We hope that you all had a wonderful Easter time celebrating the
resurrection of our Lord! It is because of His resurrection that our
faith, our preaching and our work in the Lord is not in vain. (I
Co.15)
Thank you for your faithful prayers for our
family and ministry here in Nicaragua. We continue to see God’s hand
at work in our lives as well as the lives of those we work with.
Our 2010 youth camp was such an encouragement to
us as well as to the youth. We had 85 campers plus a staff of more
than 30, many of which are young people that we have been working with
this past year in leadership training. It was such a blessing to see
them working and serving each other and the Lord!
The classes at the Bible Institute in Leon and
Masaya continue to be a challenge and blessing as Adrian teaches
Hermeneutics to 33 students. It is wonderful to see them get more and
more involved each week and then go back to their churches and teach
what they have learned to the people in their congregations.
Adrian also continues to work with the young
people in San Benito, training and
discipling the leaders there to work with the youth in their
communities. We now have 11 young people that make up the youth
leadership in the three churches. Please pray for them as they learn
to develop a youth program for their peers reaching them with the
gospel and then discipling them so that they in turn can reach others.
The first week of March Adrian had the
opportunity to be the guest speaker at Word of Life Camp in Panama for
a week. It was a great time of fellowship with old friends as well as
a wonderful time around the Word.
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in the truth.” III Jn.4 Keila recently had the opportunity
to travel for two weeks here in Nicaragua with a drama group from Word
of Life Mexico called “Born Again to a Living Hope”. They were able to
present the drama in several schools and churches. More than 6500
people heard the gospel presentation. This drama is the true story of
a young Argentine couple who got involved in drugs and contracted
AIDS. Before they died they wrote a book telling their testimony with
the sole purpose of warning other young people of the danger of AIDS
and sharing the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Keila will be
travelling around Nicaragua this year with the Word of Life Nicaragua
drama team sharing this story of how God can change a tragedy into
triumph through faith in Christ. This time next year she is planning
on attending Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina. Pray for the
drama team as they travel and share the gospel as well as the
necessary funding for her to go to Argentina. She is also discipling
2 young girls from the youth group at our local church. This is a new
experience and a challenging one but she is enjoying it and growing as
well.Noelia and Mickey are also involved in ministry as leaders of
AWANA in our local church and are enjoying their interaction with the
younger kids, teaching them God’s word through memorization etc.We
know that being involved in ministry does not necessarily mean
spiritual maturity. They are still kids and will act like kids, but
we also know that being exposed to ministry and the Word of God will
give them a more personal focus and we praise God for these
opportunities.
Cheryl continues to homeschool the kids as well as teach a weekly
women’s Bible study. The group has grown from an average of 15 to 23.
It is a challenge each week to study and guide the group in
discussion. The group is studying “Be Free” by Beth Moore and it has
been a blessing to all involved, including some husbands who are
studying the book with their wives at home. Cheryl also has the
privilege of discipling three young girls from the youth group at our
church. It has been fun to get involved with the youth again in a
more direct way.
We are also teaching the Young Married’s Sunday School
class at our local church here in Managua and enjoying getting to know
many of the couples in a more informal setting.
Thank you for your prayers regarding Adrian’s
health. He is doing well with his treatments. He is now on week 9
and will have his viral load tested again in two weeks to see how it
is responding to the treatment. We are thankful that the side effects
of the treatment have not been too severe. Adrian has his injection
on Thursday mornings and then is usually recuperating from that for
about two days. Some days are worse than others but we are relying on
God’s grace and strength.
Once again we want to
express our gratitude for your faithful prayers and financial support.
God is good, all the time and we have experienced this over and over
again. We are growing in our trust and faith and learning how to be
content in Him, no matter the circumstances.
In His care,
Adrian & Cheryl Mingo & the gang
