Thank You

First of all, I would like to thank each and every one of you for the outpouring of love that you all have shown to our family during this very difficult season. The many lives that have been touched by Because We Care and Donald is simply overwhelming!

As we begin to try to navigate this new world without Donald, I covet your prayers for Because We Care and what God has in store for us next. As Donald wished, I will continue the ministry of BWCM and our commitment to the people of Nicaragua.

Please be in prayer regarding how you can help! If you would like to schedule a mission trip, please reach out to me directly as I am diligently trying to get the calendar updated with our 2022 and 2023 trips. If your church is interested in a guest speaker on missions and to learn more about what God has led us to do in Nicaragua, please let me know!

Again, thank you all for your continued support of our ministry.

 

Pam Gillette

pamela@bwcm.org

Well Done Good and Faithful Servant

This morning on Monday, July 18th, the founder of Because We Care Ministries, Donald Gillette, went home to be with the Lord. We want to invite you to join us in praying for his family and join us at his Celebration of Life Service.
Wednesday, July 20 At The Outpost in Bedford, Virginia.
Located at:
402 East Main St.
Bedford, VA 24523
Family will receive friends for visitation from 10a-12p & 1p-3p.
We will celebrate The Lord Jesus Christ and Donald’s life at 5pm.
Schedule for the day:(All times are Eastern Time Zone)
  • 10am-12pm Visitation
  • 1-3pm Visitation
  • 5:00pm Celebration Service
The service will be broadcast live from the Bedrock Church Roanoke Facebook site.
Feel free to wear any BWCM shirt that you have to the service.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to BWCM.

Because We Care

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WE NEED YOUR HELP…..30% of Nicaraguans live in poverty and 8% live in extreme poverty. However, 50% of the population in rural areas live below the poverty line, and 11.5% live in extreme poverty.
For the past 22 years by God’s amazing grace Because We Care Ministry has been providing food to those that live in extreme poverty. This time of year we have a program (Manna Fest) where we provide a family of 6 food for a week. We need your help, would you please pray how God might use you to meet the needs of at least one family.
You can donate through our web site (bwcm.org) or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132, Roanoke VA24038

Somotillo Mission

30% of Nicaraguans live in poverty and 8% live in extreme poverty. However, 50% of the population in rural areas live below the poverty line, and 11.5% live in extreme poverty.
For the past 22 years by God’s amazing grace Because We Care Ministry has been providing food to those that live in extreme poverty. This time of year we have a program (Manna Fest) where we provide a family of 6 food for a week. We need your help, would you please pray how God might use you to meet the needs of at least one family.
You can donate through our web site (bwcm.org) or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132, Roanoke VA24038

Manna Fest

Deuteronomy 15:7 ESV

“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

Last week our mission team handed out 200 “Manna Fest” bags. These bags should feed 1200 people for a week. There more than 30,000 men, women and children in the Somotillo Nicaragua area, so we have a lot to do to bless all these families.

Will you please continue to pray for God’s provisions and how you might help. You can donate through our web site, (bwcm.org) or mail donations to BWCM, PO Box 14132, Roanoke, VA. 24038

Manna Fest

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Good morning and blessings….Today I’m asking you to count others more significant than yourselves. This week our team will deliver 200 “Manna Fest” bags that will supply each family that receives them food for a week. There is more than 37,000 people in the Somotillo area. As you can see we have a long way to go to supply every family. Please pray about how you might help.
You can donate through our web site (bwcm.org) or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke, VA. 24038

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT…..


Manna Fest 2021.pdf

Manna Fest 2012

Luke 14:12-14 ESV / 7

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

This morning as I sit at my desk watching the sunrise, I’m truly blown away at the GREATNESS OF ALMIGHTY GOD. I would be
INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST if I didn’t say the past 19 months have been a bit of a struggle as it has been for many. I think about how weak my flesh really is but at the same time I know that God is in control. I tell our mission teams that it’s extremely important that we be flexible and allow God to lead and guide. I have to admit that sometimes I think God needs my help.

