Five hundred Nazarenes from the USA/Canada Region were in Costa Rica and Guatemala between June 30 and July 14 as participants in Encuentro, which had both evangelistic and social goals. Encuentro is a missionary movement led by the USA/Canada Nazarene Youth International (NYI) every two years. This was the first year they held the event
The Jesus Film Harvest Partner team from the Marysville Church of the Nazarene, Washington, USA, joined with the Guatemala Peten North District to build a community center. They worked together July 12-16 in the Esfuerzo neighborhood. They provided the free-standing structure for the community to use to start a school program, clinic, and other community
Thursday, July 12, the second phase of Encuentro 2018 ended in the churches in Guatemala. Friday evening, July 13, the event will officially close with an evangelistic service. On Saturday the groups will begin to return to their homes. Rev. Milton Gay, the coordinator for Encuentro in Guatemala and the Regional NYI coordinator, shared some
The Nicaraguan Church delivered food to 70 families in the cities of Leon and Las Penitas between June 25 and June 30 thanks to a large donation. The Nicaragua Church of the Nazarene collaborated in the purchase and distribution of the food. Please remain in prayer for Nicaragua and the church in this time of
