Footinit: Witnessing In Nicaragua

“Best in the world!”, “Phenomenal!”, “Amazing!”. These are the words that you would normally hear if you ask. “How is the witnessing in Nicaragua?”. Thats because its true! It is amazing. Especial in rural territory where life is a little more relaxed and less stressful than the city.

Going from door to door here might require a little more walking (and when i say that i mean a LOT more walking), a little more heat resistance and a bigger water bottle. But really all those things are heavily overshadowed by the quality of conversations and the humility of those in the territory.

Walking to the Territory..... getting wet doing it

For example one might head out in the territory for the morning with the plan of offering magazines. What im used to back home is that you might be able to actually do your presentation two or three times in the morning. Here you better be ready to do your whole presentation for as many doors as you go to, and bring enough with you for everyone you talk to, because almost everybody takes them. Let alone those on the road who often approach and ask for the latest magazines.

So for me those experiences back home in Australia - where I might have placed magazines once in a morning - kept me going. But imagine spending the same time preaching but spending the majority of it having spiritual conversations. So although its tiring, as they say ‘vale la pena’ - its worth it.

I have been having some great talks with people that genuinely love hearing about the Jehovah and the promise of the Kingdom. It gives me goosebumps every time at the end of a new study when i ask them what they think of a question, like ‘What will gods kingdom do for the earth?', they give their answer with such positivity and hope in their eyes. Especially when they live in poverty and have very little materially speaking, its heartwarming that we have the privilege to show people something better.

This is one of my studies Arcenio. He has around a dozen kids some of them have left home but there are still a few at home. He can’t read but his son reads the magazine and bible verses for him during the study as the rest of the kids stand around and listen.

Arcenio and his Kids

In another area twice I had a man come up to me and ask for a bible study, he carefully scribbled his name on a piece of paper so i would not forget him. In the same area, another man Vicente a local radiologist in a nearby hospital, brings out chairs and he enthusiastically listens answers questions from the Bible Teach Book, he started preparing right from the second study.