Nicaragua
December 2011 Update:
On December 16, 2011 Feeding The Nations will load 42,000 pounds of MannaPack rice, soy and vegetable meal packages for Way of the Cross Ministries to distribute in during their outreaches throughout Managua, Nicaragua. Last year Way of the Cross saw over 72,000 salvations in their outreaches.
May 2011 Update:
Good news! The two containers with 570,120 meals that were shipped on February 28, 2011 and March 8, 2011 arrived on May 14, 2011 and May 19, 2011 at Mission For Christ in Jinotega. Distributions are taking place now and many children are being fed.
February-March 2011:
Feeding The Nations partnered with Global Samaritan Resources to ship two containers with 570,120 rice meals to Mission For Christ in Jinotega. These containers ship on February 28th and March 8th and are valued at $113,780 total. Mission For Christ provides nourishment for 26 schools, 24 congregations, nursing homes, individual families and special schools throughout the Jinotega region. Some of the communities and villages Mission For Christ reaches include: Jinotega, Apanas, La concordria, San Rafael, La Paz, El Attilo, Pantasma, Wiwili, San Jose Nocay, El Cua, La Dalia, San Juan, El Dorado, Yankea, Sille, El Bote, San Andres, Pantawsa, Esperanaz, Tuberias and a number of other smaller communities.
Nicaragua is the poorest Central American country and has been in a state of emergency with the recent historic rainfall amounts. Almost 15% of the country has been affected
by the massive flooding with over 6,000 living in shelters. Mission For Christ gives prioriy help to mothers with children and families with children and elderly.
January 2011 Update:
In 2010 Feeding The Nations blessed the country of Nicaragua with 1,626,000 meals.
2010 UPDATE
DECEMBER: On December 10, 2010 a 40ft container loaded with 124 barrels of dried vegetable soup was shipped to Managua, Nicaragua. Our on the ground ministry partner is Association de Iglesias Christianas Josue de Nicaragua. This full container of soup will provide 744,000 servings. Each barrel contains 6,000 servings each. This soup will be distributed in orphanages, schools, feeding stations and at some of the crusades.
NOVEMBER: On 11-3-2010 Feeding The Nations shipped 1,600 x 25 lb buckets of dried peaches and nectarines out of Gleanings For The Hungry in California. FTN will partner with Mission For Christ.
On 10-12-2010 FTN shipped one 40 ft. container with 270,864 meals. These meals arrived and cleared the port on 10-29-2010 and the distributions started on 11-4-2010. FTN will be partnering with Association Casa Esperanza Santa Ana.
JULY: On July 18th the container of food arrived at the Misiones de Alcance Mundial where thousands of children are being fed.
JUNE: On June 24th Feeding The Nations partnered with World Missions Outreach to ship 271,000 meals to Misiones de Alcance Mundial in Managua, Nicaragua.
Larry and Donna Wright from WMO write:
"Thank you Feeding The Nations. Misiones de Alcance Mundial (WMO), with the aid and help of Partners like you, feeds over 15,000 children of extreme poverty a hot meal every day. There are 100 different feeding programs all over Nicaragua. All of the feeding programs have to meet certain qualifications and are monitored each month. The programs are in Tipitipa, Masaya, Managua, Sandino City, Nueva Vida, Ville Carmen, Masachappa, Leon, San Rafael, and other surrounding areas. Some of the programs are in schools but most are in churches where the Pastors are able to have Bible Classes with the Children. At the WMO programs the children get more than food, they get education and contact with people who care about them and make them feel loved.
FEBRUARY: 1 x 40 foot container providing 271,000 meals arrived on February 8, 2010. These highly fortified rice/vegetable meals provided by Feed My Starving Children and released to Feeding The Nations will help and bless many children in need as the meals are prepared and served by World Missions Outreach.
JANUARY: 2 X 40 foot containers arrived in Nicaragua with 85,000 pounds of canned tomatoes with spice to be used and distributed by World Missions Outreach.
2009 UPDATE
On August 4, 2009 Feeding The Nations joined World In Need to send 43,529 pounds of nutritionally fortified dried soup, dried peaches and dried nectarines valued at $85,186.00 to the Fundacion Convocatoria Juvenil in Managua, Nicaragua. This food will be distributed to orphanages, the elderly, schools and families most in need through children's evangelism, medical outreaches and local churches.
2008 UPDATE
Food and Salvation Reaches Across Nicaragua!
Thanks to your generosity, Feeding The Nations (FTN) was able to join with Kids Against Hunger to help reach over 183,000 hungry people in Nicaragua. FTN received a thank you note from Brother Ben Butler, director of Way of the Cross International in Nicaragua, saying, "The people were very blessed to receive the food and it was very easy for us to distribute, and very much needed, as food prices in Nicaragua have continuously gone up since the new government. We preached the Gospel message and I can assure you that every family that received the food also heard the Gospel message." He went on to explain that the crusades took place in 15 states across Nicaragua with over 1800 Nicaraguan pastors and 250 American pastors preaching the Good News. Over 124,000 people gave their lives to Christ because of the ministry. Many thanks to all of you who helped make that ministry possible!
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