Walakitang is a Miskito Indian community along the Rio Coco on the border of Honduras. To get there from our home base in Managua, we must travel one full day by car and two full days by boat. In 2006, after being involved with a food relief effort after a major crop loss, we started supporting a small church there. We now support both the church and its pastor, Victor Nieves, on a monthly basis. In addition, we lead short term missions teams up there throughout the year. Past teams have done pastoral training, medical clinics, and construction.
The Miskito Indians are an autonomous group in Nicaragua that has their own culture, language, and government. The language they speak is Miskit and as a people they stretch from just across the Honduran border all the way into Guatemala. In addition to Walakitang's remote location, the combination of extreme poverty and spiritual warfare makes this outreach difficult, but God is pressing us forward so that He is glorified in Walakitang.
Recently we have helped the church in Walakitang become a sister church of Verbo Church, a church in Managua that has a strong network of churches throughout Nicaragua.
God's Spirit is moving in the people of Walakitang, and we are excited to see what the future will bring. There is a freshness and a humility among the people that is encouraging. Pastor Victor says, "We are a people who have our machete in one hand and our Bible in the other." As they labor with their machete to make a living, they keep the Bible close; striving to see God's Kingdom come and His will be done in Walakitang.
Monthly support for this church is $200.