An update from nicaragua

Today’s blog is an update from Patrick brown, who runs samaritans international of nicaragua, where we ship much of our food

Living in Nicaragua has always been challenging for many reasons. During these last few months, as the world has been dealing with the Covid issue, the Nicaraguan government has not enforced any type of standards for protection. We have lost pastors who run feeding centers, as well as people from our local Pochocuape community. Here at our free Christian school, we put together a distance learning program, which may sound easy, but is not! Due to the lack of internet, computers, and smart phones (which our student families cannot afford), we have to make copies of study guides, worksheets, tests and all the other materials needed for education. The students come to our gate on different days to pick up the latest guide and turn in completed work. The teachers are still working from home, so we take all the work to each teacher’s home weekly.

Unemployment was higher than ever after all the political issues in April 2018. Our blessings have continued, however. We have some meat chickens for our family as well as home-grown vegetables from our garden. Our animals have been blessing us with new babies as well as fresh milk. This coming week we will bless many people with two containers of meals from Servants With A Heart, which we will deliver to some of the most rural communities in Managua. 

Thank you to all the Servants With A Heart volunteers—you are truly saving the lives of starving children and families in Nicaragua. Our prayers are with all of you during this hard time. Thank you for your support and prayers!

Love, The Brown Family in Nicaragua