Rehoboth Church, Florence, welcomed a Nicaraguan pastor and presented him with a “coffee can collection” to support his work. Pictured, from left, are Drexell Turner, Steve Wetherbee, Silvia Wetherbee, Claudia Sanitlez and Diomededs Sanitlez.On Sept. 25, Rehoboth Church, Florence, invited a Nicaraguan pastor to speak at the church’s annual homecoming service.
The bilingual service, in which Santos Diomededs Sanitlez’s sermon was interpreted for worshipers, was the culmination of two years of missions involvement in Nicaragua by the Rehoboth congregation.
Rehoboth pastor Tom Brown introduced the church to missions projects in Nicaragua after making trips there with a team from the U.S. Since then, the church’s “coffee can collections” have helped buy a horse for one pastor, put a roof on a house, and helped repair a motorcycle for another pastor.
Sanitlez spoke through an interpreter, Silvia Wetherbee. The church presented the Nicaraguan pastor with a coffee can donation of more than $700.
“We look forward to keeping our coffee can going for our next project in Nicaragua,” said Carol Ann Hanna, a member of the church’s outreach ministry.