| Journal - Election Update
October 31, 2006
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Today we received an e-mail from Carol about the elections in Nicaragua. It says as follows:
"Our State Department has just issued a travel warning for Nicaragua from November 5 to April 2007 because of the elections. Have you heard anything about the unrest expected?"
And today, we received three telephone calls from the Sandinistas saying that the US government has decided to cut all the money coming from the US to Nicaragua. We are not sure if that is true, but that was the message that Ketly heard. Therefore, there is a lot of tension in the air. For the first time the church is praying like that in Nicaragua for an election, people are saying.
Nicaragua's Presidential Election
Nicaragua will be holding its presidential election on Sunday, November 5. On Friday, October 27, Bethel Baptist Church, along with seven other churches in Bluefields, held a twelve-hour prayer vigil
from 6 pm to 6 am to pray for the upcoming elections and for the people of Nicaragua. The event at Bethel Baptist Church was well attended. Church members spent the night singing praises to the Lord
and praying for the nation's presidential election.
The dates of November 1 through November 4 are national days of prayer for all believers in Nicaragua. More so for this election than for any previous presidential election, Christians in Nicaragua are earnestly seeking God's will for the nation through prayer. It is exciting to see everyone united in prayer for God to work in this country.
We would like to ask all of our friends to join us in prayer for this presidential election in Nicaragua on November 5. Specifically, we would like you all to pray for the following requests:
- That God's will be done in the Nicaraguan presidential election
- That voters seek God in choosing the president and that they not be
influenced by the mistruths of political campaigns ·
- That voters go to the polls early in the day to vote · Pray for both the international
and national observers who will be watching the election process to
make sure that it is a fair election ·
- That no matter who wins, Nicaragua's citizens (especially the youth) will accept the results
and will not be moved to civil unrest ·
- That in general the election and the changing of presidents will be a peaceful process
In Christ,
Vital and Ketly |
