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It looks like there will be a group of about 4 guys from the HonorBound Ministry at Valley Gospel Chapel in Anza, California. The church there will be raising the funds to send the team, which includes a block mason and a labor instructor who are able to speak some Spanish. These men will work hand-in-hand with the men at the camp and other Nicaraguan laborers to start putting up the walls(a local group will already have the foundation poured). The local crews will continue the building until the January team arrives. At that point, the first large work group will head down, led by either Pastor Darrell Yarbrough of LaPalma Christian Center, or Pastor Jeff Campbell of HaciendaHeights Assembly of God. Pastor Phil Owens of NewLife Assembly of God in California City is looking at bringing a teamfrom the Mojave Section in March 2000. With the small start-up team and two or three large follow up teams, the school should be looking great by the end of the school year! What's Needed: The greatest needright now is for $10,000 to buy the materials to start construction andto get the foundation poured. Pastor Wayne Karr of Valley Gospel Chapelwill be making a special appeal to the churches in the Desert Section.Most of the HonorBound sectional representatives are appealing to theirsections in early September as well. Pastor Yarbrough's church has alreadycommitted to a large amount for the startup costs. A fund has been setup with Latin America ChildCare(the agency that will be running the school) to handle the funds. In addition to these funds, there is an opportunity to purchase an additional 6.8 acre parcel next to the current work site for $4,000. It is an opportunitythat we should not miss. Some of our churches have expressed interest in helping with this purchase. Gifts for this property can be send to the same LACC account. These two needs combine to leave us needing a total of $14,000 raised by the middle of September in order for the first team to get this all started! Please consider giving to this most worthy cause. Link to Main Page and Sponsoring Organizations So Cal HonorBound Nicaragua Project Scrapbook Page: http://www.geocities.com/Nicaragua_Aid/scrapbook.html Latin America ChildCare: http://www.lacc4hope.org/ The General Council of the Assemblies of God: http://www.ag.org> From: BONNIE CARLYON, local coordinating A/G missionary.
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:55:16 -0800
> To: "'So Cal Honorbound Refugio Betesda Project'"
>
> HI Friends,
>
> Hope all is well with each of you. We are doing well here. As far as the
> Bethesda project, it is going well. The project continues forward in the
> school. I believe they are planning on starting classesthe 7th of Feb. I
> just talked with Pastor Antonio today. As far as the advancement of the
> building it is going well. The welders are busy do the prepwork for the
> roof. They are presently putting in the floors, and doing the finishing
> concrete work on the walls. It is looking good. They will be starting
> from 1st grade to 5th grade. There is already 120 kids signed up for
> classes. Praise God! So you see my brothers your dream has become a
> reality!
>
> I think I shared with you that we had someone donate $15,000.00 This is
> helping us out as well. There is still more classrooms to build and of
> course the church as funds permit.
>
> I also wanted to share with you that the Nueva Vida project that we prayed
> for that day is also becoming a reality. School will be starting on March
> 1. We already have reregistered over 200 kids. We ended up getting
> another piece of property instead of the one you prayed for but this to has
> been a reality. We are excited here about what God is doing.
>
> Blessings and much thanks,
>
> Bonnie
>
> P.S. If this project gets finished before the next team gets organized
> there are still many more projects waiting to be started!What's Happening: Building is Underway! Pastor Wayne, Randy, Mike, and Allen from Valley Gospel Chapel got the first blocks put in for the wall and, along with the local crew from the camp, saw the new school building begin coming together as the old tent is falling apart!
What's Happening: When we first returned from Nicaragua it seemed like all this would go down with just a snap. Since then, we've seen it's a little more difficult to organize missions trips than it first seems. Originally three return trips were planned: one in August, one in late September/early October, and a final one in late January. The first two trips just couldn't get off the ground in time, but January still looksgood for a big work group.
In the meantime, God has been impressing upon us to get down there to getthings going. Schools start up in February in Nicaragua, so it would bea shame to only have half a month's construction done before then. A small team has just been formed to head down on October 24th for a one week trip. They will be going down mostly for morale and goodwill, but also to set a deadline for getting startup funds ready for the construction and to help get the foundation and walls underway. Hopefully this team will beable to get things rolling well enough that the team in January will be able to do the finishing touches so school can open on schedule.
So Cal HonorBound Nicaragua Project Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Nicaragua_Aid/