On October 5th and 6th 2016, a training of the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) and Healing Waters International (HWI) took place in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, in Mexico. In order to present the Chiapas and Oaxaca Initiative; which will implement water purification plants through the Holistic Transformation Model that includes health and hygiene
On October 14th, 2016, we received the update on the status of the Church of the Nazarene in Cuba, sent by the Cuba East District Superintendent, Luis Ramon Batista, after Hurricane Matthew hit the island. The district has 63 churches and 22 Church Type Missions, 21 of them are from the province of Guantánamo, 28
On October 6th, 2016, NCM Haiti reported on the state of the population and the Church of the Nazarene in the country; after category 4 Hurricane Mathew hit the southern part Haiti last Monday night. More than 1,125,402 people were affected. More than 350,000 people in need. 15,623 people were evacuated. 1,855 flooded houses. 114
On the Friday afternoon, October 7th, 2016, NCM Coordinator for the East District of Cuba, Armando Viera, gave a brief report of the church in Cuba. Fifteen churches were affected and 29 families are homeless. The district administrator will continue the assessment this afternoon. The churches are helping with food, clothes, shoes, etc. As we
