Fall is upon us, and we are ready for the season of our Savior’s birth to begin! You helped us reach our goal to bless each child last year; we need your help again this season! Our dream is to give each child a new backpack containing clothing, school supplies, and a toy!

Although Christmas looks quite differently in South America, extreme heat and unpredictably rainy days, Bolivians celebrate this holiday in many similar ways as you and I. Family gathers together, prepares favorite traditional foods, and exchanges gifts. Believers join with the Body to celebrate and commemorate this event, and to praise God for His provision of a Redeemer.

Please consider Nacer Ministries in your Christmas budgeting! Our desire is to shower each child with a backpack full of blessing. In order to do this, we do request that for each child $50 is donated! We have an approximate number of 150 kids within the ministry, and our hope is to have a donor for each child!

If you are interested in this aspect of Nacer Ministry’s outreach, PLEASE check out the information on our webpage! Click on the “donation” link and follow the steps to give specifically to our Christmas Backpacks!

NACER Celebrates Two More Anniversaries

NACER Home
Thanks to each of you who support the ministry in prayer and finances, we can celebrate another year of God’s work in Bolivian kids’ lives!

Founded 15 years ago, the Nacer home can house as many as 90 boys and currently houses approximately 50 young men. Under Nacer Ministries there are 4 other homes offering shelter, food, education, and spiritual discipleship for boys and girls in Bolivia. On September 1st staff, present boys, former boys, and board members of Nacer USA were blessed with a grand celebration. All day the boys competed in different sports events and lunch was a grand affair!

We heard many words of praise from several current and former boys, as well as from staff members. It was a day greatly blessed by our God, and we pray that He will allow us 15 more years of challenging yet rewarding ministry.

Esperanza Viva
One of our two homes in PostrerValle also celebrated an anniversary this month. Nacer Ministries has run this home, Esperanza Viva (Hope Lives), for families of kids for 6 years. The day was filled with different competitions, games, and lots of food! The kids competed in a marathon race in the morning and for lunch they feasted on a Bolivian favorite, grilled chicken!

We praise God for his provision in the ministry. We are humbled to know His beautiful sovereignty allows the homes to continue to reach out to Bolivian children in need. This home meets very specific needs of kids whose parents have abandoned or mistreated them. Brothers and sisters stay together and continue to grow as a family unit under the care of the Esperanza Viva home.

Meet Abel
Abel is 15 years old. Where his family lives, the closest school is nearly a five hour walk from their house. Since he was unable to study due to the distance from the school and the family’s economic situation, upon arriving at our Internado Emanuel he entered the third grade as a 15-year old. The Internado Emanuel gives children like Abel and others the access to education that they would not otherwise have due to the remoteness of the living situations of their families. The home is providing Abel and the others with the resources needed to study, a support system, and hope in Christ.

Please Pray for Nacer Ministries
- Pray for the kids in our homes. Pray for their health, perseverance, and spiritual growth!
- Pray for the workers. Pray that in these days of staff meetings they will be renewed and refreshed! Pray that they will find a unity among them, the God that connects each of them!
- Pray for the students in each of the homes. Pray for their studies in these last two months of classes. Pray that they work hard and understand that God is honored in their hard work. Pray that they also understand the lives God will provide as a result of their good school work!
- Over everything else, pray that GOD IS GLORIFIED in us and in this ministry!

Several of our students in Cristo Viene Niños and Nacer recently participated in various sports competitions with their schools. These competitions included soccer, volleyball, chess, basketball and indoor soccer. Many schools throughout the country districts competed.Each school chose the best players from grades 1st-6th. Those players comprised one team to represent their school.
From Cristo Viene Niños, Emilio, Alcides, and Lizandro participated in both soccer and volleyball. Their team brought home the first place trophy! Junior and Victor, from the Nacer Home, also played on this team. At the end of July these five players will participate in a regional tournament in Valle Grande. If they win they will go on to the next level of competition.
One other boy from the NACER team participated in a solo sport. Elvis Choque Dazas competed for the title in Chess. He came home the winner, among all other participants in every school! Elvis learned to play Chess a couple of years ago. However, the last months he has been practicing a lot with our agricultural engineer, Marco. The recent practice paid off! Elvis will also be participating in a regional competition and has the opportunity to continue on to more tournaments.
We take this moment to praise the Lord for these small successes in the lives of our kids. It is our desire that they experience God and life in new and exciting ways, now that they are out of the dark places they were once in. Praise the Lord that these boys have the nutrition, sleep, and energy necessary to play games that they love!

