The Executive Summary for the Jim Winner Home for At Risk Children President, Winnie Peters Jamil Flores, Legal Counsel Dawn Piardi, *River of Life* nonprofit Jim Winner Home for At-Risk Children A charity for at-risk children in Nicaragua. That means that these are kids who are at risk of child slavery or being forced into […]
ARISE AND SHINE IS THE THEM OF ISAIAH 60:1
(not arise and be mediocre.) Lord, take my hands and help me to make something beautiful! (not mediocre) That´s one of my prayers, The other one is Lord, forgive me, I am disgusting! I feel God wants these kids to be blessed, not just mediocre (which in Nicaragua can be interpreted as a life of […]
Teach our Children
Teach our children well has been our theme this week I have been kind of frustrated about the fact that this is the fourth generation I have seen come and go in Nicaragua with little or no change. The apathy and fatalism of the parents is mind boggling. In the Bible Jesus talks about the […]
God is COMPLETELY TRUSTWORTHY!
Just when I thought I couldn´t take another step, David and Beatrice (the two readable email addresses, [email protected] and [email protected] came aboard to help us with the 501C3 paperwork and to organize. Both are highly organized. Both are workers, not “suggesters”, have enough of those already. David´s specialty is marketing and social networking, Beatrice is […]
God, Soup Lines, Containers
Disconnection until Thursday, going to Costa Rica with family to raise funds for our ministry. We´ll have to communicate through God´s Email, over the next few days. (in other words, Prayer) I am disconnecting after I push SEND. I am taking my wife and kids into Costa Rica to raise funds for our ministry. We´ll be back […]
“The Fatherless”
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 […]
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 […]