Calvary Managua Blog

December 2009
During the month of December, we were blessed by a visit from the children of the orphanage in Jinotepe. We have been to visit them often with teams, but this was the first time they came to visit us. They brought with them a small team of missionaries, and together they painted some of our classrooms and renovated our sanctuary garden wall. Shortly after that we were blessed by a group of students from Jessica’s school who came and distributed food they’d bought to some of our church families. December is always a busy time, with lots of holiday celebrations and with special services for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

January 2010
While Cal and Jessie were back in the States for their first furlough as a married couple, the church hosted two special outreaches for the children from the neighborhood. Several of the church leaders got together to host games, worship, and a Bible message for roughly 300 people, including children and adults. We also were blessed, in Cal’s absence, to have several guest speakers, including Pastor Vicente from the Calvary Chapel in San Juan de Limay. 

February 2010
In the month of February, the new school year started; and Cal returned to Managua just in time to work with a team from CC Melbourne of Central Florida. The team finished painting the classrooms, helped teach some English classes, and completed several other projects around the church. They also did some outreaches at nearby neighborhoods, at the dump (where a group of Jessica’s students translated), and at Peace Park. Also in February, after working for nearly two months, Noel was finally able to get the Christmas shoe boxes out of customs. A young couple from Canada, Jeff and Danielle Bremner, helped to distribute them. 

August 2009

The month of August was a busy one. Jessica began her new job as a high school math teacher at Nicaragua Christian Academy. Renee McKenzie returned to the States after a six month term of service with us. The Lord provided another short term missionary from Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua named Nubia to pick up where Renee left off.

Brian and Tracey May visited from Costa Rica to renew their visas, and Brian installed a new bakery oven while they were here. We were also blessed in the month of August by a team from Calvary Chapel Melbourne.

CCMelbourne continued a remodeling effort in the bakery by expanding the work space to make room for the new oven.

They also reached out to the local people on visits to an orphanage and a cancer treatment center.

September 2009

During the month of September we hosted several couples’ events. The first was for parents of the students from our school. As well as receiving some teaching from God’s Word, parents enjoyed a time of games and food at a sports complex just outside Managua. The following weekend we hosted a couples’ night with a time of teaching and dinner for the families from our church and neighborhood.

During the month of September, we also celebrated Dia De La Patria, a Central American Independence holiday, which was a day full of fun at the school. Parents came to see displays made by the students and to sample a variety of local foods.

October 2009

The month of October began with another successful couples’ event during which we showed the movie Fireproof. Despite some initial glitches, the movie was so well received that Horacio and Luz Marina did a small, second showing at the school; and many have asked us to show it again in the future. We have also been blessed in the month of October to see a new leader step up for our worship team. Ricardo De La Fuente held auditions for a chorus, and we now have a group of children that sing each week while the youth play and Gustavo Cruz leads vocals. They practice regularly and are getting better all the time. Also in October, the youth leaders from Oansa went on a retreat to El Crucero and had a wonderful time.

PRAISE REPORTS:

Praise God: that we have new leaders involved with the youth and with worship; that we completed another successful school year and will only need to hire one new teacher for next year; that the summer’s teams all went well; that Idrly’s grandmother, Umbelina, is walking again after hip surgery, with a walker.

Agosto 2009.

El mes de agosto fue muy ocupado. Jessica empezó su nuevo trabajo enseñando matemáticas de secundaria en la Academia Cristiana de Nicaragua. René McKenzie regresó a EEUU después de pasar seis meses con nosotros. El Señor proveyó otra misionera para seguir con el trabajo. Nubia vino desde Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua para trabajar con los niños. Brian y Tracey nos visitaron desde Costa Rica para renovar sus visas. Brian instaló un nuevo horno. Un equipo vino desde CC Melbourne, Florida para ayudarnos con la remodelación de la panadería. También ellos fueron al orfanato y al hospital de tratamiento del cáncer.

Septiembre.

Hubo algunas actividades para las parejas.  La primera fue para los padres de los estudiantes de nuestra escuela. Además de recibir una enseñanza de la Palabra de Dios, los padres disfrutaron de un tiempo de juegos y una comida en un complejo deportivo en las afueras de Managua. El siguiente fin de semana tuvimos una noche de parejas con un tiempo de enseñanza y la cena para las familias de nuestra iglesia y el barrio. Durante el mes de septiembre, también se celebra Día de la Patria, un día de fiesta de la Independencia de América Central, que fue un día lleno de diversión en la escuela. Los padres vinieron para ver los actos culturales de los estudiantes y disfrutaron de una variedad de alimentos locales.

Octubre 2009
El mes de octubre se inició con otra actividad de parejas con éxito “en el que se presentó la película Prueba de Fuego. A pesar de algunos problemas iniciales, la película fue tan bien recibida que Horacio y Luz Marina hicieron una segunda presentación en la escuela, y muchos nos han pedido que la presentemos de nuevo en el futuro. También hemos sido bendecidos en el mes de octubre para ver a un nuevo líder para nuestro equipo de adoración. Ricardo De La Fuente hizo audiciones para un coro, y ahora tenemos un grupo de niños que cantan cada semana, mientras que Gustavo Cruz canta. Ellos practican regularmente y están mejorando todo el tiempo. También en octubre, los líderes de jóvenes de Oansa fueron a un retiro en el crucero y fue un tiempo maravilloso.

