Nica News

Luke 3:11 – He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. Blessings…..Since mid March our Nicaragua team has been distributing food in villages throughout the Chinandega Dept. I praise God for HIS provisions that made this possible along with our many partners. Now we have to add in hurricane relief as Nicaragua was hit with 2 hurricanes in a 3 week period. Airlines have once again pushed back and will not return to Nicaragua until January. With no airlines flying that translates to no MISSION TEAMS. I’m asking you today “THANKSGIVING” to pray about supporting our “Feeding/Relief Program”. You can go to our web site “BWCM.ORG” and press the donate button or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke, VA. 24038 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT…..IHS, DONALD AND PAMELA

Luke 3:11 – He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

Blessings…..Since mid March our Nicaragua team has been distributing food in villages throughout the Chinandega Dept. I praise God for HIS provisions that has made this possible along with our many partners.

Airlines have once again pushed back and will not return to Nicaragua until December. With no airlines flying that translates to no MISSION TEAMS.

I’m asking you today to pray about supporting our “Feeding Program”. You can go to our web site “BWCM.ORG” and press the donate button or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke, VA. 24038 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT…..IHS, DONALD AND PAMELA

“And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” – Isaiah 58:10

Yesterday was “feed the children” day in Nicaragua. We are blessed to be able to provide food every day at the school in Pascuala. Yesterday the children were given a VERY SPECIAL BLESSING.

Over the past couple months many of you have helped BWCM with our daily feeding program/Manna Fest and we are very thankful for your prayers and support. The need continues and we are asking you to pray that needs are met. Please go to our web site (BWCM.ORG) and donate or mail support to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke, VA. 24038.

BE BLESSED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT….IHS. DONALD AND PAMELA

But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

In many ways this picture is being painted all over the world. Our team in Nicaragua has over the past 7 months truly been, “The one that had mercy.”
Our many partners have provided both prayers and financial support these past 7 months to keep the hands and feet of Jesus moving. With that being
said we are seeing the lines in the villages continue to grow longer and longer. The lines are growing because of a factor that many of us know nothing about……HUNGER.
Every weekday over the past months our team has been in the villages being the HANDS and FEET of Jesus that has been possible by your prayers and support.
Would you PLEASE pray about helping? You can help by going to our website (bwcm.org) and donate or mail support to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke Va. 24038.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT…..

IHS, Donald and Pamela

Proverbs 22:9. ESV 9 ….Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Count your many blessings and see what GOD has done. Blessings come in many different ways but not hard to recognize when the heart is fixed on God.
This past Week one HUGE blessing came in the form of a phone call. A church that has partnered with Because We Care for 12 years called to inform me that
they wanted to donate to the feeding program. (Manna Fest). Another BLESSING I’m counting is the team GOD has working with us to continue to meet physical and Spiritual needs
in Somotillo Nicaragua.

Would you please stop and count YOUR many blessings and then pray about joining our team? You can donate on our website (Bwcm.org) or mail checks to BWCM, PO Box 14132 Roanoke, VA. 24038.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT

God told the nation of Israel that feeding the hungry was an important part of true religion: “Spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed” (Isaiah 58:10). John the Baptist told the Jews who came to him, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same” (Luke 3:11).

Walking through these difficult times the one thing that I’m sure of is that GOD is still on the throne. God has been so very Faithful in HIS provisions for Because We Care Ministry. I will say that the demands are new everyday also as villages continue to contact our team asking for help. Would you please pray as to how you might help feed a village or a family? ON EAGLES WINGS MINISTRY partnered with Because We Care in providing food and we are more than thankful. There is food available but the villagers have on means to purchase or transportation to get to town. I’ve been ask many times what would the nationals do if there weren’t any missionaries. My answer is always the same, “that is why GOD called us there 20 years ago so there would be missionaries.

You can donate through our web site (BWCM.ORG) or mail gifts to BWCM, PO Box 14132, Roanoke, VA 24038

Please pray that our team will be able to return to Nicaragua Oct. 10th, also pray that the Nicaragua Government will ease the requirements for entering the country and continue to pray for our Nicaragua team as they continue to faithfully serve.
Thank you for your prayers and gift.

BY HIS GRACE, DONALD AND PAM

Manna Fest 2020 (email ver).pdf

Proverbs 19:17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

What an amazing opportunity we have to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Would you please pray about
how you, your family, your business or your church can support “MANNA FEST 2020.”

YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE (BWCM.ORG) AND HIT THE DONATE BUTTON OR MAIL CHECKS TO BWCM, PO BOX 14132 ROANOKE, VA. 24038

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT…..

IHS, DONALD AND PAMELA

1 Corinthians 13:3
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

GOOD MORNING AND BLESSINGS…..Please pray about supporting “Manna Fest 2020”. We are VERY thankful for God’s provisions over the past 20 years. Today because of all that is going on in this world the need for food has increased dramatically in our past of Nicaragua. We normally do “Manna Fest” during the Christmas season but the situation is such that we can’t want. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. IHS, Donald and Pamela

Manna Fest 2020 (email ver).pdf

My first trip to Nicaragua was in 2011. And it is true: when you go to a third world country, you are never the same. I could share so much of the trip’s impact on my life, but what I want to share today is the story of Enoc.

