Nicaragua Mission Team #4 Update

In the month of August, M.U.D. Ministries mobilized 14 people to go on international missions to Nicaragua. We went to a new area and worked with pastors and churches that have not had any missionaries working with them in recent years. This mission trip was probably the most spiritually healthy trip that we have led in many years; we were very impressed with the commitment and diligence of the local pastors and churches. These churches had resolved to do God’s Work, God’s Way many years ago and were established on a Biblical standard.

Berea Baptist Church was located in Managua and was only a few blocks away from the Jehovah Witness Headquarters of Central America. Pastor Jorge and his members were faithfully out witnessing with our team and very involved in the evangelism. The brothers and sisters were strong in evangelism and discipleship. The congregation was small and met in a rented house with an open courtyard. It was stirring to see some neighbor children looking over the wall and listening to the services. The pastor’s wife, Doris, found out the week we were there that she has a tumor, and she’s having it removed later in the month. They will determine then if it is cancerous. Please pray for this dear sister; she’s in her mid twenties, and she doesn’t look well. They have one small son and care for their twin nieces.

Los Cedros (The Cedars) Baptist Church was also a blessing to serve. Pastor Adonis has been there for 9 years, and he is only 30 years old. This congregation is in the center of a poor community, and several spiritually unhealthy groups have come in, and there is a lot of confusion about what salvation is. Pastor Adonis has a solid in-road to the local school and community. He has invited us to come back in October and preach at a large evangelistic outreach and do a women’s conference. This will be their first community-wide outreach and would impact several thousand people. We are renting out the local school’s facilities for the event. We are praying for souls!

The Pastors’ Conference and Women’s Conference were amazing to say the least! They both had a distinctively Biblically healthy approach and were very Bible-saturated. Rebekah taught the women of Berea Baptist and Los Cedros Baptist the book of Ruth, and two other pastors and I taught a Pastors’ Conference, emphasizing the Sufficiency of Scripture in Preaching and Biblical Church Discipline. It is so easy to follow tradition or what we think is best. We communicated very thoroughly that we are called to preach the Gospel and to restore those people who are in our churches to health God’s Way! This will allow us to not be found as a compromiser and idolater.

We are servants to our Savior, and we need your prayers and support as we prepare to return to Nicaragua in October to work with these local churches again. If you are interested in going with us or supporting our work there, please let us know! Pray for Nicaragua!