0 Donating Medical Supplies for Those in Need in Nicaragua

Photographs from 2011 Missions Trip to Nicaragua

Recently, through the help of our partners, we have provided medical supplies for an upcoming missions trip to Nicaragua organized by Because We Care Ministries of Roanoke, Virginia and Faith Fellowship Church of Wirtz, Virginia.  The trip is scheduled for June 11-18, 2012.

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  The vast majority of the five million inhabitants live in abject poverty with many suffering from severe malnutrition and starvation.  The medical supplies we donated will provide relief and a witness to the people of Nicaragua of the love of Jesus Christ.  Thank you for helping us help them.  Blessings!

UPDATE!!!

The missions team has returned from Nicaragua and the trip was a wonderful success!  The medical supplies that Hearts of Compassion International and you supplied were distributed to the poor and needy.  In fact, our medical supplies made it into the most remote regions only accessible by horseback.  

On June 14, 2012, a team saddled up with the medical supplies and hiked up to the village of Cacau.  It was here that the medical team delivered medical services to 100 villagers who hadn't seen a doctor since November of 2011.  While medical care was being given, others on the team fed the poor, worked with children, performed skits, and shared the gospel. 

The people were so very appreciative.  As a result of your generosity, many people discovered God's love and found Jesus as their personal savior.  May you be refreshed as you have refreshed others in need.  Blessings friends!

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0 Donating Personal Items for the Poor and Needy to Stepping Stones Mission

Stepping Stones Mission
Rocky Mount, Virginia

Recently, through the help of our partners, we have donated close to $1,000 in personal items for the poor and needy at Stepping Stones Mission in Rocky Mount, Virginia.  The Mission currently operates a soup kitchen where it serves over 1200 meals monthly to individuals in need.  They also distribute personal items to those who have no resources to purchase such necessary things.

Hearts of Compassion International has on numerous occasions in the past 6 years donated services to Stepping Stones Mission, which is entirely staffed by volunteers, but this is the first time we have been able to donate personal items.  Thank you partners for your help and faithfulness to God’s instruction to care for the poor and needy!  Together we are spreading the love of Jesus all around the world.  Blessings!

UPDATE!!!

Because of your generosity, we once again this month were able to contribute close to $1,000 in personal items to Stepping Stones Mission in Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA.  Mission President Mrs. Joanne Patterson relayed to us that the poor were so appreciative of your gifts.  They lined up eagerly to receive the the needed personal items.  This second shipment was very welcomed as she had to institute a sign up sheet for future disbursements as the items were so popular.  Thank you for bringing relief to those in need on behalf of Lord Jesus Christ!  You will be blessed in return.

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0 Don't Give Up!

Don't give up on God in the waiting time between your prayer (Mark 11:22-24) and the manifestation of what you are seeking from God.  The manifestation is not always instantaneous.  In fact, most times it is not.  For instance, if you pray for finances according to Mark 11, you should believe that you have received the finances NOW.  I did not say that you received the MANIFESTATION of what you asked for now.  You can check your pockets now and see that the finances have not manifested.  Instead, you should believe IN YOUR HEART that you received the answer now (which according to 2 Corinthians 1:20, the answer is ALWAYS “yes” in Christ).  In other words, you are confident that God has heard you and has granted your request.  Mark 11 states that once you believe like this, God will surely manifest the object of your desire SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE (at the right time): “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be [future tense] yours.”  Mark 11:24.

It is in this waiting time that a lot of people give up on God.  They don’t see an instant manifestation so they quit believing that they received that for which they asked.  But James 1 makes clear that such a person who believes and then doubts the truth of God’s Word shouldn’t expect anything from God.  Whether it be symptoms of an illness that linger or lack of finances, you must not let what you see in the natural persuade you that God is not true to His Word.  To do so is to forfeit what God has for you.  Jonah puts it this way, “They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”  Jonah 2:8 (King James Version).  The New King James Version of the Bible replaces the word “lying vanities” with “worthless idols.”  

Either way, paying attention to what you feel or see in the natural is observing a “lying vanity” or “worthless idol.”  You are exalting what you feel or see above God’s Word to you, and, by implication, attacking God's integrity.  The natural is temporary.  God’s Word is eternal.  It has the power to change the present facts of your situation, but ONLY if you will hold on and keep believing!  Don’t give up on God.  We inherit the promises of God through faith AND patience (Hebrews 6 & 10).  He has not forgotten you.  He is working out a good plan on your behalf.  Blessings friends!

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