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History
The Nicaraguan Mission Project was begun in 1971, jointly sponsored by the M.V. Society and the Student Association [of Southern Missionary College, now Southern Adventist University].
The goal of the project is for the student missionaries to build a new mission station in the jungle about 75 miles from the eastern coastal town of Puerto Cabezas, in a little village named Francia Sirpi.
The area has a tropical rainy climate--a region of swampy, low plains that are drained toward the Caribbean Sea by three rivers. It is a land inhabited by the Miskito Indians. The student misisonaries have named the mission outpost, "Dawan Pleska," meaning "The Place of God," in the Miskito language.
Read more about our history here.
The Team in Francia
Dr. Ismael Cruz
Dr. Cruz, from Montemorelos University School of Medicine, spends most of his time operating the clinics.Kibsa Gilmore
Kibsa sees patients in the clinics and teaches classes in the Francia Sirpi town school, including math, Bible, English, and science. She is a registered nurse and a recent graduate of Southern Adventist University.The Cacildo Family
Pastor Waldo Cacildo, our new mission pastor, arrived in July with the evangelism team. His wife, Bridgette, has her hands full with their two-year-old son, Jocson, but she may also assist in the clinics soon. During the summer medical evangelism effort, Pastor Waldo held nightly evangelistic meetings. Hundreds of villagers packed the church every night. He was then invited to do the same in Santa Clara and Miguel Bikan. Pastor Waldo is now working fulltime with twelve lay pastors/health leaders. Traveling to the surrounding villages with a tent, he holds evangelistic meetings every week. Over 125 precious souls have been baptized since July! A man with a vision, Pastor Waldo is the drive behind new plans for the operation of a training school in the old Francia church (currently unused). For more information on spiritual outreach, click here.Filipe Jardim
Filipe is third-year theology major from Chile. When he arrives, he will teach in the town school and start a Pathfinder club for the church's many children. Currently he is waiting for the proper visas for travel to Nicaragua.
The Guestbook
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