Nicaragua Partnership

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Welcome!
What is the Nicaragua Partnership?

This is a joint project of Vineyard® churches who are focusing their church planting mission in the country of Nicaragua, Central America. This site is a point of coordination and communication for partnership members and future partners.

BIENVENIDOS!
¿Cuál es la Sociedad para Nicaragua?

Es un proyecto en común de las Iglesias de La ViñaSM que están enfocando su misión de plantar iglesias en el país de Nicaragua, América central. Este sitio es un punto de coordinación y comunicación para los miembros de la Sociedad y los socios futuros.

Hi Everybody!

I will be posting some updates about the Northwest Region Pastors Conference.

Blessings!

Eugenio Maltez
Senior Pastor
La Viña Comunidad Cristiana
Managua, NICARAGUA.

Three years ago , November 22nd of 2002, a group of five marriages started from the scratch a church planting here in Managua city under the blessings of The Vineyard, this small group of 10 to 19 people became in 50 people and then multiplied in three home groups. In March 6th, 2003 , Dave Pardee , Roy Conwell and their team blessed this Church Plant and opened the doors to the Vineyard family officialy. We celebrated this Sunday morning the Abundantly grace and favor of God over these years. Now We are a small church of 100 average, but we are dreamers , we dreams with Vineyard churches spread in the country, come and join us in this beautiful dream!

Eugenio Maltez
Sr. Pastor
La Vina Comunidad Cristiana
Managua, Nicaragua

I haven’t had time to get on the internet until today, yesterday lunch went too long. Today we are in Grenada for lunch and stuff. This morning we were at a community basketball court and we are painting their cement seats, then we are going back later to put on another coat and the boys are playing basketball with a bunch of guys from the neighborhood this evening. The games are fun, we did it in Managua already and we drew a big croud with drinks and basketball and music. I am having such a good time! I really miss home and am getting a bit fed up with the bugs, but I am enjoying myself. God is doing awesome things down here and I am excited to tell you everything we have been doing, but I don’t really want to type it all now.
I like Nicaragua a lot. The rest of the trip will go quick I bet, and I am really excited for church tomorrow. After church we get to go to pizza with the youth from La Vina and some time the beach with them too. That should be a lot of fun.

This is a rough itinerary for the Team while in Nicaragua

Tuesday 12 am /pm
JINOTEPE Since 5:00pm —Servant Evangelism —- Bring Free Coffe and Iced
Cola Cans, Street Evangelism, Central Park.

Wednesday 13 pm
MANAGUA Since 5:00pm —Sports/Music Evangelism — Play Basketball and do
Street Evangelism in Barrio Bertha Diaz , three blocks from the Office of
La Viña
Do drama and Evangelism in the middle time.

Thursday 14 am
MANAGUA Since 8:30 am —Music and Drama Evangelism, Play Basketball and
Soccer with the Students, Bring Free Cola Cans and Snacks , In Colegio SAN
JUDAS.

Friday 15 pm
GRANADA Since 3:00pm — Media Evangelism — Presentation of the Passion
of the Christ.. Central Market of Granada (One Show of 4:00 to 6:00pm).

GRANADA Since 7:00 pm — Media Evangelism — Presentation of the Passion
of the Christ.. Basketball Field of “La Villa Sandino” (One Show of 7:00
to 9:00pm).

Saturday 16 am
GRANADA Since 8:30am — Social Work Evangelism — Painting of the
Basketball Court Stands, the playfield and mettalic supporters of the
backboard and basket in “La Villa Sandino”

GRANADA Since 5:00pm — Sports Evangelism — Bring Free Cheaper Iced
Beverages and Snacks. Do drama and Evangelism in the middle time.

Sunday 17 am
MANAGUA Sunday Service at La Viña Managua!

Monday 18 FREE

Tuesday 19 MAYBE GO TO THE BEACH WITH THE YOUTH GROUP OF LA VIÑA?

Wednesday 20 FREE

We are gathering information for our trip. what kind of give away stuff can we bring for outreach to Jinotepe, Grenada, or Managua?

