During the last week in October, we had the privilege and honor of hosting several of the pastors and mission leaders of the churches who come on a regular basis. These churches send teams two or three times a year and have been instrumental in the growth of the church here in Los Anonos.
This group of churches were made up of our home church, the Vineyard Church of Mechanic Falls, Maine (it was so good to have Dick and Maida Ray, our pastors, here!!); New Life Church of Gahanna (Columbus) Ohio (Brian Robertson, associate pastor and Cindy Schmidt, missions director); Mountain View Community Church of Culpeper, Virginia (Derek and Carrie McFarland, associate pastors and Jeff Kesner, missions director); The Summit of Madison, Virginia, (Mark DeCourcey, pastor); and Vineyard North of Grand Rapids, Michigan, (Mike and Lauren Befus, associate pastors). These people come to Los Anonos and give freely of their hearts, souls and pocketbooks! We thank God for them!
We talked about the vision of a new church here and how to make it work. We talked about the needs, such as a pastor and a larger building. We do know of a building nearby that will cost $1,000 a month to rent. It is a very large house, with a living room that is able to hold about 100 people. Plus there are several other rooms that could be used for classrooms. We know that God will provide the perfect place for a church in Los Anonos. He will also provide a pastor with a heart for this community.
On our mission trip to Nicaragua we will be working with the local Vineyard church of Managua and with several of our Los Anonos young people and several people from La Viña. This is, for many, their first mission trip.
Our hope is to see the Viña Los Anonos become a missonal church from the onset. We also want to see the other churches do more missonal work abroad. We will be working in a community called Tipitapa. The poverty here is extreme. A children’s Christmas program at one of the local churches in this community is being given, as well as a small construction project. Also we will visit a school that is in the dump of the capital city of Managua. There are 1500+ people who live here, where you see children rummaging through the trash with the hope for something to eat or a tin can they could recycle for cash.
We thank all of you for your support and prayers! They are so needed at this time.
If you would like to send monthly support or a one time donation, you can send a check to Harvest Hands at this address:
Harvest Hands
C/O The Vineyard Church
P.O. Box 55
Mechanic Falls, Maine 04256
Blessings to you All!
Rodney and Cindy