Happy Anniversary!
Cristo Viene Niños Home celebrated its 10th year on July 18th! Although this home did not start on its present property, the home has been under the direction of NACER Ministries since 2002. This newer location is home to 33 boys, boys who have pasts of neglect, abuse, abandonment, or malnutrition.
The boys enjoyed several activities in celebration of the Anniversary, the most exciting of which was a day off from school! Throughout the day the administrators prepared several games for the boys; staff and friends of the home prepared a meal with several traditional Bolivian dishes!
Before breaking open the piñata and sharing the cake the boys participated in a relay race throughout an obstacle course! At the end of the path was a large pool of mud through which the boys had to crawl! They enjoyed the messy fun very much, and we hope that they felt blessed and loved on this special day!
Please continue in prayer for this home. Gustavo and Liliana are the administrators and have a magnificent responsibility to raise these boys in the Word of truth.

Support Us!
Raise Money for NACER by using the internet!
Nacer, USA is now registered with the search engine GoodSearch. This is a search engine that is powered by Yahoo! and when you use it for your websearches, a small donation is made to Nacer, USA. Register at http://www.goodsearch.com and start using it to earn money for Ministerios Nacer today! You can also register to earn more money for Nacer, USA with GoodShop and GoodDining. It’s simple to register, works like any other search engine, and you can make it the default for all your searches!

Meet Roberto
Roberto lives in our NACER home. When Roberto was only 3 days old his mother abandoned him at the house in which she was a maid. She left him lying in a bed with a note saying simply, “I don’t want this son.” Instead of handing him over, the employing mother decided to keep Roberto and adopt him as her own.
Although his adopted family intended to give him a stable childhood, they traveled a lot. They would leave him alone with a maid, and he grew up feeling unloved and unwanted. Apart from feeling abandoned, we have also learned that Roberto suffered sexual harassment and abuse. Many factors played into him developing very unhealthy habits. The strongest of which was his tendency to steal. Roberto came to NACER in 2009. His family sent him to the home after he had stolen a large sum of money from them.
When he arrived in the home he also struggled with bulimia.
Praise the Lord; after only one month in the home, our God healed him from this sickness!
In more recent news, Roberto ran away from NACER at the end of May. Our directors received a call from the police two weeks later, and he returned to the home. A few days later Roberto was displaying very disturbing tendencies and he was taken to see a psychiatrist. After assessing him, they placed him in a psych ward. He remained there for 2 weeks.
During this time our homes were praying and many workers came broken before the Lord, begging that He heal Roberto and that no power would be given to the Evil One.
On the 4th of July Roberto returned to NACER. Since then he has back to the hospital and will soon return to be with us, again. He is still struggling in many ways. But we continue in our hope.
We share with you about Roberto this month, so you will PRAY! Pray for him and for the workers who talk with him each day. Pray that God would get a hold of his life and heal him of this sickness. Pray that God would be glorified in our work and in his life.
Thank you

Please Pray for Nacer Ministries
- Pray for the kids in our homes. Pray for their health, perseverance, and spiritual growth!
- Pray for the workers. Pray that we would be united and strong in our relationships with each other, so that we are a tangible example to the boys of the family of Christ!
- Pray for teams that will come down in the next months. Pray for good health and spirit-led ministry and outreach!

Thanks to the generosity of many of you, we have the ability to build a church for the community of Taruma! Right now the boys in both the Nacer and Cristo Viene Niños homes worship together at Nacer.

This new church will be a blessing to our boys. We hope that it will be a place of blessing, encouragement, and edification for our workers. In addition to blessing the homes, kids and staff, we hope that community members will feel free to learn about God within its walls!

