Remembering MaryLou Riggle
MaryLou Riggle, 85, of Urbana, Ohio, passed away on 5 November 2023. She was a retired missionary serving 38 years in Belize, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.
MaryLou Riggle, 85, of Urbana, Ohio, passed away on 5 November 2023. She was a retired missionary serving 38 years in Belize, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.
More than 20 Nazarene volunteers from the northern district of Mexico joined in “Amor sin Límites” (Love Without Limits), a project that lasted seven days in Chihuahua and aimed to share the message of love, faith, and compassion of Jesus. About 100 families benefited from this project.
Eighty leaders from Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic met in September in the Dominican Republic to receive a training titled “Jesus in my Community.”
More than 170 women attended the Despójate congress in Mexico, a retreat designed to facilitate an encounter between women and God as well as initiating them into their new life with Christ.
A total of 54 children attended a Children’s Missionary Orientation Camp in Mexico to learn about missions through the first-hand experiences of a missionary.
Three adults and 11 children from the Las Palomas community in San Miguel, Nicaragua, gave their lives to Jesus during a Maximum Missions event carried out by a team of 34 Nazarenes from the Southeast District of Nicaragua.
Sixteen people from Honduras’s Northwestern and South Central districts came together virtually to participate in the “Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Protection Policies” workshop.
After three years of not holding a Vacation Bible School (VBS) in person, the First Church of the Nazarene in Villaflores, Chiapas, Mexico, held a VBS titled Destination Dig from July 31 to August 5, attended by over 120 boys and girls from their community.
More than 50 children and their parents from the Cuban community of Moa, Holguín, attended the “Children’s Community Impact” held by Missions Mobilization on 22 July 2023.
The Love Your Neighbor missions project was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and 16 additional countries around the world in conjunction with the 30th General Assembly and Conventions. The following is a testimony of what Love Your Neighbor accomplished in Cuba.