Prayer Requests

We Covet your prayers in these areas of our ministry!

Pray for the great needs and ministries that are before us in Nicaragua. Pray also about what God would have you do! The following are a few of the pressing needs of BWCM.



Current Prayer Needs
  • Direction for Living Water Ministry, if we should take over and continue to build relations in the villages that have wells but no churches.
  • Directions for the Pastor's training as well as teachers to step up to help.
  • More churches to get involved and schedule trips
  • Funding for Pam and I as we are both now full time with BWCM



Ongoing Prayer Needs

Church Construction

There are a number of churches in various stages of construction. Some are already being used, others are yet to be built. Pray for the volunteers and funding needed to help us with the different phases and projects before us in northern Nicaragua.

Leadership Training

Several times a year we pray for American pastors and teachers to commit themselves to a week of intense basic training for the pastors, their wives, and leaders in the north of Nicaragua. Topics are always carefully selected in order to meet the unique needs faced by the Nicaraguans as they seek to grow and share their faith. Additional preaching/teaching opportunities are always there during the evenings in local churches and early in the mornings in surrounding villages.

Mission Teams

All of the work we do in Nicaragua is done through the sacrificial help of volunteers who pay their own way. We are constantly seeking out believers who will respond to the Macedonian call to serve in Central America. Please pray that future partners will step forward to join us throughout the coming years.




Testimonials

Brittany (Barbie) Fifer -- There are no words to describe the experience you will have going to Nicaragua. I have traveled with Because We Care Ministries for 5 years and each trip makes an impact on my life. From giving your testimony on the radio, to going to the villages and feeding the people, to watching the kids faces when you paint their nails, play soccer, or give them candy. Each day is an awestruck “God Moment”. As Donald says “When God shows up, He shows off” and He does show up and show off in Nicaragua. These amazing people are truly an inspirational to me. I am so blessed that God has allowed me to come down here and to be a light and an example for him. If you ever get to go on a trip to Nicaragua, I guarantee that your life will be changed forever.

Kim Mitchell --  I have been serving in Nicaragua with BWCM since 2004.  Each year I have the opportunity to serve with people from my Church, my community, and other parts of the United States.  It is amazing how God puts the team together using people with various gifts.  While serving in Nicaragua, I have been challenged to share my testimony with others, participate in radio ministry to countries in Central America, meet physical needs and share the love of God in a third world country.  The most rewarding part is sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and furthering His Kingdom.  Act 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Steven Dooley -- Because We Care Ministries has had a great impact on my life. It has continually pushed me to get out of my comfort zone and go further with my faith, by allowing me to serve the people of Nicaragua. Because We Care Ministries has been instrumental in not only helping me to become more grounded in my faith, but to have Christ-like compassion on the poor and those in need of Jesus as Savior. The life change is twofold, a change in your own life and the opportunity to join in God’s work of changing the lives of the Nicaraguan people.

Brandon Lilly -- Nicaragua is full of hungry people.  They are hungry both for food and for hope.  We can give them that hope through the message of Jesus Christ.  Psalms 66:16, my favorite verse says "Come all you who fear God, and see what he has done for me." Thats what we are doing.  We are telling them what he has done for us and giving them hope that He can do the same for them.  Donald Gillette says that the only difference between us and them is where we were born.  God blessed us by letting us be born and live in the United States.  So I guess what Nicaragua means to me is this: God blessed us so we should come down here to bless them by ministering to their needs and sharing the hope of the gospel of Christ with them.


About BWCM Ministries...

Because We Care Ministries was founded in 2000 by Dr. Donald Gillette.  We believe that when "God shows up, he shows off."  We stand amazed at what he is using the ministry to accomplish.  BWCM is a Christian non-profit organization.  The ministry is inter-denominational.  Our mission is to evangelize the lost.  We witness through various relief ministries to the people of  Nicaragua.


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.


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 write to Donald, to discover if you can become part of this wonderful work