Spring Happenings in Nicaragua…

Hello from dry, sunny, hot and sweaty Nicaragua! We are in the peak of the dry season and it is brutal, but we are praying for the rains to come soon, will you join us in praying for that? Amen Amen Amen!!! We hope this update finds you well wherever you are and that you had a wonderful Easter celebration. We took this picture as we gathered together with friends on Easter Sunday. It was a wonderful time together to celebrate the most important weekend of our Christian faith. Jesus is alive!

Before we share some stories of the past months we want to ask for your support. We are so blessed to have spent that last 18 years serving the Lord here in Nicaragua. We could not do it without your prayers and generosity towards our mission and our family.

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Thank you and we pray the Lord would bless your generosity…now on to some fun Spring Happenings!

Semana Santa Pool Party…when it is Easter week, every one is off of school, and the weather is just about the temperature that melts the soles of your shoes, well there is only one thing to do. Pooooooool Party! Many of you know the kiddos from Havilah and Robles, well we were so blessed to have friends in town that wanted to help throw a big pizza pool party for everyone. God has blessed each of the children in very special ways and we love being a part of their lives to care for them on the daily basis. But you know what, we don’t always take the time to get together and just relax. So this was perfect.

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Monday Night Men’s Group…Our friends the Boones lived in Nicaragua for as long as we have but felt the Lord leading them back to the US a couple years ago. Nicaragua, and what God is doing here is still a huge part of their hearts and we were so proud to host their sons, Cohen and Tito who traveled down with their buddy Kade to bring their Monday Night Men’s group to Nicaragua. These young men are only in High School but have a passion for gathering with guys, being transparent about their struggles, and drawing closer to Jesus together. They started at their school in California and wanted to bring it to Nicaragua.

It was awesome! They reached out to their former classmates at school here and put out the invite. These young men gathered for three nights, ate meals together and worshiped the Lord together. We all know that there are so many temptations in this world for young men who are trying to live their lives for Jesus…it was such a blessing to see these guys tackle those things head on! This was really great for our son Mason too, he was so pumped to see his friends again and to get involved with Monday Night Men’s group. It is something that will have an impact for years to come. The Nicaragua chapter is already coming together!

And you know what happens when boys get together? There may or may not end up being a wrestling match! It was quite the show between Abdias and Kade, nobody got hurt and Kade, who is a state qualifying wrestler in California came out the victor. I was just impressed Abdias was willing to give it a go…these boys had a blast together!

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Semana Santa Vacation Bible School…Club Esperanza was closed down for Easter Week. This is actually the biggest Holiday of the year down here. But for many of our kids at the Club it is a bit of a sad time because life at home is really hard. Sheyla our school director and her husband Roberto who pastors La Iglesia Hashem Addonai were not about to let their little ones suffer. So they threw together an awesome couple of days of fun and we got to participate along with our friends the Youngs who were in town with their three girls…we had a blast!

There were was all sort of fun and games, it was hot so we incorporated lots of water into all the games. But then there was also flour involved and somehow everyone just became a giant crowd of water and flour flying in all directions. It was like we were becoming a giant human pancake batter, we were just missing the eggs! We also provided meals for everyone to eat together, but for me the best part was the time we spent worshiping the Lord together. It was so special to see the presence of God descend on a group of kids who were just praying and singing. You could feel God’s Holy Spirit touching their hearts and see it as tears ran down their cheeks. I didn’t take many pictures of that time, but I tell you that it took me by surprise and I was so blessed to be there with them! Then of course we closed out our time with a big ol’ jam session to the song Church Clap….Praise the Lord!

Food Is a Blessing…in many parts of the world food is readily available and in many more parts of the world it isn’t. We sometimes take that for granted, and one of the harder parts of serving in the places that we serve is knowing that there are people we know who wouldn’t have food during their vacation time. But we serve a God who calls us to go out and do something about it. So we did. We went shopping, packed up some 50lb sacks and went to visit the homes of the families Pastor Roberto knew would be in most need during Semana Santa. It was a blessing to be invited into people’s homes, hear their stories about life, pray together and bless them with a big ole sack of food. It is a great act of worship to give someone who is hungry something to eat. Maybe today someone comes to mind in your life who you know is hungry? God is with you, step out and worship the Lord by giving them something to eat. Amen Amen Amen.

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Family Update…Gigi turned 94 years old! Can you believe that? We all gathered together to celebrate her….Aunt Grammie and the Wilsons came down for the party too! Gigi is such a thoughtful and classy lady. For every one of our birthdays we receive a hand written birthday card blessing us and encouraging us in life. And as you can see, when Gigi goes to a party she always looks good! It was very special to be able to celebrate her on her special day. She has lived a long and exciting life and has many stories to tell, we are very blessed to have her in our lives.

Our Juliette had a birthday in March as well! She turned 12 years old which means by next year, all of our little babies will be teenagers. We are going to enjoy every moment of this twelfth year of Juju’s life. Our baby girl finds the beauty in everything and we often get a surprise of a little bundle of flowers she has picked while wandering around the Quinta. She is a very helpful little sister, bucking that trend of the being the baby that always has everything done for her…in fact if we let her she would probably want to be in charge of everything and get it done! We are very blessed by our baby girl…Happy Birthday JuJu! We had a great Daddy and daughters tea time at the only place in Nicaragua that has Boba!

E-Clips in Nicaragua…you all may have heard that there was a Solar Eclipse happening early in April of this year. Well by golly I was sitting at my desk and couldn’t believe what I saw. The craziness of all the celestial happenings made it all the way to Nicaragua and were visible from my desk…it was AMAZING!!! Okay Okay just kidding…is this a really bad dad joke? We were sad to not have the front row seat many had in the United States, but it was very cool to see all the pictures on social media, they were some incredible images. God’s creation is amazing!

We love you and bless you friends…thank you for following our lives and supporting us as we serve the Lord here in Nicaragua. Hope you have a beautiful spring!

The Farrington Family