Hilltop Ministries: Nicaragua

Hilltop Ministries has been serving in Nicaragua since January 2011. Our journey began with a feeding program on February 13, 2011. Little did we know that taking a step of faith to start this program would lead to the expansive ministry we have today! To those who have been faithfully supporting us over the years, thank you! We are immensely grateful for your prayers and generosity. Your contributions have not only fed people spiritually and physically, but also facilitated medical treatments and provided medicine to those in need. They have enabled us and our missionary to forge community connections far beyond what we could achieve with just our annual visits. We've witnessed people transform their lives for Christ, overcome addictions, and triumph over challenging circumstances. We've seen miracles and healings, watched children from our feeding center grow into university students, and some start their own families. Missions is about more than just the quantity of things o...

Our missionary had the opportunity to attend a youth conference in Esteli, Nicaragua, this past weekend. Here is her experience. Enjoy! YOUTH CONFERENCE - ESTELI NOV 2023: In recent years, people have been leaving their homes and families to seek work in the US. From what I've seen, the majority are young adults, aged between the ages of 18 and 25. In Nicaragua, when a church announces a youth event, it typically caters to those aged 13 to about 25 years. In contrast, youth events in the USA usually cater to those up to 18 years old. The cultural norms here are different. Given this, I didn’t expect many young people to attend our event. I was pleasantly surprised when over 150 youths showed up to worship the Lord, listen to the guest speakers, and enjoy fellowship. Another surprise was the event's timing; it was scheduled from 9 am to 3:15 pm. I had mistakenly thought it would end at 12 pm. I was happily proven wrong once again! The event was organized by the Foursquare Church...

  Muchos de ustedes recordarán a Antonio de cuando recaudamos fondos para ayudarlo a preparar su casa para la diálisis de sus riñones en agosto de 2020. Recientemente, Antonio no se ha sentido bien. Fue al hospital en Managua, la capital de Nicaragua, la semana pasada, y le dijeron que tenía una infección. Le dieron medicinas para ayudar con la infección, pero durante la semana ha empeorado y se ha debilitado progresivamente. La familia decidió trasladarlo del hospital en Managua al hospital en Estelí para estar más cerca de la familia. Llegó a Estelí el 13 de noviembre. Escribimos esta publicación para pedir a nuestros seguidores y guerreros de oración que mantengan a Antonio y su familia en sus oraciones. Oren por guía y sabiduría para los doctores y el personal que lo atiende, y para que la familia encuentre paz y comprensión que les ayude en este momento difícil. "Mas él herido fue por nuestras rebeliones, molido por nuestros pecados; el castigo de nuestra paz fue sobre él, y ...

  Many of you may remember Antonio from when we raised funds to help him prepare his house for dialysis for his kidneys back in August 2020. Recently, Antonio has not been feeling well. He went to the hospital in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, last week, and they told him he had an infection. They put him on medicine to help with the infection, but over the week, he has progressively gotten worse and weaker. The family decided to transfer him from the hospital in Managua to the hospital in Esteli to be closer to family. He arrived in Esteli on November 13. We write this post to call on our supporters and prayer warriors to keep Antonio and his family in your prayers. Pray for guidance and wisdom for the doctors and staff taking care of him, and for the family to find peace and understanding to help them through this difficult time.   "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripe...

Here are 3 ways you can make a donation to Hilltop Ministries to help support our ministry in Nicaragua.  Every donation made to Hilltop Ministries goes right back into running the ministry to bless and serve others in Nicaragua. That includes our Bible classes, feeding program, youth group, their 2 craft classes, their missionary living in Nicaragua, and our other community outreach programs. When you give to Hilltop Ministries you give hope and light to someone who is lost and hungry. Help be a change in someone's life for Christ! Thank you in advance for your support, and may God bless you! WAYS TO MAKE A DONATION TO HILLTOP MINISTRIES:  1. MAIL: You can mail your donation to 4419 Riverland Road Clifton Forge, VA 24422. Please write any checks to "Hilltop Ministries", and write "nica" in the memo. 2. PAYPAL: You can make an online donation with PayPal by CLICKING HERE.  3. VENMO: Scan Hilltop Ministries' code for Venmo below to back an onli...

