Completion! Garcia House Update

I praise the Lord that the Garcia House is completed! As you know, M.U.D. Ministries is committed to training pastors and sharing the Gospel in Nicaragua; however, from time to time we will take on a construction project. This project was for the Garcia children to whom Rebekah and I are very close. Many of you have met these children and know their situation personally. These children have been cared for by the orphanage most of their lives. In Nicaragua, when you become 18 years old, you can no longer be under the guardianship of an orphanage and cannot live at an orphanage unless you work there. Sometimes an orphan is removed and placed with a “relative.” The oldest of the Garcia children, Esther, turns 18 on September 1st, of this year. She had already received a letter informing her she was being placed with a “relative” in 2009. (This particular type of move reflects a government decision to reduce the number of orphanages in Nicaragua and is affecting hundreds of children, not always for the best.) We arranged it so that she could stay at the orphanage until her home was built, with the understanding that she would leave then and take her siblings with her to be under her guardianship.

Soon, Esther will be leaving the care of the orphanage and moving into her new home. Esther has 2 years of public school left, while the youngest brother, Nelson, is only 11 years old and has several more school years ahead of him. With that in mind, if you would like to sponsor one of the Garcia children, you can do that for $25 a month or $300 a year. This will help in providing for them.

Their home was 100% provided by M.U.D. Ministries. This home and property will be the Garcia children’s. The Lord used our partners to supply the majority of the financial means to complete this home. With people like you partnering with us, we have been able to build this house and lightly furnish their home with the essentials like beds, one dresser, fire stove, pots and pans, 4 plastic chairs, and one plastic table. Hopefully, in the near future, we will have the means to provide a few more things for them. We feel that the Lord placed this family in our lives for us to help and minister to them. You can be a part of ministering to the fatherless through M.U.D. Ministries. Please pray specifically for the Garcia children as they enter this part of their lives. I know that they are trusting the Lord, and we are in contact with them if anything may come up. Your partnerships help us meet the physical and spiritual needs of these children.

We are currently preparing a monthly budget for the Garcia children and getting a system in place to be assured that these children are doing well and are having their needs met. If you feel that the Lord would have you be a sponsor, please make a note on your donation: Suggested Use Garcia Children. This will allow us to direct the funds to these children.