My Refuge church will have a full time pastor who has the responsibilities of helping with the community as well as being a mentor to the workers in the boys’ homes. The workers in each home have very unique and challenging jobs and we hope that this church family and pastor will be a place of encouragement and accountability for the workers!

Construction began in January and it is ongoing. We ask that you pray for continued supplies and workers to finish the project! It is very exciting to imagine what God could do with a new facility such as this! Pray that even now God would be glorified in every aspect of the process and that it would be a place that brings Him all the honor and glory!

Growing Home
Internado Emanuel is coming into its second year of being a boarding house for students. Most of the students that reside at Internado Emanuel during the school year would otherwise not be attending class as their homes are a 5-hours’ walk from the nearest school.

This home has grown immensely in the last year From just 8 students last year, we are at 20 this year! The home has not publicized itself in any manner, but families from the countryside are hearing about this ministry by word of mouth, and they sincerely want their children to receive an education. Having these kids come and stay within our ministry is an incredible outreach opportunity! Many families in the countryside have not heard about God’s incredible love for them. In staying at Internado Emanuel, the students are able to better themselves educationally and grow spiritually.

It is a home for students and we would like for the parents to help out with expenses. However, most of them cannot afford to help much, but they may bring us a sack of potatoes each month or fresh milk.

One of our newest families in the boarding home is a family of three.The oldest brother, Abel, has attended school off and on. However, because of the distance, he had very poor attendance and was unable to complete most of his courses. Upon arrival at the home they tested Abel to decide in which level he should start. They determined that this 15-year old young man was only competent at a 3rd grade level! So he has started classes in the the 3rd grade class and will proceed and advance from there.

We praise God that He brought this family to us and for the other 17 kids that are staying at the home. We know that He has an amazing plan for each and every one, and we are thankful to be a part of the process!

Please pray for Yencey and Monica, the administrators of the home. And pray for the children who are staying there. Pray for their studies and that this would be a time of academic and spiritual growth!

Meet Paola
Paola is one of our newest additions to the Cristo Viene Niñas Home. She arrived in Feburary! She lived with her father and mother and 2 brothers in the country, near an area called Montero. In 2012 her mother passed away. Her relationship with her father had always been hard, as he was unfaithful to her mother and abusive. After her mother’s death, the relationship grew worse and she was sent to live with an aunt.

While staying with her aunt she became very rebellious. She didn’t have anyone to help her grieve. So she took to the streets. She joined a gang and was out most nights with them. Her aunt became very concerned. Paola and her brother were brought to the homes and left. No one has visited her since.

Paola shares that she has learned a lot from being in the home. She chuckles as she says that learning to share has been a challenge. She is working through the healing process of these things that have happened to her, and we have high hopes for her!

Please pray for Paola as she continues to adjust to life in the home and life without biological family. We trust that Christ will move in her life and draw her to Himself!

Please Pray for Nacer Ministries
- Pray for the kids in our homes. Pray for their health, perseverance, and spiritual growth!
- Pray for the workers. As of late some changes have occurred and we need prayer to get through the transitions.
- Pray for continued headway on the Church “My Refuge” and that when it is complete it will truly be a place of refuge for our boys, workers, and individuals from the community.

CHRISTMAS
The celebration of Christ’s birth this year in the homes was a beautiful time for the kids and the workers! We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to many of you who donated to our Christmas project. New backpacks containing a shirt, pants, socks, underwear, and a toy was given to each child in all of our 4 homes.

It is an incredible honor to be God’s messengers to these precious children. Thank you for making their Christmas extra special!

NEW PROJECT
Many of you know that within each of the NACER homes we have implemented several different projects. These projects offer many benefits for the homes and the children. They allow the kids the opportunity to learn about a new craft or vocation, one which they could use outside of the home to support themselves or a family. The projects teach the children how to be responsible; this is a very important capacity that most have not obtained. When the kids are working on these projects they are also, in a very small way, helping the homes out financially.