    Here are 3 ways you can make a donation to Hilltop Ministries to help support our ministry in Nicaragua.  Every donation made to Hilltop Ministries goes right back into running the ministry in Nicaragua. That includes their Bible classes, feeding program, youth group, their 2 craft classes, their missionary living in Nicaragua, and their other community outreach programs. When you give to Hilltop Ministries you give hope and light to someone who is lost and hungry. Help be a change in someone's life for Christ! Thank you in advance for your support, and may God bless you! WAYS TO MAKE A DONATION TO HILLTOP MINISTRIES:  1. MAIL: You can mail your donation to 4419 Riverland Road Clifton Forge, VA 24422. Please write any checks to "Hilltop Ministries", and write "nica" in the memo. 2. PAYPAL: You can make an online donation with PayPal by CLICKING HERE.  3. VENMO: Scan Hilltop Ministries' code for Venmo below to back an online donation with Ve...

  Gracias por su continuo apoyo y oraciones por nuestro ministerio. Aquí hay una pequeña actualización sobre lo que está sucediendo en Nicaragua. El número de casos positivos de Covid en Nicaragua ha sido abrumador desde agosto. Actualmente no estamos teniendo nuestras clases de Biblia, grupo de jóvenes, programa de alimentación para los niños o clase de manualidades porque creemos que es demasiado peligroso para nuestros líderes y la comunidad. Actualmente estamos haciendo lo que llamamos "sobres de bendición". Estos sobres se entregan a las familias necesitadas o enfermas que asisten regularmente a nuestro ministerio. HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para leer sobre nuestros sobres de bendiciones en septiembre, y HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para leer los testimonios de algunas de las familias que recibieron esas bendiciones. Sabiendo que el Covid no se irá, comenzamos a pensar en nuevas formas de proporcionar recursos espirituales para las personas que normalmente asistirían a nuestros eventos. Hemos d...

Thank you for your continued support and prayers for our ministry. Here is a little update on what is happening in Nicaragua. The number of positive Covid cases in Nicaragua have been overwhleming since August. So instead of doing the feedings and our other programs, as our ministry events, we are now making what we call "blessing envelopes". These envelopes are given to the families that are in need or sick who regularly attend our ministry. CLICK HERE to read about our blessing envelopes in September, and CLICK HERE to read testimonies from some of the families that received those blessings. Knowing that Covid is not going away, we started thinking about new ways to provide spiritual resources for people that would normally attend our events. We have decided to do our best to create posts on this blog that will have Bible lessons, devotionals, and fun activities for the children in Spanish. This new addition to our blog will come in the following weeks. We ask that yo...

  Last week, if you are following us or our missionary on social media, you saw that we gave out "blessing envelopes" to families we work with that are in need here in Nicaragua. When you support our ministry you are blessing many people in more ways than you can imagine. Here are some small testimonies from different famlies that received one of our blessing envelopes. TESTIMONIES: Please note that we will be using the first initial of their name or names for privacy reasons.  R - "Blessings. I am very grateful for the help that you [Hilltop Ministries] gave me, it has helped me to buy medicine. I am a very asthmatic person, and was having problems breathing. With your help I was able to get my new medicine I needed to breathe better.  I am happy to receive help. Thank you." S and J - "We thank you very much for your [Hilltop Ministries] help. It was very helpful to us. We were able to buy food for the family during these hard times. Thanks to God and to you...

We can help the people of Nicaragua, because you took a step of faith to make a donation to us! Thank you! Over the last few weeks Covid cases in Esteli, Nicaragua have increasing dramatically. Many people are sick or have a loved ones that are sick. We have not been having the kids feedings this past month for two reasons. One, our missionary in Nicaragua was sick with Covid and has been recovering. The second reason was we did  not want the children, the children's families, or our leaders to be put in a place with a large amount of people where there would be a possibility that someone may get Covid. Their sickness, or possible death, would be our responsibility. We discussed with our leaders in the USA and in Nicaragua, and we decided to take the money that we would have use for the kids feedings and bless families who are in need. We have come up with a small love offering what we called "blessings envelopes". We made a list of families that we knew needed a little h...