| | | |  | Nicaragua
Thank you for praying for Doug's recent MFM vision trip to Nicaragua. While in Nicaragua we had the opportunity to meet with local missionaries Joel and his family, where he showed us his ministries which included their bible institute, community outreach, and one of the houses that they were building. We also met with a separate El Salvadorian family that is serving as missionaries in Nicaragua, who is very excited about potential evangelism possibilities. | |  | El Salvador
In El Salvador, Doug had the opportunity to obtain a real and clear understanding of El Salvadorians that are deported from the USA back to El Salvador. For many, the USA is the only home they have ever know since age 4, and they are put out into the streets to try to survive on their own. Doug and the local team had the opportunity to feed some of the homeless at night, as well as visit some of the local ministries that have been formed to provide the (mostly English speaking) deportees with options to get off the streets. This includes providing some with a church, housing, meals, showers, jobs, auto repair training, and activities such as flag football and full-contact football since that is what they are familiar with from life in the USA, not soccer. | |  | Cuba
This Saturday Doug leaves for Cuba with a team from Paxton, Illinois. The team will be a combination evangelism and work team and will include sharing the Gospel and personal testimonies in various homes as well as performing various electrical repairs and painting. We will also have the opportunity to do some evangelism in the street and local park as well as lead some evangelism training for some of the neighboring churches. Please pray for hearts to be softened and open to receive and accept the Good News of our Savior - Jesus Christ, for traveling mercies, for our health while there, and for the Spirit's leading as we lead evangelism training. | |  | Northwoods Community Church
God has provided a wonderful ministry opportunity for Cindy to utilize her love for children, gifts and talents as well as provide financially to our support account. As of July 2019, our monthly insurance premiums increased to over $1,100 and was rapidly depleting our support account. Due to this decrease, we felt it was necessary to limit some of Cindy's overseas travel expenses. It was also during this time that she started to volunteer on Sunday mornings in the children's program at church as a small group leader and story teller. Several weeks ago, Northwoods reached out to Cindy and offered her a full-time position as Upper Elementary Associate for the children's program. As a result of prayer and fasting, we recognize that this is an answer to several prayers, so she accepted their offer and began serving on February 25th. This position is a perfect match for her in so many ways. It also comes with an insurance benefit to eliminate the $1,100 monthly premium. God is always up to something good! Please pray for her as she continues on this new journey while continuing to serve with Men For MIssions. | | | | | | | | |
