The current situation has generated a lot of needs in our school community, and we are surrounded by opportunities to help our students and families turn to God. Our annual ANCA Conference brought together 270 educators from our three schools (NCA International, NCA Nejapa and NCA Matagalpa) and 3 visiting schools. Appropriately, the keynote speaker was NCA founder Jim Palmer, who shared words of hope, personal healing and goals for our teachers and staff in 2019. It was so reassuring to see so many men and women called by God to impact the lives of children in Nicaragua, united in worship, collaboration, encouragement and prayer. I could not help but think of Colossians 3:15-17 as an accurate description of this amazing community!
During the same week in January, our secondary students participated in our annual Spiritual Emphasis Day, full of guest speakers from our community challenging our students in a variety of areas such as intimacy in dating relationships, dealing with family issues, addictions, social media, and the power and value of the Gospel message. Sessions were taught in English, Spanish and Korean by missionaries, NCAI graduates, former teachers and staff, and local pastors. Our keynote speakers, Greg and Sam Elam (NCAI teachers from 2009-2013), talked about trusting in God in the midst of trials and suffering.
