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| Verbo Nicaragua Inaugurates Ministry Center |
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| Written by Bob Trolese | |
| Monday, 22 June 2009 | |
 WORK ZONE—Bob Trolese (center) and Artie Hall (head of Verbo Nicaragua’s Bible Institute) survey the major remodeling needed to turn old warehouses in Managua into to a new ministry center. Nation Faces Upheavals In the middle of all that came the path of destruction left by Hurricane Joan in 1988, then Hurricane Mitch, the government’s battles with the U.S.-sponsored Contra revolutionaries and national economic collapse. All these destabilizing factors influenced the Christian statement Verbo was lifting up: We fostered a church expression that took into account the greatest needs of the people at that time: the founding of Christian schools and orphanages, disaster and relief operations, medical and agricultural projects and establishing churches in strategic locations to further this vision. All these activities left our home church in Managua in rental facilities for 25 years. Time, money and opportunity never seemed to coincide for a move to a more spacious location for a congregation that at the end of 2008 was nearing 1,500 people. But the first week of June we made the move to our new home, a very nicely converted warehouse (with a huge amount of remodeling and building still to be done) in a key location in Managua. Verbo Center includes two warehouses and outbuildings slowly being reworked to accommodate not only the congregation but to serve as headquarters for our varied social services, outreaches, and growing family of churches. There’s Room to Grow in New Location The months of working to prepare the new facility has meant a nicer and larger locale. We have more than an acre and a half of land. Compared to our old, rented church building the new structure has more, larger, and handicap-friendly bathrooms, a moms’ area for toddlers and infants and a spacious multiuse Sunday school classroom area. Plans Call for Youth Center and Bible School The second warehouse will house the women’s vocational training and micro financing center, a lovely weekday pre-school for over 60 2- to 4-year-olds (this was an important ministry in our old building), and a home for the Verbo Bible Institute. Other construction plans include a neighborhood youth center. Finally we have a roomy thatch-covered restaurant with umbrellas and tables for outdoor fellowship and events. Our offices fit comfortably into an existing house on the premises. This new complex is in a central urban location that will facilitate a more visible statement of God’s love and the meaningful nature of Christian responsibility to a larger part of Managua’s population. Please, join with us in our thankfulness for the Lord’s provision, timing and planning. Our gratitude centers on our desire to be useful in the implementation of his values and that all his enemies might be brought under his feet. Thank you for your many years of faithful concern and participation with Verbo Ministries of Nicaragua. We are all simply members of One Body, His Bride. |
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