Bonete

Our local missionary, Rigoberto Reyes, picked us up Thursday morning to take us to Chinandega where we stayed prior to going to the farm.  Bonete is about 2-3 hours north of Managua.

While on our way to Chinandega, Rigo shared with us the challenges of a farming operation. Proper irrigation is the first step to a successful farming operation. If they have the proper irrigation more crops could be grown throughout the year resulting in additional economic benefits.

As we traveled, Rigo also revealed that he was signing the papers to purchase the 63 acres for the farm!  Watch the video below of the well on the new farm….

Friday we drove to the Bonete community where we learned some very sad news.  The community of 80 families are being evicted the land they were living on for 8 years. 20 of them were selected by the government to be put in a new settlement and have already left.  8 families will go to the new farm project.  The rest of them have no place to go and have to be moved out this week.

Below is a picture of the settlement and their outdoor church and the road leading away from the Bonete community.

We prayed and worshiped with the people in the community.  In Spanish, they spoke of their pain of being removed from a place they’ve known as home for 8 years.  We listened, but could not comprehend until it was explained to us right before we left.

As we left the settlement a woman waved and yelled in spanish "Don’t forget us!!".  This woman is a widow, and has no other family other than her church family.  At that point Rigo asked “Are you hungry?”.  I said yes but my stomach churned at the thought of eating.

I don’t think we’ll ever forget her and those families.  Please pray for them to find a home.

Our first morning in Managua

Mark 26-29 And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

As we read this devotional I thought of my family's growth in the Lord. If you told us two years ago that we were going to go on a mission to spread the Gospel I would have said "no way".

It’s amazing how God changes hearts.

We were able to share this revelation to a woman who relocated from the US to Nicaragua whom we met at breakfast. We also discussed how Nicaragua’s tourism is growing and how Christianity is making an impact through missions.

She was not a believer, so please pray for her salvation. Her name is Jeanne.

As we ate breakfast and talked, Rachel almost got hit in the head by a nice ripe mango dropping from the tree that we we're sitting under!  Time to get going….or….¡Vámonos!