June and July 2009

Early on in the summer the Lord provided an ample supply of help and support through different teams from the states. The first team came from Harvest Chapel Indiana, led by Karen McGarey. They completed several outreaches, to

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Park and other places, as well as doing some much-needed work around the church properties.

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Sometimes it is sufficient just to show a little love to lonely people.

The Indiana team was joined for a few days by a young woman named Andrea and her two cousins who came to volunteer for a few days. Together, they completed a number of projects around the school, the church, and

Cal and Jessies house. Andrea and her cousins also fixed Eufemia’s leaky roof.

The next team that came was a large team from Jessica’s home church, Calvary Chapel Merritt Island, Florida. 

 Outreaches took place at the dump (La Chureca) and

Manchester among other places; and a series of organization projects were completed that helped maximize the use of space in the church and bakery. As well as outreaches and organization projects, the CCMI team completed a number of work projects on Cal and Jessie’s apartment and at the school and the church, and Pastor Howard taught at a couple’s night.

 

While CCMI was here, they were assisted by members from a small team from Calvary Chapel Chelmsford in Massachusetts. Also, Joe from CC Chelmsford got straight to work on various electrical projects. Meanwhile, his wife Dot, who is a teacher, assisted Anna with her fourth grade class and assessed some of the curriculum, offering suggestions for some of the classes.Â

July 2009Â July was another month filled with help and support from various teams from the states. The month began with a small team from

Cal’s home church, Calvary Chapel Pasadena.

 

With only four people, they ran a successful dental and eyeglass clinic for nearly a week. They were followed by a team from Calvary Chapel of Doral Florida, lead by Pastor Edward Abraham.

 

The children from Manchester showed the Doral Team the beach at Lake Managua.

Pastor Edward and his team were only here for a short time, but they packed a lot of outreaches and some small projects into just a few days, including praying with people from

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City and

Manchester.

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CC Doral was joined by Stan Ingram and Susan McNeil from Calvary Chapel Sand Hills in

North Carolina.

 

God’s timing in bringing them here was perfect as Stan helped increase the security of the church and Cal and Jessie’s apartment during a time when there were several break-ins.

 

Susan was a blessing as well, helping Jessie finish some projects around the church and get ready for her new job.

 The month of July ended with a number of teams that came at the same time. One was from Calvary Chapel in Toppenish, Washington.

 

They ran a successful medical and dental clinic, completed some other community outreaches, and worked on some much-needed painting and welding projects around the church. During this time, there was also a One Hope team completing daily outreaches in schools all over Managua; and a team from Calvary Chapel in

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Bridge stopped by to play with the kids from the neighborhood. Also during this time we were blessed with a visit from Brian and Tracey who came up from

Costa Rica to help out a bit with computer issues and other projects.Junio 2009Â

El verano empezó con mucha ayuda y apoyo por los equipos que vinieron desde los EEUU. El primer equipo vino de Harvest Chapel de Indiana con la líder Karen McGarey. El equipo fue al Parque la Paz y otros lugares para compartir el evangelio. También vino una joven, llamada Andrea con sus dos primos que repararon el techo de la casa de la hermana Eufemia. El próximo equipo vino de la iglesia hogar de Jessica, Calvary Chapel Merritt Island, Florida. El equipo fue el barrio  Manchester y otros lugares para compartir el evangelio. El equipo trabajó fuertemente para organizar muchas cosas y así maximizar el uso del espacio en la iglesia y la panadería y ayudaron con proyectos en la escuelo y el apartamento de Cal y Jessica. Pastor Howard enseñó en una reunión de las parejas. El equipo de CCMI fue ayudado por un equipo pequeño de Calvary Chapel Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Joe Pirrello de CC Chelmsford trabajó en varios proyectos de electricidad y su esposa, Dot ayudo a la profesora Ana en el aula de cuarto grado.  Julio 2009 Julio fue otro mes de mucha ayuda y apoyo por los equipos que vinieron desde los EEUU. El primer equipo que vino fue la iglesia hogar de donde fue Cal, Calvary Chapel Pasadena, California. Aunque había solamente cuatro personas, ellos hicieron una clínica dental y dieron lentes para leer por casi una semana. El próximo equipo vino de Calvary Chapel del Doral, Florida guiado por el pastor Edward Abraham. En pocos días ellos hicieron algunos proyectos y oraron con la gente en Manchester y en las champas del nemagon que están ubicados enfrente de la Asamblea Nacional. CC Doral fue acompañado por Stan Ingram y Susan McNeil de Calvary Chapel Sand Hills, Norte Carolina. El tiempo de su visita era perfecto porque Stan ayudo con algunos proyectos de la seguridad cuando los ladrones estaban entrando por muchos lugares. Susan fue una bendición porque ella ayudó a Jessica en gran manera. En las últimas semanas de Julio vino un equipo de Calvary Chapel Toppenish, desde el estado de Washington. Ellos hicieron una clínica médica y dental y completaron algunos proyectos de pintura y soldadura en la iglesia. El equipo de Una Esperanza trabajaba en las escuelas de Managua diariamente y un equipo de Calvary Chapel Old Bridge, Nueva Jersey jugó con los niños del barrio Santa Ana. Brian y Tracey May nos visitaban de Costa Rica y nos ayudaban con las computadoras y otros proyectos.