::INTERVIEW WITH ANA PATRICIA, Coordinator of Comedor Infantil “La Viña”::
La Vi̱a> РAna Patricia How this ministry came up?
Ana Patricia> – God put a burden on my heart for feed the poorest Children of the Community around the Church. One day I was surfing the Internet visiting some Children Feeder Centers in Latinamerica and when I saw the pictures of the children , I felt a burden on my heart and I felt like they were my children, I pray Lord, help me to do something for the children of our community.

La Vi̱a> РWho Children and Families are you outreaching?
Ana Patricia> – Basicly we are focusing on Children abused and living in extreme poverty. But also we are reaching out Single Young moms, Women abused, Women without a husband support. Last Saturday we bringed counseling to a single young mom , she is 23 years old and has four childrens, from ten to four years old. She asked us prayer because she has hard economic and relationship problems , she has been thinking in commit suiccide. We prayed for the Peace of God in her life. the “Shalom” that affects every aspect of the Life. We are very happy because some people are coming to the Church through this ministry, for example, since two sundays ago a mom with her three children –all members of the Comedor Infantil – are attending the Church, and they liked and love La Vina!

La Vi̱a> РHow many people are involved in this ministry?

Ana Patricia> – We are a team of 11 people, 4 married women from the Women Ministry, six young women, and a man – Jose Tomas. For the young people this ministry has been of blessing and a real opportunity for exercise their spiritual gifts and develop a stronger relationship with God and learn to love the Children.
La Viña> – What is a tipical day in the Comedor Infantil “La Viña”::
Ana Patricia> – We distribute tasks to everyone in the team, some of us have to cook the food, others teach, others make the arrangement, others clean the room, others play and do dynamics with the children, others distribute the food. We begin the activity early in the morning, Children begin to come at 10:00am , they wash their hands, and we serve them fresh fruits, inmediately are introduced to different classes accord their age, where they play, draw, do handiworks, learn a bible lesson and other useful things. After that we serve them a nutritive lunch and pray together in a circle blessing them in the name of Jesus.

La Vi̱a> РThanks Ana Patricia, and God Bless your vision and ministry to this children.

I remember in the 1980´s while I was a teenager studying theology in a Bible Institute in Managua, I read a nice book Called “The Church Rises” written by the late Ray C. Stedman, Senior Pastor of “Peninsula Bible Church” in CA. He wrote about the New Testament concepts of the Body Life, and also he described a particular mid-week service called “Body Life Service” where his church tried to exercise the spiritual gifts and building one another. Well I read about a particular incident when a young man asked for prayer: -Please pray for I can get a car for improve my new job”, so an old lady after he finished said to him, “-Hey, I have two cars, and this is the keys of one of them , if you want it you get it!” People applaused the wonderful and inmediately providence of God through His Family.

I can´t imagine I could see something like that in our Fellowship, well let me tell you about:
Leonardo and Urania are a faithful marriage in La Viña, Urania growth in a Christian Home, and she reconciliated with God in our church, and Leonardo became a Christian and baptized in La Viña too. They are interns in the home groups of Jose Tomas, well the houseowner of Leonardo asked to leave in two months recently, He and his family has been praying and asking for prayer for a House for rent or for buy, they are a very poor family, in spite he got a BA in Economy -many professional people in Nicaragua are under-employeed- he currently works in a Distribution Company of Cigarrettes that belongs to Tobacco British Co., as a Truck dispatcher, it´s a very basic and low incomes job.
Well, last Sunday March 13th, at the end of the service Leonardo and Urania asked for praying for their situation, so another marriage Denis and Jazmina taked the microphone and told them that they own a good piece of Land and they are giving this land to them for use it for Free, so they can live there without pay rent until they can get their own home.

Halleluia!!! All the Church risen in Joy and applaused the love of God expressed to this family trough another family in the church! God answered our prayers! That´s Body Life! Now I really know what Ray C. Stedman was talking about

I will post later pictures of both marriages.