God is Father to the Fatherless. (We just celebrated Father´s day here in Nicaragua, I don´t have a father so it´s kind of a vague concept for me. I just use it as another opportunity to worship Him.) It must be a million times harder for kids who´s fathers are negligent and abusive. We want […]
Author: Dean Peters
Battle Against Child Slavery
At Risk Children are those who can end up in child slavery because of poverty. (ie prostitution , gangs, life of crime) A good movie to watch to give you an idea is Slum Dog Millionaire, Winnie and I personally have worked with hundreds of kids like that over the past 15 years… actually […]
Snake Bite!
Payita, our co-worker of over 15 years got bit by a coral snake last Thursday when she was reaching for a rag. She is the woman on the left Please pray for her. I had studied snake bites in jungle warfare school, and in various survival courses. However to see the results of a snake […]
Poco a Poco
The Jim Winner Home for At Risk Children When working with machetes to clear large tracts of land, the key phrase is Poco a Poco *Little by by Little*. The job is so daunting at first, but after a couple of months, it’s cleared. The same thing applies impacting and changing children’s lives. First you […]
Escape From Child Slavery One Child At A Time
The Jim Winner Home for At Risk Children is paid for. We received some nice donations, from Nicaraguans and other Central Americans as well a from the states. THANK YOU! Here’s our Executive Summary for the Jim Winner Home for At Risk Children: Our goal is to help ANY KID with the desire to escape […]
The Nature of God
God a lot of times helps us through our friends. We ask God to help us, our friends offer to help, but we ignore our friend’s help, thinking it isn’t spiritual enough. God is a lot less spiritual than we are, I think. On a spiritual note, we are bringing food to the dump to […]
The Orphanage Plan
“And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain: and when He was set, his disciples came unto him: And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit:for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn:for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for […]
Good NEWS!
We have an address where we can now receive normal sized packages without customs nightmares. (75% of the time, which is GREAT for here.!!!) You can NOT write off these boxes. They have to go through our non profit Charity River of Life to get the tax write off, but if you want to just […]
The Jim Winner Home for At Risk has been purchased (1 May 2013)
We bought the Jim Winner Home for At Risk Children. ( It is a large property, but the building NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. If you happen to know of any manly handy men who want to take a vacation to tropical Nicaragua, we could sure use a hand!y man) BTW we always need mommies […]
The Dump
The dump has been an ongoing love affair of mine for the past 3 decades. The needs are so glaring. Today there is a cold epidemic here. Colds, Diarrhea and Burns kill more kids down here than anything else. These kids are all walking around looking like glazed donuts. (Blame Bill Cosby for that one). […]