MannaFest 2023

Deuteronomy 15:11

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you “you shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor in your land”.

As we begin our annual Mannafest fund drive, I am asking for your help. Please be in prayer about what you can donate. One Mannafest bag will feed a family of 6 for 1 week at the low cost of $10 per bag and for $150 you can feed and entire village for a week.

My prayer is that you “open wide your hand to the needy” here in Nicaragua.

You can donate through our website – bwcm.org – or mail your gift to:
BWCM, Attn: MannaFest 2022, PO Box 14132, Roanoke, VA 24038.

About Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. To the north it is bordered by Honduras, and to the south by Costa Rica. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, partly because of the long civil war of the 1980’s and the devastation caused by hurricane Mitch in 1998. The vast majority of the five million inhabitants live in abject poverty with many suffering from severe malnutrition and starvation.

Church Resources

Here is a link to download a video file that you can show in your church to introduce our ministry and share about the work we are doing in Nicaragua. Right-Click here and choose save to download the video file to your computer. The video is also located on Vimeo.

Our Ministry

This ministry helps people meet their chief need for a Savior, while also helping to meet the critical physical needs of hunger, poor substandard housing, shortage of water, lack of schools and education, lack of churches and pastor sponsorship. We offer general economic, healthcare, and emergency relief. To date we have helped feed tens of thousands of hungry people with hundreds of tons of food.

Download our Mission Trip Prayer Journal

We have developed a mission trip prayer journal to use during your trip. We encourage you to print this out and review before the trip, and then use as a journal during your trip.

Download the PDF

Who Can Volunteer?

Anyone with the desire to minister to hurting people in another culture can volunteer! Experience is helpful but not required. The ability to speak Spanish would be a plus, but we always have interpreters who assist in our work. Each team spends about a week in country ministering to the Nicaraguan people in some of the more remote villages.If you are interested in learning more, please contact us to discover if you can become part of this wonderful work.