Some of the projects already underway include, but are not limited to: hog farm, orange and mandarin groves, ducks, and a greenhouse. In addition to livestock and produce, the homes also do many different crafts that they sell to visiting groups or other Bolivians – these include rugs, scarves, jewelry, flip flops, decorative wall hangings, recycled paper, pillows, and cards. Because these projects have so many benefits, we try to incorporate new ones whenever we have the finances to do so.

Our newest project is to begin gardening in each of the homes. This has been in the works for some time, and our vision for it is now coming to be realized. In December Nacer Bolivia hired a young man, Marco, to be in charge of this new project.

Marco is a Bolivian that has an incredible faith and a willing heart to help. His background in agronomy well-equips him for this task. In each of the homes new gardens have been planted, and in Nacer Marco has done significant work in the greenhouse. In each home, as the gardens are planted and progress, one child of the home will be put in charge of the work that needs to be done. Many other children will help to take care of the plants.

We are excited to offer this other opportunity to help sustain the homes and to teach the kids another useful skill. Please pray for the development of this project. Pray for Marco as he works to implement an incredible blessing for the homes! Pray against Satan’s involvement in any part of this new development.

May God bless you and Keep you. We humbly thank you for your continued prayer and support.

NACER Bolivia

Please partner with us in Prayer…
- as we search for new workers who have strong walks with the Lord and who can partner with us in God’s work.
- as we build a new church building! This church will be used for both the kids and the surrounding community of Taruma.
- for the children’s studies. They started a new school year in February, so pray for diligence and motivation!

Meet Moisés
Moisés came to Cristo Viene Niños in 2007. He was only 5 years old. This young man was raised by a single mother. One day, when Moisés was just 4years old, his mother claimed that she had some shopping to do. She left him with a babysitter. His mother never returned, and for some time the babysitter took care of him. However, she could not continue to support him, so she brought him to Cristo Viene Niños Home. Moisés is still confused about the situation. The babysitter has visited, and Moisés is convinced that she is his mother.

Please join us in praying that God would use Nacer Ministries to give him a bright and hopeful future. We know that he can have a new hope in Christ!

This year, we want to give the kids in the homes of Ministerios Nacer a Christmas celebration that we haven’t been able to give to them for the past few years. Over the recent years, God has been faithful in providing the basic needs for the homes and for the children. This year, we would like to take a step of faith and believe that God will provide a little more so that we can give the children Christmas presents and a special day.

We would like to ask you to partner with us this Christmas in order to be able to provide each of the children in the homes of Ministerios Nacer with presents on Christmas day. With your donation, we will be able to purchase each child a pair of jeans and a pair of shoes which are always needed in the homes. Additionally, we will be able to purchase smaller items for each child, giving them an assorted and personalized Christmas package.

In order to make this dream a reality, we must raise $40 per child, for our current 130 children, over the coming weeks leading up to Christmas. Will you be one of 130 people to commit to giving $40 this holiday season to ensure that one of the children receive a proper Christmas this year? Any amount can be given: $10, $25, $100 … it’s up to you! Your gift is tax-deductible through Nacer, USA. In order to give us time for processing and purchasing of the gifts, please be sure to make your donation by Dec. 15th. Visit our “Donate” page and be sure to choose the Christmas Program option to show love to the Bolivian children this Christmas Season!

**GIFT IDEA: Donate $40 to buy one of the children’s presents and use this donation as a gift to one of your loved ones this Christmas. Let this person know that a special donation was made in their honor to ensure one of the children in the homes of Ministerios Nacer receives Christmas presents this year! For an individual picture of one of the kids and a short background to accompany your gift, please contact andrew.myers@nacerusa.org.**

Note: All online donations are made via PayPal.

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

We write you today with burdened hearts in regards to a matter that Ministerios Nacer is currently facing. Working with children coming from such troubling backgrounds is nearly always accompanied by difficulties. It is with sincere hearts that we say we greatly appreciate and value your constant prayers for our children and staff. For this very reason, we write you today with a special prayer request for a very delicate situation.

