Winnie Joy used to go the SALISBURY BAPTIST TEMPLE KINDERGARTEN. She would come up with the most convicting “sayings”. One was,”if it isn’t your best it´s sin” I WAS CONVICTED! still am as a matter of fact, not that it´s done much good! She also still says, J.O.Y. (her middle name), Jesus, Others, Yourself,to have […]
Weekly Testimonies
From Beatriz Paz
As Director of the Hispanic Youth Institute, better known as HYS, I remember watching hundreds of high school students every year assemble in ¨familias¨ and walk across a stage to receive a simple recognition from the Hispanic College Fund. Participating in HYS profoundly affected each student and transformed all of us who formed part of […]
What is my definition of who we are?
My feeble definition of our ministry is doing something without an agenda or motives, for the good of someone else. Just my take on it. Winnie is my example. She´s quiet, industrious, righteous, and gets it done. You don´t even know what she´s doing, but you see a LOT of people being blessed. She doesn´t even […]
“What do we think we´re doing here?”
What do we think we´re doing? We are trying to help some families out of poverty, with God´s help and inspiration. POVERTY IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD. Poverty robs kids of their childhood AND their future. When I first was down here the first time, as a non believer, I […]
T.H.I.N.K.
Craig Laurie said once, you should THINK before you talk. Is it Thoughtful? Helpful? Intelligent? Needful? Kind? Heard some really unkind things on a bus today spoken by an american missionary, Lots of Nicaraguans were offended, I was humiliated. I don´t think it was intentional, but out of the mouth comes issues with the heart. […]
PLAYGROUND POLITICS
When I look back at my 56 years of living, the people that I thought were going to be my best allies turned out to be big disappointments. Also, my “play ground bullies” turned out to be a real blessing in my life. I wish nations would figure that out before they rush off to […]
The small things like second chances..
In OCS we had to roll our socks in such a way, that when the black hats would open your locker, your sock´s would actually looking like they were smiling at them. If in your hurry, the rolled socks were put in upside down you socks frowned at the black hats, and your day was […]
Love Is
If you want to see what you’ve never seen, you have to do something that you’ve never done. Pastor Heraclides and his wife teach a song to the children. Kind of the same thing, if you never hear the song, you never will know it. I ponder daily on what God really wants out of […]
Turning Sorrow Into Joy
Has cambiado mi lamento en baile, (one of my favorite songs, God has traded our sadness into joy.) We are joyful. The other co-founders and staff are people that we can actually TRUST and the Jim Winner has completed phase one. We moved in last week! Still working on getting other kids in here […]
Gozo means joy
Joy is helping others less fortunate in the name of the Lord. We are having a really tough time getting the Samaritan Purse Boxes for the more than 400 kids we work with. Looks like Christmas is a long way down the road but the logistics involved is scary, The Jim Winner Home is ready […]