GOOD SAMARITAN BAPTIST MISSIONS
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For many years, the GSBM national pastors have given their lives, resources and strength to share the Gospel. Here are just 3 examples of many:
-Pastor Ivan walks 3 hours (one way) to get to his church for services and leaves at 2:30 am to walk and catch a bus to come to the Bible Institute. -Pastor Darquin sold his motorcycle to have money for medical care for his sick wife. -Pastor Carlos was robbed and his motorcycle was taken as he was coming from preaching in a village. These pastors and others need transportation. They will go where no one else goes. An average cost of a motorcycle is $2200. Help us bless other pastors like Pastor Freddy Sanchez pictured above. |
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One of our oldest churches, started in 1975, is in need of a new church building. If you have ever read Joan Tyson’s book, you’ll read about how this church began. Currently, the building is made of wooden planks and the pastor tells us that the wood is rotting, making it unsafe for them to worship there. It will cost $20,000 to build a new church building. When you think about this church, think about people in the middle of the Nicaraguan jungle praising the Lord! They need a new church building!
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Our National Director for the ministry in Nicaragua, Bro. Favio Videa, explained that the fence around the mission center property and one of GS schools needed to be repaired. This repair was $5,000 and because this was a security issue, we had to cover this expense from another account. This needs to be reimbursed.
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We’ve shared in past newsletters that Pastor Belarmino Rios has had many salvations in his church in the past few months. We have been excited to see the revival break out in his church and now they have a great need. The fence around the church property is in bad condition. This exposes the church, pastorium, the feeding center and chicken coop to theft or damages. The pastor believes this need can be met with $6,000 for a new fence around the property.
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If you remember in past newsletters, we’ve been raising funds for this church construction for a little over a year. They have a beautiful building built. However, they still lack for windows, doors, flooring and the paint. To finish, they need $12,000. This way, they can get out of the old church building that is in danger of falling in. We don’t believe it could last another rainy season.
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Unfortunately, there are national pastors who are struggling with their health. As a ministry, we want to try to help them in every way possible. They give so much of themselves for the Lord and literally wear their bodies out. Pastor Benigno Rodriguez has had diabetes for 25 years without any issues. However, recently, he developed an ulcer in his foot and his little toe had to be amputated. He is still in the hospital recovering. Pastor Jose Santos Espinoza is having problems with his prostate and may face possible surgery. Like them, there are others that have medical conditions come up. We’re not asking for a specific amount because medical costs can always vary. Anything will be a blessing for these two pastors and others when these issues arise.
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In our US office, we have so many Spanish Bibles that need to get to Honduras as our pastors are always begging us for Bibles. We have found a shipping company that will ship direct to our Honduras office. We can get up to around 100 Bibles/box and they will ship for $260 a box. We currently have 3 ready to ship and more Bibles waiting to go. If you’d like to help us ship a box, our pastors will be overjoyed to get these to the people they are reaching!
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We can’t describe how excited we are to introduce to you the “Good Samaritan Farm!” We have been looking for ways to try to help some of our ministries be more self-sustainable by producing our own food. With the fundraising efforts and donations from Tommy and Mary Lynn Crider (board members) and other generous donors, we were able to purchase 6 cows, 4 calves, and a bull. Praise the Lord, all the cows are pregnant! These cows are giving us an average of 50-60 liters of milk daily. Last year, God touched many hearts to donate funds to build many chicken coops and now we are able to serve eggs in the Feed the Hungry kitchens. We now have 300 chickens producing eggs every day. Please help us pray that God will provide the much needed equipment to keep this farm operational.
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