opening up a Bible school this month using extension materials that were developed by the Ibwww.org team.

We are praying that this will be the first of many extension Bible institutes that will use our materials.   We still have many countries that don't have training programs for their pastor and leaders. This is huge challenge and we just wanted to thank you for being a part of it.  

 
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 23:57
 

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