Open Hearts Nicaragua - Farrington Family

Hello friends, we have a pressing need for the children in Walakitang where we support a church planting effort with Pastor Victor and his wife Damaris. Walakitang is in the indigenous region of Nicaragua, it takes two days on the river to get there…it is very remote!

Damaris is the local school teacher and all of her kids can come to school for free but nobody can afford to buy school supplies. They recently had a plague on their crops and resources for basic living are scarce in the region. Damaris is asking for help for her children and we want to answer!

There are 95 children.

We want to raise $12 per child

Total: $1,140

If you would like to join us in helping these children please use the links below or find info for sending a check here.

As you are getting ready for school to start again in America, we would be so blessed if you helped this group kiddos down here in Nicaragua!

Thank you friends! God Bless from the land of lakes and volcanoes!!!

Chris & Krista

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Here at the footnote of our blog I would like to share a Bible verse that encouraged me this past week. Have you ever fasted? Krista’s mother Sue faithfully fasts every Monday for all of our ministry and family and all of the other concerns in life. We often join her, and Aliyah has been faithful this summer in fasting with Gramma every Monday. What I love about this verse is that it captures why we fast, it leads us to the truth behind it and the religiousness we leave behind.

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What an amazing thing to consider! As we fast, and in our fasting we serve others….”THE GLORY OF THE LORD WILL BE YOUR REAR GAURD.” Amen to that…The Lord has got our back! I hope this encourages you to draw closer to the Lord in your personal life AND to serve in ways that overwhelm others with God’s love for them. God has got your back.

Before we jump into a hodge podge of news and family updates from the Spring, we want to take a moment and ask your for you support for our family as missionaries. We have been able to serve the Lord here in Nicaragua for almost twenty years now, and we have always lived as “Faith Missionaries.” We don’t have a salary or a big organization behind us. We live and serve here by faith knowing that this is what God has called us to and that God will provide. So, if you have ever thought to or prayed about financially supporting our family…please do! We would be so blessed by that. We are so thankful to God for all of the support we have received over the years.

You can find donation information here…or use the National Christian Foundation and PayPal buttons below…Thank you Amigos!

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Happy New Year friends! In February we will be starting a new school year at Club Esperanza here in Nicaragua. We have a construction project that we are hoping you might be willing to join us in accomplishing. Over the last year we purchased an adjacent property to Club Esperanza and we are in the process of remodeling the existing structures to provide desperately needed classroom space for this coming year! Here is a short video explaning what is happening…

The estimated Cost of the project is $15,098

TO DONATE CLICK HERE OR USE ONE OF THE BUTTONS BELOW

It is that time of year and we are so so very thankful for another year of ministry here in Nicaragua. God has made a way for us to continue to serve and there are so many people on the ground here who put their hands to the plow and get to work every day at all our ministry sites…Praise the Lord, every ounce of our efforts and works go towards projects that honor and glorify Jesus. There is no other place we would rather be, amen!

Hello friends we bless you all this Christmas season! There is so much to celebrate in life and this is such a wonderful time of year. We have a big ask for you this week…can you help us buy Christmas presents for our kiddos at Club Esperanza? We have over three hundred kids in our programs this year and we want to bless their Christmas by having a present for each one!

Donate $10 to buy a Christmas Present

We are thankful for the hope we have in Jesus and as we celebrate His birth at Christmas we ask the Lord to bless us all this time of year with JOY and HOPE and LOVE…it is the most wonderful time of year!

You may not be able to tell, but this photograph is not in Nicaragua! LOL! Early this fall, actually, more like the end of the summer we made a visit home to the United States and were blessed to be able to explore some of the most beautiful and historical parts of the country. When Krista and I finished seminary over twenty years ago and drove across the country from San Francisco to Miami, Krista was seven months pregnant with Aliyah. What were we thinking…who takes a road trip that late in pregnancy?!?! We were young and did crazy things! We have so many awesome memories driving our old mini van full of stuff, but one of the best memories was deciding to stop by Mt. Rushmore. It was just so cool to see, I know it seems simple and goofy…but it was incredible to see mountains with giant details sculptured into them! We were so excited to take our kids to see Mt. Rushmore trip….Aliyah for the second time!