Catching the Vision

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with a Pastor Arturo. He is pastor of a church that CFCI has worked with for close to 6 year. He was really excited to tell us about the plans for building a new sanctuary for their church. Their current one holds 150 people and on Sunday's they are averaging 500 people. You can see the need. Often in Latin America when there is a big project or need like this the pastor asks us to help in some form. Arturo did no such thing. He said that the church themselves have raised 60% of the funds through the church. WOW! I was shocked. As we continued to talk he shared some of the things that they have learned now through the year. Relationships with visitors to the church are important. They are working diligently to get people plugged into small group Bible Studies and they are seeing the fruit. Praise God for this wonderful display of His work through the church here in Nicaragua. I walked away feeling so encouraged and excited to be praying for them as they raise the rest of the funds and continue to reach out to their neighbors in the community.