PARTICIPATE IN CHE MINISTRY

• Day 1 :Saturday, Arrive in Managua
• Day 2 :Sunday, opportunity to attend local church, afternoon activity
• Day 3 :Monday, Meet CHE staff, community work
• Day 4 :Tuesday, Community work
• Day 5: Wednesday, Community work
• Day 6: Thursday, Community work
• Day 7: Friday, Special activity
• Day 8: Saturday, Leave for Home

We are happy to arrange shorter, 3 – 5 day Vision Trips. Contact us for arrangements.
In addition, we invite you to come simply to learn how wholistic ministry works in a community,

You will not be expected to contribute a specific activity, but will have the luxury of time in
deeper conversations with the Central TrainingTeam, based in Managua, local leaders, pastors,
and community members. You will witness the monthly trainings, with the combination of the
spiritual and the practical, walk in the community with CHE members, and visit their homes.
You will hear their testimonies of the impact of CHE on their lives, family life, and how Jesus is
gradually transformimg their communities.
Nicaragua is a very beautiful country. There are options for adventure tourism (volcano climbs,
canyon trip, islands) visits to laid back beach communities, and historic sites.

¡Come with us!

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Program That Helps Feed Families 

Thanks to our generous donors many familes now own pigs, iguanas and/or chickens. They must give the first piglet or baby chick to another family and then that family does the same so eventually most families have either pigs or chickens. This has proven very advantageous during the Covid crisis to provide food for families.

Providing Food, Pastor Chico Leads By Example 

Pastor Chico, the CHE leader responsible for helping families achieve greater food security, must be approaching a record for growing the most food in the smallest space! He and his wife have a small, corner lot in a development. Every year they raise chickens, both for eggs and for meat. They sell the chickens at Christmas, when they can obtain the best price, and people make sure to get their orders in for these quality chickens.

The pastor’s new venture is raising rabbits for food. One difficulty is that people think of rabbits as pets rather than potential food. Maybe if they get hungry enough….?

His patio has eggplants the size of a shrub, a worm farm, all kinds of vegetables, lemons by the dozen, herbs and ginger and all kinds of other crops. His small “farm” serves as a model of what is possible.

Pastor Chico works hard to challenge and teach CHE members to produce more food for their families.

Pray for a good harvest this year both for the small home gardens and the Nicaraguan farmers.

Finding Ways to Become More Self-Sufficient 

The CHE Association has the goal of becoming more financially independent each year. This year they’ve invested in raising beans on a farm where they will be sharing the profit with the farmer. They are working on making several similar arrangements in other communities. They also are partnering with another farmer who became a Christian through CHE ministry, to raise beef in order to become more self-sufficient. Please pray for these efforts to be successful for all concerned.

Maria Felix Centeno, CHE Association’s Director of Operations, has taken on the task of selling the coffee, honey, and hibiscus flower tea, produced by women of CHE. The profits are shared between the Association, and the women. This is one of the efforts that the Association is making to generate funds, and support women with micro-businesses selling quality products.

Supporting Other Non-Profits Yessenia, a CHE leader for some years, has always made her home available for meetings and trainings. Not only is she hospitable, she is also a visionary entrepreneur. This photo shows her with some of the masks she has made for the Nicaraguan CHE Association to give to organizations who have supported them, such as World Vision, the Rainbow Network and others.

The Nicaraguan CHE Association Publishing Nicaraguan Training Manuals 

Pastor Jorge and the Nicaraguan CHE leaders have created a valuable way to reach/teach communities in this time of difficult time. They’ve created lessons that are written in the Nicaraguan context-language, culture and special circumstances. For example, the lesson Walking with Christ covers the following topics:

1. A New Way of Life 2.
2. New Creatures in Christ
3. Spiritual Breathing 4.
4. Prepared for Spiritual Battle
5. Christ has Power and Authority

Of course, this is CHE, so there is a spiritual lesson, and a practical lesson. An example of a practical lesson would be the one on immunizations and what they can do prevent the different diseases that are commonly found in Nicaragua.

How You Can Support Our Brothers and Sisters 

Because of the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, many organizations have been providing relief to the most affected communities. The CHE Association, thanks to many of your generous donations, has been able to provide food boxes to very needy families. For while CHE emphasizes community development rather than relief, there are times when we need to show the love of God through acts of mercy and kindness. However, we continue to focus on encouraging and teaching community members to plan for their own needs and do all they can to provide for their own families.

WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF NICARAUGA 

1. Pay for a community to have the newly produced manual “Walking With Christ”. $26 will pay to have one printed and delivered to a community wanting to grow in their faith and provide for their families.
2. Buy an animal to help a family start raising meat or eggs to eat and milk to drink. Here is the cost of what you can donate:

• Pig-$58
• Chicken-$11
• Rabbit $7.50
• Goat $60 for female/$75 male
• Seeds-$4 an ounce

The Nicaragua CHE Association will send you a card with the photo of the animal you gave to a family or the garden your seeds sprouted. When you make your donation be sure to say what you are donating for and give your email address so our Nicaraguan friends can send you a photo. Maybe you can give a Nicaraguan family an animal for a present???

New Logo/New Website The CHE Nicaragua Association has not only created a new logo, they have a new Spanish web site for their Association: https://asociacionecsnicaragua.com They’ve had a Facebook page in Spanish, Community Health Evangelism (CHE) Nicaragua, for quite awhile. It is so good to see the Spanish web site, which will continue to be further developed. Visit both and practice your Spanish.