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Mid summer one of our teams visited a village that we hadn’t been in for more than a year. When God touches my heart about changing the plans for the day I know it’s going to be big. On this particular day it only took a few minutes to find out what GOD was up too. Sitting under a shade tree cooking the now famous “chicken stew” they began to call my name from the church where the Dr and some of the team members were doing medical. A young mother had brought her 6 month old daughter that was suffering from pneumonia to see the Dr. and ask us to pray with her. In less than an hour they sought me once again to pray for a young girl (less than a year) that probably would have died if the Dr hadn’t shown up that day. It doesn’t have to be that way….
The problem in these remote villages is that most young mothers have NO way of seeking help and in many cases there is NO help to be found. Nicaragua has an infant mortality of 1 in 3 before the age of three. We could debate the problem for days and it won’t change anything. It doesn’t have to be that way….
We shared with you at the beginning of the month that BWCM had been given a very generous gift to be used in the construction and prayerfully the completion of the medical clinic. The gift was a $20,000.00 matching gift that we have until the end of Dec. to match. At this time we are on our way to reaching our goal with almost 1/4 of our part either in hand or pledged. Please pray about what you could do to help give many young mothers in Nicaragua an opportunity to raise their children. The medical clinic with provide a hope that many have never known. The provisions for running and staffing the facility are in place, we just need to finish the building. IHL, Donald and Pammie
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
If the church would rise up and co-labor together, the doors of the clinic could be opened. When that day happens …girls like this will receive much needed medical attention. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden Jonge Tate lead pastor bedrock community church
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
www.bwcm.org
We are asking that you pray about how you can join us in our “MannaFest program for 2011. As I have shared with you over the past couple of months, these are very difficult times in Nicaragua. It’s not an unusual situation it seems the conditions are like this each year and won’t improve until after the first of the year. Through MannaFest we are able to distribute FOOD BAGS to many hungry and struggling family. A $10.00 donation will feed a family of six for about a week. I’m asking all my Pastor friends to pray about joining with us to “feed the hungry.” We are praying that our friends will look into different opportunities that they can use to introduce “MannaFest” to family and friends. We need your help in Jesus Name…..IHL, Donald and Pammie
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG
With those thoughts in mine I need to remind you of our Christmas Bag, “Manna Fest” program that is starting up this month and running through OCT. Each year Pam and I spend Christmas in Nicaragua so we can distribute food bags and toys to as many as possible. We are very thankful for all toys that have been given since early June and we will be able to supply at least one toy to several thousand children. The food bags are very simple, I can purchase enough food from a local vendor to supply a family of 6 for about a week at a cost of $10.00. The needs are great, last week our team was able to cook a hot meal for thousands and I’m pretty sure today they have nothing. I ask a villager, how things are going and his answer was simple, “We are in very difficult times.”
This year we are asking Pastor’s and friends of BWCM to help us in an unprecedented way. Would you please set aside one Sunday and take up a special offering for, “Manna Fest?” If all our friends (BWCM’S) would donate the price of eating out just one meal we could feed a family of six for 1 week. I’m asking that you pray about what GOD would have you do and respond accordingly.
May God be honored as we are obedient to the scriptures and “Feed The Hungry.”
Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, Roanoke, VA.
Because We Care Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21806
Roanoke, VA. 24018
WWW.BWCM.ORG