Dear Praying Friends,Thanks for your prayers for the team from Faith Baptist last week.  They were an incredible group and we loved having them here.The island ministry was great.  The team shared testimonies and led music for the outreach services and also ministered in the school.  The school children had such a great time the first day that they were waiting on the dock for the team to arrive the second day.  They also replaced broken swings and installed two tether balls which were a HUGE hit with the kids AND the adults! Even through very hot, uncomfortable circumstances, the...

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Dear Praying Friends, Just wanted to ask you to pray for Bobby Thompson as he leads the team from Faith Baptist in Winter Haven that will arrive Saturday morning for a week of ministry with us. We are excited to welcome back team members who were here in 2008 as well as new ones who are coming for the first time. This trip will be unique in that they will be split into two teams for 3 of the days. Half of the team will be at the ABWE Ministry Center working on the baseball fields, painting, and planting trees. ...

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Dear Praying Friends, Thank you so much for your prayers on our behalf last month. We are so thankful to have many requests move from the prayer to praise category!  As May is already off and running, we would like to update you on some new prayer requests and share some answers to your prayers.Praises:Bruce enjoyed the privilege of preaching in Iglesia Bautista Libertad at their special Holy Week services. Laura's toe seems to be healing correctly and the pain has greatly subsided.The Doyles' visit was a pleasure and encouragement to the whole Nicaragua team. They were able to spend time...

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 Dear Praying Friends, We wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very happy Easter.  We are reminded, even more so at this time of year, the hope that the resurrection brings to every believer. We also wanted to share a few praises and prayer requests for the upcoming weeks.Praises: The second round of ICP is off to a good start. We have a good group of 20 men who attended the sessions last week. Please pray for these men to have wisdom as they begin the process of surveying areas in which to plant a...

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 Dear Praying Friends, We continue to thank God for each of you and your faithful prayer support.  2010 is off to a great start here in Nicaragua. In January, we welcomed Dr. Pat and Bonnie Ryal to the field.  Please be in prayer for our newest teammates as they continue to transition to Nicaragua and define their scope of ministry.  In February, we enjoyed hosting fellow ABWE missionary, Ryan Rought, with TACTICA ministries as he and a fellow officer from Kalamazoo, MI surveyed the possibility of doing tactical training with the special forces of the police department in Managua. It was amazing...

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