Hands and Feet Ministry

Hands and Feet Ministry

B.C.C Begins a New Ministry

We are pleased to introduce to you a brand new ministry of Beach Community Church! Our goal with

Hands & Feet Ministries is to train, encourage, and send out members of our community to engage in short term mission projects in our own back-yard and into the barrios of Nicaragua.

Not only can we have a huge impact on the places we visit, but the most amazing thing is the impact on our own hearts. We welcome your involvement as we offer our lives to be the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus Christ in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Destination: Managua

Seventeen of us had an incredible time traveling to Managua in June, 2008. This trip was extra special because we were able to spend a full week with several different ministries, learning first hand of the many types of works being completed in Nicaragua. On this web page are links to particular ministries that we are working with in Nicaragua. Please feel free to contact us if you have an interest in participating with us in Hands and Feet Ministries. brett@costaricachurch.com

The Dump

This was definitely the place that had the most impact on the group.

Managua's city dump is the home of over 10,000 men, women, and children. They spend their lives working and pilfering useful items that can be sold or recycled. The average lifespan for a male is only 40 years due to respiratory disease. We had the opportunity to tour the dump with Pastor Vladimir. It was amazing to watch this man work as he met people, hugged the children, and encouraged everyone with the love of Christ.

Pastor Vladimir does everythign he can do to minister to these families. he even feeds a nutritious meal to around 120 children 3 dayys a week if funds permit. Our goal this next year is to rebuild the feeding site so the children can have a little bit of shelter from the sun and rain.

Manchester Roofs

Dirt floors and leaky roofs seem to be the status quo in this neighborhood. Manchester is among the poorest barrios huddled up agains the polluted Lake Managua. This area has no real infra-structure, no police protection, and no medical help. This truly is an area that has been abandoned by teh government, but not by Christians and their missions groups.

There is a group out of Atlanta who is raising funds for a ministry called, Operation Fix-A-Roof. They have teamed up with a local Pastor who lives in this neighborhood and wants to help these families. Our desire is to team up with the neighborhood Pastor and this group from Atlanta, and help them supply and install new tin roofs. They need lots of people-power and we have comitted to helping him on our next trip in September.

God's School

The mission of God's School is to bring ghope and love to a foresaken generation in Nicaragua.

Mary Spires, the founder of this school says, "It is hard to tell someone Jesus loves them when they are starving. First you feed them, then you tell them that God provided that food because HE loves them. With that act of kindness a heart that has been hardened for years will soften right before your eyes."

God's School currently feeds and educates over 150 children each day yand provides a Children's Church program each and every Sunday afternoon.

C.A.L.T.

CALT stands for Christian Academy of Las Torres (www.caltnica.org). These folks make sure that the kids in this neighborhood get the proper education they need, but can't afford. Currently, about 215 children attend this school.

We were blessed to be able to repair leaky roofs in three classrooms. Actually, they need a whole new roof, so we only supplied a short term solution until they can raise the funds to put on an entire new roof.

We were also able to build dividers for the classrooms that will better acommodate the different grades. These kids get a great education and learn daily of God's love for them.

New Life In Nicaragua

Tim and Chris Bagwell moved to Nicaragua five years ago from theU.S. to work as missionaries for their church. Two years ago God put it in their hearts to open a nutritional center for children. It is one of only two in the country. These babies are abandoned in teh true sense of the word. We met one little girl name Milagro (Milagro means Miracle in Spanish). She was found in a field wrapped in a plastic bag. Nancy, another infant, was found in a drainage ditch with only her mouth and nose above the water. Little Marcos was abandoned at teh hospital afetr his mother tried to self-abort three times because she ws raped by two men.

I know these stories are horrific and incomprehensible, but they are the truth. Truth of what desperate people do during what they think are hopeless situations. And we believe God led someone to find Milagro and Nancy. As Tim Bagwell puts it, "Each one of these children already has a testimony of God's love".

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