Towards the end of this first trip, we went to the village of Ojoche. I separated myself from the others and began to walk down the main street — I was struck by how clean the road was (yes, dirt roads can be “clean”) and how beautiful the trees and flowers were. Poinsettias growing in the wild are quite different from our traditional Christmas poinsettias–free and airy and lovely. I was taking pictures when I heard a rustle behind me. I turned and saw this face:

My heart melted. Since returning in 2011, this photo has been on my desk–reminding me of Nicaragua every day. He is my FACE of Nica.

When I returned to Nica ini 2013, I began the search for this child, but we didn’t go to his village that year so I couldn’t find him. Then, in 2015, two women from Ojoche who worked in the kitchen at the mission identified him for me. And joyfully we went to his village where I sought him out. I know he was overwhelmed by this crazy white woman who cried when she saw him.

Kim became my courier, and when he would go to Nica, he would carry a backpack or a gym bag filled with school supplies, clothes, and little toys for Enoc. And then Enoc and I began to write to one another, stumbling at first since we don’t know each other’s language–waiting for translators to help us. When I made my fourth and last trip in 2017, I delivered the supplies personally–he knew we were coming and was waiting for the truck.

There is no mail service to Nicaragua, so the letters have stopped. But my love for Enoc and the people of Nicaragua has not stopped. Kim sent out an appeal last week, and I’m adding my two-cents. These people do not ask for much–a hot meal filled with nutrition and vitamins is a luxury for them (see the bowl Enoc is holding in the top photo? That’s what each villager brings to the big pot of stew the missionaries prepare). And your contribution to Because We Care Ministries will see that they continue to get these meals during the pandemic even though mission teams can’t help. There are native Nicaraguans who will carry on this mission in our absence. Please consider giving what you can even though the appeal is a little earlier this year.Whatever you contribute will help. It’s pretty astounding that $150 will feed a village for a week! [The food is 100 pounds of beans, 100 pounds of rice, and 5 gallons of cooking oil. ] If you wish, you can make out a check to Bethany UMC with “BWCM Food Distribution” on the memo line.

“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16

A Time for Everything

Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 (ESV)

3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up

WE NEED YOUR HELP – PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND PRAY ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN THIS-

In my 70 years of life and 46 + years of ministry I have experienced MANY different seasons. I have to admit that many of these seasons are forever etched in my heart and mind. I will also confess that there are many seasons I have chosen to forget. I will admit that the most memorable season was when I received CHRIST as my personal Savior and began my journey with HIM.

Two years ago, Pamela and I went through a season with the ministry (Because We Care) that I would rather forget. As many of you might remember, there was a lot of civil unrest in Nicaragua and many of our mission teams had to cancel their trips because it was not safe. I remember sitting at my kitchen table in Somotillo Nicaragua thinking, "HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I FIX THIS?" After several days of allowing this thought to marinate in my mind, I realized this is not my problem because this is GOD’S ministry. How easy it is to turn to the flesh rather than God in a difficult season.

This year, Pam and I returned to the USA on March 7th and have not been back to Nicaragua since. Soon after returning home, we were quarantined for months and have not had any teams from the USA join in ministry in Nicaragua since March 14th. The airport in Managua is closed and all the airlines had stopped flying there even before it closed. I do thank GOD for the Nicaragua team God has allowed us to lead and the work they have carried on through this season. In addition to the airport shutting down, a lot of businesses have closed, and the country as a whole is beginning to shut down.

Early last week I was informed that Nicaragua Baptist has mandated that all formal meetings stop as well as village ministry. Because of these shutdowns people have lost their jobs and there is no work, which means no income. Very much like what is going on here in the states, except they are not getting help from the government or food from food banks.

Here at home, we are more than thankful for the 50,000 meals we were able to distribute throughout the Roanoke Valley by many of our ministry partners during this crisis. We are also more than thankful for our Nicaragua team that has been busy distributing food and doing our regular village ministry. In addition, we are more than thankful for our Nicaragua partners that have helped us obtain the "Manna Packs."

Even with all of these wonderful things happening, we (BWCM) need your help. As you know we have 15 employees, plus the school that GOD has entrusted us with. So far, we have been able to continue to support all the employees and keep the school open. Since the majority of the ministry support comes from our mission teams, and right now we don’t have any mission teams lined up, we need your financial support. To be very honest, right now we are not sure when we will be able to return to Nicaragua or have mission teams join us. Would you please PRAY about supporting BECAUSE WE CARE through your prayers and finances. You can make such a difference in furthering the Kingdom of God and ensuring that Because We Care Ministry continues to faithfully serve both here and in Nicaragua.

You can donate through our website (www.bwcm.org), PAYPAL OR YOU CAN MAIL YOUR BLESSINGS TO:

BECAUSE WE CARE MINISTRY

P.O. BOX 14132

ROANOKE, VA 24038

PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR GOD’S WILL THROUGH THIS VALLEY AND SEASON.

Thank you for your time and your support. May God richly bless you is our prayer.

BY HIS GRACE,

DONALD and PAMELA GILLETTE