My Work in Nicaragua

MY PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 24:7.

So the children can know Him, the children

first of all need to know Jesus

as their Savior from Sin

This is always my first priority in every class. 

MY FIRST 12 YEARS I WORKED FULL TIME IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MANAGUA

 

Each year I typically went to 3-4 public schools per year,

teaching the Bible in 12-14 classrooms per week like this one

and evangelizing on average 600-700 students per year.

Students from Raphaela School had invited me

to their end of school year celebration. At the

end they gave me some hand made gifts!

2. MY WORK IN BACK YARD BIBLE CLUBS

Views on the Island

Teaching/Ministry Centre for children 

On Ometepe. Our prayer is in Jeremiah 24 vs. 7

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

Our Vision- To have a teaching centre for kids, Day camps, 

and retreat centre.

We are located in the Municipality of Santa Cruz, traveling 

towards Balgue, at the base of Maderas Volcanoe

We are 5 minutes away from a natural spring originating 

from the Volcanoe where one can go swimming

Training Courses for teachers

FIRST OFFICIAL INTRODUCTORY COURSE FROM CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWHSIP  GIVEN ON THE ISLAND

OF OMETEPE 

A little over a year ago, I had my first meeting with pastors from over 40

churches on the Island of Ometepe. In October of last year we gave

our first Introductory course in Santa Cruz. 

A total of 25 students attended our first course.

Here I am teaching about the preparation and study of a Bible lesson

for children. We also teach many other topics, with the focus on evangelization.

Pastor Gustavo Ortiz is helping me with the preparation and teaching of the Bible 

Memory verse.

The introductory course is just a quick over view of our more intense courses.

But its focus is to give vision to the Sunday School teachers in 

the churches to move out of their churches

and reach the children in their communities. 

SECOND OFFICIAL INTRODUCTORY COURSE GIVEN ON THE ISLAND

OF OMETEPE 

 Peter teaching the preparation and teaching

of Bible verse to children

 Yesenia, giving the theory on preparation and

teaching of a song to children

 Yesenia giving the example of 

the teaching a song to the children in class

 Peter giving class, teaching how to present the message of Salvation

to children. A total of 25 students

from 10 churches in the Moyogalpa area came

to attend the 5 hour, 1 day course.  

Fund Raising

Just a Cup coffee buys locally grown, fair trade coffee beans from Nicaragua and sells the coffee in local markets to raise funds for our kids in feeding centre. Just one cup feeds a child.

Baking and apple sales, a fund raising dinner were organized this year, all assist to promote our work with the kids.

Every week 12-14 dozen butter tarts are prepared in preparation for coffee sales at our local market.

About the same amount of muffins are baked every week for those who prefers these to drink
with their coffee.

Not only muffins and butter tarts, but cookies are baked for selling.

Every other month my parents make a 2 hour trip to get over 100 pounds of coffee roasted.

These coffee beans are purchase as fare trade beans direct from Nicaragua.