Today we kick off our 2021 “Manna Fest” campaign. I praise God for HIS provisions that have allowed BWCM to provide food to villages and schools in the Somotillo area. Now we would like to “LOVE DEEPER” by providing Manna bags to families. Each $10.00 bag will feed a family of 6 for a week. In the past we have used these bags at Christmas to go door-to-door and share the Gospel. This year we will distribute them as soon as we have the resources. Once we have received $1000.00 we will assemble 100 Manna Fest bags and start the distribution. Please pray for God’s guidance.

You can donate through PayPal or mail checks to: BWCM, PO Box 14132, Roanoke, Va. 24038.

PAM AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

IHS, Donald and Pamela

Manna Fest 2021.pdf

Newsletter

John 13:34-35 ESV / 5
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

lessings and Merry Christmas to all!

This month, Pamela and I will begin our 21st year serving in Nicaragua. Every day, month and year has truly been an adventure, but I’m comfortable saying that 2020 has been the biggest challenge yet!

When we began this journey, we truly had no idea how to start a mission organization or how to carry out the will of God for this ministry. What we DID know was that God is always on the throne and in control. We began what was and still is truly a FAITH journey that has found our Heavenly Father always to be sovereign and faithful.

This year we returned from Nicaragua in early March and have not been able to return. I praise God for our Nicaragua team that has carried on the work of the ministry. I praise God for our partners that have been so FAITHFUL IN THEIR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. I feel certain that each of us wake each morning wondering when things will get back to “normal”. No matter what, Pam and I, as well as our team, will continue to pray daily and seek God’s will for BWCM.

On December 18th, Pastor Diomedes will lead a group of pastors from the Somotillo area to the Atlantic Coast area. As most of you know, this area was hit with two hurricanes in a three-week period. This team will be taking relief supplies, and more importantly, THE GOSPEL. Please pray for this team as it will truly be the first time on mission for most of these men.

As 2020 draws to a close, I imagine many are rejoicing. At this time, please consider an END-OF-YEAR GIFT. Because we are unable to get teams to Nicaragua, we need your HELP MORE THAN EVER. Please pray about supporting BWCM with your end of the year contribution.

You can donate on our website (www.bwcm.org) or mail gifts to:

BWCM
Post Office Box 14132
Roanoke, Virginia 24038

As always, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

in His Service,

Donald and Pamela

RELIEF

Acts 20:35 ESV

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.

In just a few more weeks 2020 will come to an end. How will this year end for you and what does that look like for you? Over the past couple of weeks we have been celebrating our THANKFULNESS AND BLESSING. In the next few weeks we will be celebrating the BIRTH of our LORD. With that being said I’m truly thankful for the FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS AND THE MANY BLESSING I HAVE RECEIVED. I pray that reading this will stir you to recall your many blessings and think about how YOU can bless others.
Tomorrow morning our team will be heading to the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua with several truck loads of food, medical supplies and clothing. We need help to fill these trucks with the needed supplies. The rest of our team will be serving the villages in and around the Somotillo area where many were flooded because to the 2 hurricanes. The flooding resulted in most villages losing their crops. BWCM will continue the distribution of much needed food and possibly medical.

PLEASE PRAY ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR NICARAGUA TEAM. YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH OUR WEB SITE (BWCM.ORG) OR MAIL GIFTS TO…. BWCM. PO BOX 14132 ROANOKE VA. 24038

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT….IHS, DONALD AND Pamela….

RELIED

Acts 20:35 ESV

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.

In just a few more weeks 2020 will come to an end. How will this year end for you and what does that look like for you? Over the past couple of weeks we have been celebrating our THANKFULNESS AND BLESSING. In the next few weeks we will be celebrating the BIRTH of our LORD. With that being said I’m truly thankful for the FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS AND THE MANY BLESSING I HAVE RECEIVED. I pray that reading this will stir you to recall your many blessings and think about how YOU can bless others.
Tomorrow morning our team will be heading to the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua with several truck loads of food, medical supplies and clothing. We need help to fill these trucks with the needed supplies. The rest of our team will be serving the villages in and around the Somotillo area where many were flooded because to the 2 hurricanes. The flooding resulted in most villages losing their crops. BWCM will continue the distribution of much needed food and possibly medical.

PLEASE PRAY ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR NICARAGUA TEAM. YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH OUR WEB SITE (BWCM.ORG) OR MAIL GIFTS TO…. BWCM. PO BOX 14132 ROANOKE VA. 24038

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT….IHS, DONALD AND Pamela….