Recently, we had the opportunity to hear from Wilma, a partner of Freedom Missions and founder of Blessed to Bless, after she returned from a missions trip to Nicaragua. Her stories were both inspiring and challenging — reminding us what the church was always meant to look like.
Wilma first traveled to Nicaragua in 2010 with a team from her church. At the time, a missionary couple had just planted a new church called Casa de Mi Gloria — which means "House of My Glory." When Wilma's team arrived, the church had only held its second Sunday service.
But they didn't wait years to grow before reaching others.
They immediately began planting new mission churches.
From that first church, small groups of believers began gathering throughout Managua and surrounding areas. Their vision was simple: reach Nicaragua for Christ.
Today, that one church has multiplied into a growing movement.
"They're about to start their 28th mission church," Wilma shared.
Each mission often begins with a small group — sometimes as few as seven people — but as those believers begin reaching their neighbors, the church grows and eventually sends out another mission.
One church Wilma visited recently is located in a neighborhood with more than 7,000 homes. The pastor and her team decided they would visit every one of them.
Door by door.
House by house.
In just two years, that church has already grown and is preparing to plant another mission of its own.
Bringing Hope to Homes
During the trip, Wilma's team joined local believers in walking through neighborhoods, praying with families and inviting them to church.
In one home they visited, a couple was living in a small structure with holes in the roof and very few possessions. The husband had lost his leg the year before and struggled to walk with a prosthetic.
When the team asked how they could pray, the couple shared that they weren't even supposed to be living there. Someone had simply allowed them to stay temporarily because they had nowhere else to go.
So the team prayed for healing, provision, and hope.
Sometimes the most powerful ministry is simply standing with someone in their moment of need.
Faith That Inspires
One of the most powerful moments of the trip came through an 82-year-old woman named Matilda.
Matilda had been experiencing severe knee pain, yet she was faithfully participating in her church's 40-day fast. Every morning at 4 a.m., she would kneel beside her bed and pray for healing.
When Wilma's team prayed for her, Matilda said something remarkable:
"My healing is coming on Sunday."
During the church service that Sunday, Matilda came forward for prayer again. As the team prayed, one of the women felt something moving beneath her hand.
Matilda suddenly stepped back, lifted her hands, and shouted:
"I'm healed!"
The pain was gone.
Moments like that remind us that God is still moving — still healing, still answering prayers offered in faith.
A Church on the Move
What Wilma witnessed in Nicaragua wasn't just one miracle — it was a movement.
Churches planting churches.
Believers walking neighborhoods.
Lives being changed one home at a time.
Through partnerships with ministries like Blessed to Bless, Freedom Missions continues to support the work God is doing around the world.
Because when the church remembers to go, incredible things happen.