Dear Missions Partner,

We have already been blessed with 21 teams and it's only June! We at Chosen Children Ministries (CCM) are grateful for the opportunity to minister with you on the mission field in Jesus' name. Our purpose first is to bring people into His kingdom, second to help so many who are in such great need by caring for the orphaned, planting churches, providing meals, building schools, caring for the sick, and most importantly to make disciples. While God deserves all the praise and glory for what He is doing through our partnership, I am thankful for each one of you for allowing Him to use you, and for your faithfulness to His calling. God is already at work. Thank you for accepting His invitation to join Him.  Exodus 15:2 "The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him."

In Christ,

Wallace Nix

Executive Director

Chosen Children Ministries

This being my second mission trip to Nicaragua, I felt as if I already knew what to expect, but this trip was very different than my first. I realized how blessed I am to have even the smallest things, from meals every day to big things like a church and job. Even though I saw all these things the first time I went to Nicaragua, I didn't fully realize it. God taught me and began to prepare me to have an open heart and mind for this trip, and He started with my finances. I wasn't sure if I was going to Nicaragua this year because of my finances, but I remembered how God provided finances for my sister to go. She reminded me I didn't have to worry because God would make a way for my trip to be paid. She also shared with me Matthew 6:25: "That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?"

I had a few people put money on my trip, but I kept telling God that it wasn't enough and I still needed more. The day before the trip came and my trip still was not paid, my mom told me not to worry that God would provide. I had $270 left to pay on my trip and had no idea where it was going to come from. It turned out that my mom found $70 in her jacket pocket that she didn't know she had, and she also found out that she had $200 in the bank that she could use without causing any financial problems. This showed me that if you trust God with your problems, He will provide.

 Our very first day in Nicaragua,we did a sports club and a feeding for the community. We fed the adults first while the children were still in Bible Club, and then we fed the children. We were done feeding the adults, and were preparing the rice, chicken, and bread for the kids. The line seemed long, and the plates and forks were few. One of our translators told us to re-use the old plates and forks that we had used to feed the adults. So in shock; we began using the plates and forks that had already been used. I realize how much we take for granted, and just how much we waste in one day, not even thinking about the things we are throwing away. I saw children in garbage cans because they were so hungry, and wanting more. No, they were not ungrateful for what we had given them, they were hungry.

~Hannah Martin, Team Member First North Youth

Greer, SC

Guillermo Morales has served as the National Field Director of Chosen Children Ministries for eleven years. He and his wife Gabriela have 3 sons: Asaf, Gabriel, and Ricardo.  Guillermo manages the operations of CCM's Masaya and Leon mission campuses, overseeing our Nicaraguan staff, short-term mission team projects, and on-going discipleship and barrio churches. Guillermo also heads up the pastor and church leadership training at the Leon and Masaya Bible Institutes.