Because We Care Ministries

Nica News 1/04/2012

Today, Wednesday, January 04, 2012 we began our morning at 6 AM excited about what God had in store today. After breakfast four team members gave their testimony on the radio. We were then given work assignments to help support the ministry. Some were in the garden while others worked on the new office building. After lunch we headed to the village of Jinocuajo where the young men were engaged in kicking the soccer ball while the women and little girls had their nails painted and some colored. We shared the gospel with each group while Donald prepared soup for the village. The mothers and children lined up and seemed so appreciative for a warm meal. We passed out packages of beans and rice for future meals. As we drove home it was exciting to see children and adults run to the edge of the road to receive the clothes, dolls, flip-flops, and candy that we threw from the truck. What a blessing to share God’s love by this simple act of giving to those in such need. I am reminded that there are no language or boundary barriers when it comes to conveying the love of Jesus.

Dr and Mrs. Donald M Gillette
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG

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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.

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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.