Building hope in Nicaragua

Today’s post is from grace covenant church in Cornelius, nc

On Saturday February 12, 2022, Grace Covenant Church gathered over 370 volunteers into their Grace Life Center to work with Servants With a Heart on a meal packing event.  Over the course of a little less than 4.5 hours and two packing shifts, the volunteers were able to pack 84,888 meals!  These meals will be sent to Nicaragua to help those who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition.  Grace Covenant has been on the ground in Nicaragua and supporting churches, schools, and ministries in Nicaragua for over 20 years.  This year, due to the devastating effects of Covid-19, the Grace team sensed that people in Nicaragua were losing hope.  Pastor Farrell asked the congregation for a special offering to help restore hope to our brothers and sisters in Nicaragua.  We called the campaign ‘Building Hope in Nicaragua.’  From the generosity of our congregation, we raised enough money to help re-build a church damaged by an earthquake, provide support and materials for a school, support a Bible Institute to train pastors and evangelists, and do other special projects such as this meal packing event.

We had an amazing day working with Servants with a Heart.  It was truly a multi-generational and family centered event that everyone enjoyed.  We even had kids as young as three years old helping!  The joy and fellowship were palpable as we served together to help others less fortunate.  We know at our core that God has blessed us to be a blessing to others.  Servants with a Heart allowed us to do this in a way that will provide a tangible blessing to those in need.  When we were finished packing the meals and cleaning up, the unanimous cry was, ‘When can we do this again?’  So, we have another meal packing event with Servants with a Heart scheduled for September and we are anticipating that we will have even more volunteers and pack even more meals!