News/Updates:

Well, here’s how it happened! Back in Nov., 2007, Iranian troops landed at MONKEY POINT, NICARAGUA. Their intention was and is to build a dry canal across the country and to create a deep water port near Monkey Point. Iran opened an Embassy in Managua, the capital city of the Nicaragua.

This story was first released in an attached news article on December 17,2007. By December 18, 2007, Chris Price and I had our plane tickets to Nicaragua.

We left for the country on February 25,2008. Our goals were simple. If Iranian troops were coming to our side of the world, there is good reason to believe that they want to learn more about us and our beliefs! Surely they are coming here to learn about Jesus and it is our responsibility to share Christ with them!

The question is obviously the language barrier! Iranians speak Farsi, and we speak English! Can you see the challenge?

Here is the answer - our Megavoice solar powered digital Bibles! We are able to provide the story of God in Farsi to the visitors from Iran! Village leaders leaders in Monkey Point now have an inventory of Megavoice audio players in Spanish, English, and Farsi!

The folks at Monkey Point have a few concerns:

a) Issues of faith and how to share it have been met by Megavoice- the good folks at Monkey Point will distribute the audio players to Iranians as they arrive and will use them as a way to introduce the visitors to Jesus and the faith of the folks in the area. We will sure need more Megavoice players and Bibles in Farsi!

b) The land around Monkey Point has been the home of the Creole folks in the area for generations! By understanding the faith of the folks at Monkey Point, it is certain that the visitors from Iran and the government of Nicaragua will respect the rights of the indigenous peoples and their land ownership issues. Forcing indigenous people from their land is no longer an acceptable way to demonstrate a sense of mutual respect.

c) The issue of forced “conversion” to a different faith in order to get a job has been raised. The sharing of the Gospel with the visitors from Iran will enable them to more fully respect and appreciate the Christian faith, will equip the visitors from Iran with the ability to export the Christian faith back to Iran, and put everyone at ease about the forced “conversion” question. Iranians need not convert to Christianity to come to Monkey Point- and the folks at Monkey Point have a faith that they are certain will be respected and enjoyed by the visitors from Iran.

How grateful we are that technology can be used to share the Good News of Jesus across the barriers of language, cultures, and differing faiths! Please pray for the folks at Monkey Point as they prepare to minister to the visitors from Iran and feel free to visit them. Contact me at ben@row.org for details! 

God bless,

Ben Mathes

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