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May 21
12 year old Din
Block Party
Michelle Burton plays Sin Box Sally and Wes plays the strong man in the Sin Box Drama.
Wes sharing Gospel at the block party.
Wes sharing at a different block party.
Wes and Din (read more about Din)
John Hurley, Miguel (block party leader), Wes
Wes and Din playing baseball
Its late but a few comments are certainly due since I probably will not have internet access other than by the blackberry until Saturday night. We have conservatively recorded over 5200 POF this week. Mike Hulsey shared with the team that is the most that Voice of Hope has experienced. No doubt, Ronnie Hill made a great contribution to that. Ronnie did school assemblies all day everyday and then preached at night. He was a tireless worker. Ronnie will be at First Baptist Rogers the last week of September. I pray that we might see a great harvest at home.
You have seen a few pictures of Din. He is a twelve year old boy that I met on Monday night when he asked for my bottle of water which I gave to him. Then he showed up at the crusade on Wednesday night and followed us to our van. He and I enjoyed a playful exchange of “Hey Man”. This morning early when we got ready to leave the hotel, Din was waiting outside the hotel (not the stadium). Sherry Hulsey had talked to him at our van about going to school on Wednesday night. So Sherry let him come with us on our block parties. He really was a lot of help. He ate lunch with us at the hotel and we got to know him better. He lives with his grandmother. His family abuses drugs and alcohol and he is pretty much on his own. I had the opportunity to lead Din in a prayer to receive Christ this afternoon. One of our interpreter Denise was a big help because Din speaks some English but really understands Spanish much better. I guess being the father of boys, Din touched my heart. He sang the songs from the crusade with Michelle. Sherry made some contacts with a local youth pastor that will attempt to mentor Din and get him into a special school that can catch him up since he cannot read or write. Din is very smart in that he is bilingual and street smart with a very energetic personality. The youth pastor knows Din’s family and knows that he will get no help from there. If he can get caught up some academically through this special schooling then he can enter the public school in February. Sherry will keep in touch through our interpreter Denise on how Din is doing. We have challenged Din to learn to read, stay out of trouble, go to church, and grow up to be a great man of God. I want to ask you to join me in prayer for Din to grow into that mighty man of God. I sense a leader’s spirit and a magnanimous personality that could accomplish great things for God in Nicaragua.
We leave at 6 am tomorrow morning to leave Blue Fields by small plane back to Managua. Our luggage left at 4 pm today to go by boat. We will spend the day in Managua (or getting there) and leave for the US Saturday morning. Praying for no delays or missed flights on the return. This is certainly the most fruitful trip that I have been on. I am hoping that this will be an ongoing trip for us going to a harvest field. My observations will be shared in the days ahead. Our team was great and I believe deeply touched. Thanks to John Hurley for all the photos on my blog. I better get to bed. It is after midnight and breakfast is at 5:30 am. Grateful for the Gospel and its power, until next time.