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ASSIST CANADA MOVES AHEAD WITH PROJECTS IN NICARAGUA

October 24, 2001

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent
ASSIST News Service

ONTARIO, CANADA (ANS) -- Plans are moving ahead for ASSIST Canada to help Nicaraguan pastors build an evangelical church and school in that country, as well as increasing the number of pastors the ministry sponsors on a regular basis.

"ASSIST Canada is moving ahead!" said Rev. Kevin Schular, a Canadian pastor who is Director of ASSIST Canada.

"We are bringing Pastor Ruben Lopez and Pastor Herman Ruiz from Nicaragua to Canada next month for a fundraising tour," he said.

"Herman has been given a wonderful opportunity in the old city of Granada. This city dates back to the 1500s when the Spanish Conquistadors were exploring Central America and one of the largest Roman Catholic cathedrals is in the region. Herman began holding Bible studies in Granada, a city of 40,000, last year and was recently contacted by the town council and offered several acres of land for free if he could develop a church and school within two years. The total cost is projected at $38,000 US," Schular told ASSIST News Service.

"ASSIST Canada has already raised $5000 and we will present it to him when he is here next month. With this he can get started and then trust God to provide for the rest. Please pray for him and Ruben (the ASSIST president in Nicaragua) as they travel and present their need to churches and people in Ontario," said Schular.

"We plan to support 14 pastors in 2002 at $50 per month. This is up from nine in 2000. We also are doing projects in El Paso, Managua, Mina la India and now in Granada, all cities in Nicaragua," Schular said.

"We have expanded our ASSIST Board to seven members and they are all solid Christians and good workers," Schular told ANS.

ASSIST is an international ministry started in 1988 by journalist and author, Dan Wooding, and his wife Norma, as a way to help Christians living under difficult circumstances, and to share the Gospel with those who do not know Christ. They are based in Garden Grove, California, after moving to Southern California from England in June, 1982. The ministry has offices in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. It has worked in countries like Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, North Korea, Romania and the former Soviet Union. For more information visit www.assistnews.net  or . 

Pastor Kevin Schular, Director of ASSIST Canada, may be contacted by e-mail at: calvarygospel@on.aibn.com.
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