Prayer garden outside the Catholic Church

The grounds around the Church are really quite lovely: complete with a well (u can kina see in the background) where local residents come to get water when there is no power for days on end 8and consequently the water cannot be pumped thru the pipes). It is very much a Church "by the people, for the people" (to quote Nicaragua´s government propganda slogan!).

Nicaraguan Churches

June 25th 2006
I have had some interesting expereinces at the various Churches of Nueva Guinea. Nueva Guinea was founded by a Baptist pastor in the 1970´s, so it has highly Evangelical roots-- apparently one of the only cities in the country that is predominantly Evangelical, as opposed to Catholic. Although I have noted the predominance of the Evangelical church in the Nicaraguan culture here in general; as op ... read more

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The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more

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