Update September 2014

Early 2014

A lot has happened since the beginning of the year.

The Lord has stretched  me in many ways, but it is all good.

January 2014

I went to a conference in Honduras for my first Central American Conference.
We flew into San Pedro Sula and waited for all the Missions Door staff and then
went onto a town called Tela.

I met other staff members from Missions Door there, Rick Miller, Joaquin Vargas,
Paul Hutton, and George Loring. This is the sending agency I work under.  Its like having
a set of brothers and sisters walking beside you as you walk through this journey.

This was my Spanish Immersion event for the first part of the year.
It was hard being thrown into all Spanish speaking conversations. But, I know God will always be with me.  If I am going to learn to speak fluently in the future I want to continue to look for opportunities to speak Spanish.
The best part was I had my second family surrounding me, the Reyes family.  They are by far a gift God has given me in this ministry.
I was able to talk and get to be able to build new relationships with some of the Central American missionaries.  This was a awesome experience.  I got to hear stories of how they are walking through their journey of being a missionary.

Central American Missionaries

February

Many new opportunities came up for me to meet with new people 

interested in the Nicaraguan mission. Jacob Meece who was a young man from Kentucky that

Jacob Meece applying first aid.

went on one of our first missions trip to Nicaragua. He invited us to come and speak at his school, Asbury University. We were able to share our experiences with the Missions Farm Project Class at Asbury.  This was really exciting as we got to meet students pursuing Agriculture Missions.
http://www.asbury.edu/academics/departments/hper/mission-farm

March

Its now March and I normally go to Nicaragua for a month.  I spent the first 2 weeks doing Spanish Immersion staying with the Reyes family in Chinandega.  This is a small city in Nicaragua about 3 hours from Managua.  I was able to meet many pastors that are involved under Rigoberto's ministry in the Chinandega area. 

Rigoberto and Patti teaching a class on agriculture

  My agriculture friend Marco Varlesi and his daughter came and spent 5 days
in Nicaragua with me,  We both are excited about helping to teach the Nicaraguans how to grow food. We worked with Rigoberto Reyes and worked on getting plants started for the next season with seed production. Planting peppers was our first choice as this is something that the people are familiar with.  Then we all agreed planting flowers would be very beneficial.  First it will attract bees to the farm and plus bring beauty back to Nicaragua.

Our first greenhouse at the farm

Mike and Patricia Bunk

Advocates for Nicaragua