About two weeks ago, we started hearing rumors that the mother of one of the families from our Postrervalle Esperanza Viva home wanted to take her seven children out of the home. After talking with her directly this was confirmed, and we learned of the allegations of which she was accusing the home and its administrator. She filed complaints with the Social Services and local authorities accusing the administrator of that home with mistreating the children and hitting them. None of these accusations were true, and she had no proof to support them.

This family of seven children, originally from the city of Santa Cruz, arrived to the home in the beginning of 2009. Their mother is extremely poor and their father is an alcoholic that was never around. The mother has not had a stable job since the children have been in the home and has since had another baby. The children were not properly provided for and this case was brought to our attention through acquaintances of ours. The mother allowed the children to come into the care of our home. Since then, the mother has frequently visited the children in the home and stayed for up to two weeks at a time. She has seen with her own eyes how the home is run and that we provide for the children as best as we can.

Last week, she arrived to the village of Postrervalle from the city. She informed us that she would be arriving and would like to take her children out of the home. Upon arriving to the village, she went around to different townspeople and local authorities accusing the home of the same mistreatment claims and spreading rumors about the home. She claimed she had a lawyer and was working through the legal process of getting her children back. Because this family was not forcefully taken from their mother for abuse or other reasons, she can legally take her children back, if the proper procedures are followed. With this in mind, we made the difficult decision to turn these seven children over to their mother. We know that in her current state of poverty, it is not ideal or possible for her to take care of them on her own. It saddens us deeply to think where these children may end up one day without the receiving the proper provisions they need. Both she and the Ministerios Nacer signed an agreement letter turning over all responsibility of the seven children to her.

Since taking her children out of the home, she began renting a small house for her and her children in the village of Postrervalle. She has continued to talk poorly about the homes and spread false accusations about the home.

This is a very troublesome matter for us, especially since this is taking place in the remote village of Postrervalle. Postrervalle is a village like many others in rural Bolivia where everyone knows everyone else’s business. They are very shut off to the Evangelic churches. We believe that there is a spiritual battle going on in this small community that is specifically harboring a negative perception of our home and of Christians as a whole. There is one small church in this community and most of the church body is made up of the children from our two homes. We fear that this situation might be, though pray that it would not be, detrimental to our Christian testimony and future potential to reach out to this community.

The mother of these seven children has spent much time in the home visiting her children and getting to know the home’s operations. It is of great worry why she has changed her stance so suddenly, has taken such drastic measures to remove her children, and has given the homes a bad name in doing so. We believe that this is a spiritual attack and that her heart has been hardened and blinded as a result. Also as a result, we believe that there are possibly others in the town encouraging her to take such drastic measures and even helping her financially to do so.

Every day in the homes of Ministerios Nacer, the workers have to make extremely hard decisions that impact the children and their futures. The homes are constantly faced with difficult situations such as this one; many times we feel so helpless in achieving a successful outcome. We can do everything possible with our own efforts, but to achieve successfully touch the lives of these children, we can only do this through prayer. So through this e-mail, we hope to be able to inform you of the reality of the nature of our work here. We hope that you may take this to heart and pray for us, the children, and specifically this situation.

Pray that the Lord would soften the mother’s heart and allow healing in her life. Pray that what damage has been done in the town would be undone, and that the Lord would turn this situation around and use it for His glory. Pray for the workers of Ministerios Nacer and that God would give them the guidance, wisdom, and endurance to carry on every day and handle every situation – even when something as complicated as this might arise. And lastly, please pray for the children. Pray for the seven children that were taken out of the home that the Lord would continue to work in their lives and they would continue growing closer to Him no matter where they are. Pray for the children of all the homes that no matter where they have come from and what may happen, they fully understand the love, grace, and healing salvation of Jesus Christ.

“Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.’” -Matthew 21:21-22

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” -Ephesians 6:12-13

With grateful hearts and many blessings,
The administrators, staff, and everyone at Ministerios Nacer

Welcome to our last installment of our special newsletter series – “Christmas in July.”

We’ve come to the end of 2010. Our fundraising campaign has been moderately successful, but we are still lacking the continuous monthly support necessary to meet the Homes operational needs.

