The TOLI Board recently had to make a very tough decision: After 5 years of providing the TOLI program through our partner Verbo Ministries in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, we have been forced to end our program there.
Sadly, the circumstances leading to this step are part of a larger crisis impacting Nicaragua, ministries, and its people. While we had already paused normal operations in the spring and prayed for a breakthrough, as the months unfolded it became impossible – even unsafe – for our work to continue.
Your support for our work in Nicaragua since we began in 2018 has brought blessing, hope, and transformation for hundreds of families in Puerto Cabezas. The Kingdom fruit of the TOLI program is beautiful: lives given to Jesus, families reconciled, personal transformation and redemption, even physical healing. These are things that can never be taken away, no matter what the temporal circumstances are – we praise God for that!
“I am very grateful to God and the TOLI program for giving me the privilege of belonging to this beautiful TOLI family. The relationship with you transformed my life and that of my family. We’ve never experienced so much love and support. Thank you very much. I think I am leaving with an economic and spiritual foundation to continue undertaking and continue supporting my children and family.” – Brenda, TOLI Entrepreneur
We also praise God for the opportunity to partner with such amazing brothers and sisters in Christ in Puerto Cabezas, who taught us so much about faith, vision, perseverance, and hope. Please pray for our Social Workers, Junior, Orlando and Miguel; our colleagues at Verbo; and for our clients, who are all facing uncertainty, oppression, and a crippled economy. Pray for new livelihoods for our Field Staff. And pray for wisdom for Verbo’s church elders as they seek to care for former ministry staff, as well as all those Verbo has served – all while Pastor Earl is still recovering from a devastating car accident in June. They need your prayers now more than ever.
“There is a lot of opposition, but we don’t lose our hope or our faith. Since we fear God, we are always conquerors in him.” – Orlando, TOLI Social Worker
While TOLI has had to shut our doors in Nicaragua, we’re so grateful that our ministry partners in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda continue to expand TOLI’s program and impact for the Kingdom in incredible ways. Thanks for being part of this big TOLI family – through its ups and its downs. We are grateful for your partnership and prayers.