As you all know, one of our reasons to move to the northern part of Nicaragua was to work together with the preachers and congregations in this region. As a part of that work, we have begun this year organizing and participating in joint evangelistic efforts in each of the congregations. This year we started in San Jose de Bocay and El Cual with 5 baptisms, Apanas with 12 baptisms, and this month in La Dalia where we had two baptisms and like in every place, we left many good Bible study contacts for the local preacher to work with and hopefully convert.

We had 15 people (preachers, wives, and students) working in this month’s evangelistic effort. We had four nights of gospel meetings and four days of door knocking. It’s a shame that time limits us to only work in one small part of the town. But, we are prayerful that many of town’s people will have heard of the work we did and of the presence of the church there. The unique situation of this congregation is that several years back, they had baptized several people, but for one reason or another they all left. So, we were basically establishing the church.

La Dalia is a small town about an hour and a half north of Matagalpa. The town serves as a commercial hub that connects a bunch of smaller towns further out in the mountains and farms with the bigger city of Matagalpa. There’s a lot of movement and as a consequence people take up residence for a short while and then move on, which was one of the reasons why some of the members are not there any more. The other being that there was not a full-time preacher there up until a few months ago. Rene Rocha with his wife and child, moved there to begin working full-time trying to recuperate the old members and make new ones. This month’s evangelistic effort really gave him a boost, for him personally and for the work.

This was also my first time to preach during a gospel meeting. In Latin American countries, there’s a big difference between preaching in a regular service and preaching in a gospel meeting. A typical gospel meeting usually requires preachers that are very loud and long winded. So, this was a new experience for me because I am neither loud nor long winded. Maybe I just need more practice at it. It was a fun experience though and I hope to be able to do it again.

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