Nicaragua

I am going to Nicaragua!

And it is coming up fast.
Dates: January 5-January 15 2012.

Here is the plan:
I am going with a small team organized by Scott McClelland and Foundational Missions. (www.fxmissions.com) The main event will be a Youth Pastor's Retreat in Masatepe, Nicaragua.

The youth pastor / youth leader event will be a few days where we can seek the LORD together and ask for a blessing and encouragement for this arising generation. Nicaragua is one of the youngest countries in the world, with a very large percentage of their population being below 18 year old. We are asking the LORD to shape the future of this country by shaping the future of these young adults. We know He wants to do it, and we want to join Him in His efforts.

What I have been doing:
I have been asking the Lord what his heart is for the people of Central America and Nicaragua.

On November 12, Amy(my girlfriend) and I held a bake sale fund raiser toward this trip.

What you can do:
Pray for us as we go.

We are going to be funding most of the event from contributions from the U.S. If you would like to give towards the Youth Pastors Retreat or my travel costs please email me at ledyard.k@gmail.com. We would like to raise 3000 toward the retreat and my travel costs estimated 1500.

I have a deadline of December 1 to have the money for my plane ticket.


Blessings

Phil Santoemma

Today we lost one of the brotherhood. 

He was a man I greatly respected and admired. He loved his family and made everyone he talked to feel important. His name was Phil Santoemma. 

Over the last year or so, he battled with cancer. We know now that he is not in pain any longer and that he is literally with Jesus. I thank the Lord for his life.

One of the last conversations I had with him was before I went to Tanzania. He said "Maybe sometime I will go on a missions trip or to Africa". I do not quote him in regret but in inspiration. 

In memory of him I will continue to go.  

Transition

oh the time of transition and decisions. I feel like I have made so many of them in the past few months. Here is a recap of my last month in Tanzania.

I was really looking forward to the last month in Tanzania because my good friend Caleb Knighten was coming to serve at the City of Hope. He arrived on May 20th and we got to work right away. I knew he would want to get things done so we had prepared a few projects that him and I could do. Also I had scheduled my last visit to a church in the area.

Church- It was an adventure I had talked to the pastor and set up that we would be doing 2 services on Saturday and 1 Sunday morning service. Kind of like a seminar. And we would stay at the pastors house for the night. We taught a lot on the body of Christ and discipleship.

Eating together...A necessary part of visit

ing someones home

Worship at the Church

 

They threw a big going away ceremony for us and dressed us like Maasi Warriors

We also built some things such as benches, tables, a tree house that is going to have a slide mounted on it and many more things.
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Now I am back in the USA I arrived June 16th. Shortly after I moved back down to Fort Mill where I am now living and working at Vision Voice and Data (ask-vision.com). I am going to be helping lead the SF Missions program at Morningstar University (that I graduated from.).


Also, I have the opportunity to go on a 2 week trip to Nicaragua in January with Foundational Missions (fxmissions.com) more details will be coming soon.

Please keep me in your prayers!


Love and Blessings,

Kyle Ledyard