Please give your prayerful consideration to begin supporting these Homes on a regular basis.

The Fruit of Their Labor
We would like to share with you something that recently took place – something that happens every year here at the Homes, highlighting their work and mission. This year, there were three boys from the Nacer home that graduated from high school and one more that graduated from a post-secondary technical school. Additionally, there is a young girl who left the Cristo Viene Niñas home last year and, through the support and encouragement of the Homes, will be graduating from high school this year.

These are all youth who have spent several years in the Homes and have come a long way since their arrival. Some orphaned, some abandoned, and some having lived on the streets, they all arrived with little hope and an uncertain future. These graduations are milestones in their lives, and yet they are daunting reminders of all the decisions and growth they have before them. But they also remind each of us of the testimony of Nacer Ministries in Bolivia.

God had a purpose in their lives at a young age. They didn’t know it then, and they may still not know it now. But God brought them to the homes and now He has used the homes of Nacer Ministries to provide them with an education that will bless them with a better future.

Life could have been very different for Eddy, Americo, José Manuel, Alvaro, and Yesica, had God not brought them to the Homes when He did. Likewise, life would have been very different for these five, as well as the rest of the children living under the care and influence of the Nacer ministries, if God had not used the staff and volunteers to teach them, raise them, and love them. Life would have been different or even impossible, if God had not used people from all parts of the world to financially support Nacer ministries.

God has been at the center of this ministry from the very beginning, and now the ministry as a whole continues to work in this way. The directors, staff, and all the workers of Nacer Ministries in Bolivia are certain that God will provide the finances necessary to keep the homes running, even if they don’t always see the way for it to work out.

We’d like to take an opportunity to be very honest and open with you in this last newsletter of the “Christmas in July” fundraising campaign. We’d like you to think back to the first time you visited the Homes, met Miguel and Edly, or the time when you heard about the Homes and, in some way, got your name on this mailing list. Many of you have seen the Homes first-hand and have gone away impacted by the work they are doing. Some have felt a certain longing when you left them. This feeling and love for the children does not come from just anywhere. It comes from the years and the resources and interest that have been invested in Nacer Ministries. If you reflect back or take a look online at the Homes and are even the least bit impressed, take a minute and ask yourself how are you helping to ensure this ministry continues? How are you helping to ensure that more children receive an education and will be able to graduate in the years to come? That more children will receive God’s love through these ministries?

Many of you are already supporting the Nacer Ministries financially. Many others can’t make a continuous, large donation. But we can all give something. Please consider giving a financial gift to Nacer Ministries in Bolivia. This Christmas season and coming new year, take a moment to reflect on how you can make an impact on precious children in a country far away…to reflect on showing them that their lives matter and that God has a plan for them.

So, there it is.

If you’d like to support this ministry, visit http://www.nacerusa.org/donate.

We’d like to thank for your time and support and ask you for your continued prayers during 2011 for the directors, staff, and children of the Nacer homes in Bolivia.

Child Spotlight
Desiree, 15, was one of four sisters living at the Cristo Viene Niñas home. Her two older sisters left the home to start independent lives last year and her oldest sister still comes to support the Homes in various ways. In addition, Desiree had three other sisters living in another home, and, just this past month, they came to live with her and her younger sister (Charo) in Cristo Viene Niñas.

Abused and abandoned, these seven sisters have overcome much in their youth. Now as five of them live together and are often visited by their two older sisters, they are living together and helping each other along. Desiree has a great attitude in the home and is a big help. Her kind spirit is an inspiration to those who work with her and who know her story. Please pray for these five sisters in the home as they learn to live together as one family again.

Prayer Requests
Please pray for the five graduates as they embark on a new journey and as they make many important decisions.

Please pray that God will bless the workers of the Homes and continue to encourage them in their labor.

As a new year begins, pray for the Homes’ administrators – that they are empowered to make necessary decisions and improvements in the operations of the ministry.

Please be continuously praying for the economic and political situation of Bolivia and the effects these have on Nacer Ministries.