Sebastian Molina – Las Mojicas
1 John 3:17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? La Semilla Ministries exists because of this mandate – Practically demonstrating God’s love….to EVERYONE! Search around our website for a series of posts that describe the people, their life and it’s realities here in Nicaragua. The people we work with are real, gentle, humble and deserving. Thanks for your support as we continue to deliver options for the poor to escape the clutches of material poverty and to work alongside them discovering new opportunities. Sebastian Molina. Living in the community of San Miguel de los Mojicas, Sebastian works hard tilling the land. Besides 3 or 4 acres planted to beans and sorghum, he always has a vegetable plot on the go to sell watermelons, or zuchini, or peppers. Imagine the…
Felicita Aragon – San Jose de Masatepe.
La Semilla Ministries…..serving the economically disadvantaged in Carazo, Nicaragua. Felicita Aragon lives in San Jose de Masatepe. This is a community near where our base of operations has it’s storage facilities and processing plant. Sounds impressive, right – processing plant! Felicita works for us as an occasional laborer sorting beans. All the seed we produce gets inspected and selected for defects by hand. The current crop has had LOTS of rain damage, and so Felicita and other ladies work 10 hour days, manually removing damaged grains so we have a marketable product. Pains-taking labour! But Felicita is thankful for the work, since it’s the only part-time job she has. She feels the pressure of providing for her family of 6, and work in Carazo province is scarce. Unofficial unemployment rates run about 25-35% in rural Nicaragua. Pay is based on the number of lbs cleaned, 300 lbs daily nets a pay…
NESTOR MENDIETA – Santiago Las Flores
Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News. Phillipians 1:27 Filipenses 1:27 Solamente esto: procuren que su manera de vivir esté de acuerdo con el evangelio de Cristo. Así, lo mismo si voy a verlos que si no voy, quiero recibir noticias de que ustedes siguen firmes y muy unidos, luchando todos juntos por la fe del evangelio. NESTOR MENDIETA: From the community of Santiago Las Flores, Nestor has been a participant in our technical AG program since 2015. One of the ways that we teach integrated development is by offering a Bible study course in the communities where we work.…
NICOLAS & LILIAM SEQUEIRA – Sontoles
At La Semilla Ministries, Nicaragua, we are committed to our goal of seeing rural Nicaraguan families achieve their God given potential by providing a financially viable future for their families. Our Sustainable Agriculture Program builds on essential skills and resources which already exist in rural communities but are under-utilized. It is a cooperative model in basic grains production – ending with increased yields, market returns, and profitability of the participating producers. NICOLAS & LILIAM SEQUEIRA: Photos of Nicolas and his family are pretty common on our pages since Nicolas has been a part of the work here since it’s inception in 2009. Nicolas and Liliam are pastors by training, but bi-vocational – making a living from the soil since there is no income provided by the church. This is very common in rural Nicaragua, pastors are welcome to share the gospel, but on «their own dime», they must meet…
Luis Galan – Cañas Blancas
Sustainable agriculture development is a tool to fight poverty. It’s a long-term investment of dollars and time and energy that La Semilla Ministries is committed to! Luis Galan: Don Luis has been working with the minstry as a producer of beans for the past 3 growing cycles and has achieved what we call «GRUPO UNO» demonstrating good cultural practices and responsibility with crop inputs, including credit. Don Luis is from the community of Cañas Blancas and has a fairly diverse income. He is the caretaker of a plantation of advocados and plantains, he rents land to plant beans and sorghum each year, and he has a small piece of land himself where he has planted advocados. Diversification is certainly a part of a sustainable agriculture model. A challenge that Don Luis and other Nicaraguan producers face is fair and just access to credit. It’s disappointing to know that the credit…
Don Carlos & Doña Benita
James 1:27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. It’s our mandate, right? Each one of us concerned for the needs of others. God brings joy and peace into our lives through our loving on others. Give us your eyes for the world, LORD. Don CARLOS & Doña BENITA: Of course our daily life here in Nicaragua exposes us to much of the harsh reality and affects of poverty. Living situations like Carlos & Benita. They are residents of the barrio next to where we help with a seniors home. While they aren’t ready to make a move into the actual facility, where care and love is provided for 9 residents, they do benefit a lot from the practical care that is offered at Dulce Refugio Seniors Home. Simple…