POST by ORLANDO: Vida de Mi Padre

Orlando taking the wheel, on a Capital on the Edge trek to Wisconsin

I want to tell you about the life of a restored father.

My name is Orlando and I want to tell you about how my dad’s life has changed. My father’s name is Marvin and he is from Masaya, Nicaragua. He was born in 1968. He has suffered and had a lot of really hard times in his life.

My dad is the only man in his family, apart from his father. He has worked since the age of 8 years old. He worked hard because his parents made him work - he was the only male! He suffered horribly, being treated poorly. Often times, his parents would tell him to leave the house because they used a lot of drugs and drank alcohol until they were drunk.

At the age of 16, the military grabbed him because of problems in Nicaragua. That’s where he learnt to fix cars that had been in accidents and paint them. But even there he suffered through the pain of hunger, because he was not able to leave that place.

A long time later he was able to leave the military and then he decided to look for a job. However, Nicaragua does not have a lot of jobs available (80% unemployment) and if you get a job, it most likely won’t pay a lot of money.

Because of that, my dad decided to try travelling to Guatamala, a country close to Nicaragua. There he found an uncle who had the same job as my father. He was there for just a few years and then decided to immigrate back to Nicaragua.

At the age 26, my father decided to study and that’s when he met my mum. After a while they were married and then my mum became pregnant. When my brother was just 1 ½ years old I was born.

Approximately 5 years later my dad became an alcoholic because of the bad examples that his parents had been. He started hitting my brother and I, and my mum would almost always be crying because he was very offensive. His main struggles were drugs, alcohol and womanising.

Often times he would be lost on the streets vomiting from the alcohol, but I would go and yell at him "Dad stop it!!!" I would say in my mind "God help him! Give him strength and let him understand!"

Thanks to God, I used a lot of people to try and help me, help my dad. It took about 12 years for him to change, but thanks to God, He touched his heart and he’s now a changed man.

My dad then sent me to a Christian school and the Lord truly was helping us. The teachers were Christian people. They told us that our parents should be going to the same church that the teachers of the school attended.

My dad would help out and go to church, so that he could see even greater changes in his life, and give his testimony so as to encourage others, showing that God had changed his life in a marvelous way.

Now, thanks to God, he is a servant of God. He has started a church with God’s help and now has many members in his church. The change is huge because God walks with my father and my family.

Everyone who truly seeks God will find him. Thank you for your attention and God bless you!

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This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable. 

This story was translated by Lorenzy and edited by Jed.

Getting ready for a rehearsal at Zimmerman Community Church, in Minnesota 

Quiero contarle la vida de un padre restaurado.

Mi nombre es Orlando, quiero decirle el cambio de la vida de mi papa, el llama Marvin él es de Nicaragua, Masaya el nació en 1968 el asido un hombre muy sufrido y ha tenido muchos golpes de la vida.

Él es el único hombre de la familia a parte de su padre, el asido muy trabajador desde la edad de 8 a;o él trabajaba ya que sus padres le exigían el trabajo, ya porque él era el único varón, y el sufría mucho maltrato y muchas veces lo corrían por los mismo padres ya que ellos tenían mucho vicios llamado alcohol y drogas.

Al pasar el tiempo a la edad de 16 año, él fue agarrado por el servicio militar , por diferencias que hay en un país, y el ahí aprendió un oficio que es un trabajo donde el adquiero practica en el trabajo de enderezar y pintar automóvil , pero sin embargo el ahí sufrio mucha hambre y sufrimiento al no salir de ese lugar.

Al salir del servicio militar después de un largo tiempo, el decidió ir a buscar trabajo pero como en Nicaragua es un país donde el trabajo es escaso y es muy poco el dinero al pagar, entonces mi padre toma la decisión de ir a Guatemala un país cercano a Nicaragua y el ahí se encontró con un tío que de igual se desempeñaba en el mismo trabajo que mi papa y así fue como el trabajo unos cuantos años con él y decidió regresarse a Nicaragua.

Ala edad de 26 año el decidió estudiar y conoció a mi mama, se conocieron poco tiempo y se casaron luego salió mi madre embarazada salió mi hermano al 1 año y medio Salí yo. Y al pasar un periodo de 5 año veía en mi padre que él tenía mucho vicio por el mal ejemplo que los padres de él le daba, y veíamos mi hermano y yo que él nos pegaba mucho a mi madre casi siempre la veíamos llorando porque él era muy ofensivo, el problema de él era el alcohol las droga y muy mujeriego.

Muchas veces a él lo daban por perdido por que dormía en las calles vomitado, y varias veces lo veía a él y como todo hijo iba donde él y le decía, Papa ya no más!!!

Solamente decía en mi mente Dios ayúdalo, dale fuerza y entendimiento.

Gracias a Dios uso a muchas personas para el cambio de mi padre fue un periodo bien largo alrededor de 12 año pero gracias a Dios toco el corazón de una persona en ayudar a mi familia Y Principalmente a mi padre y la solución fue en ponerme en un colegio cristiano de ahí el señor ya estaba tratando con nosotros, y los profesores son personas cristianas y nos decía de que los padres tenían que ir a los culto y que era exigido , y de esa forma mi padre le ayudo mucho en ir a los culto para que el cambiara y así dar testimonio que Dios lo cambio .

Ahora gracias a Dios él es un siervo de Dios , esta levantado una iglesia con la ayuda de Dios y de los miembros de la iglesia y el cambio es grandioso porque Dios está con él y con mi familia, y de igual forma con cada uno de las personas que lo busque en verdad Dios estará con el .
　

Gracias por su atención Dios les bendiga.

POST by LEIKI: Livin La Vida Leiki

Leiki on the left, with  his half-brother on the right

Hi! I'm leyki. I want to go to America to visit many places and also to be with my group and to perform our Gospel Centered street production and visit beautiful places with my group. I want to go to America with my friends, so that we can teach the people there about God. We want to show them that God can help you have a better life and move forward.

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Hola soy leyki yo quiero ir a estados unidos para conocer muchos lugares y tambien para estar con mi grupo e ir a exiviciones y lugares preciosos con mi grupo y yo boy a estados unidos por que con mis amigos bamos a ensenar quien es dios y como el te puede ayudar para que tengas una vida major y puedas salir adelante.

POST by JOSE: Important Business

Jose flying away

Hello! God bless all of the nations of the earth, everyone in them, and every language group.

My name is Jose Bayardo and I'm from Nicaragua. I live in a very poor neighborhood where people don’t have much. My community is filled with crime and drugs,  but thank God I found a wonderful family who gave us a hand. Elizabeth and Jed Brien assisted us, and took us out of our dangerous world.

With their effort, we now have a group that is learning about who God is, and we have him in our lives. Our hearts are changing and this is obvious through the new people that we have become.  God has so much love for us, His Creation.

When I was a child, I wanted to travel to the United States of America. Now  I want to know new people and make new friends, brothers in Jesus Christ. I always prayed and  asked the Lord to travel to the United States of America. God has answered my prayers.

God is amazing, he has made my dreams come true. God has helped us come to America, to perform our street theatre production in Churches, so that people will know God.

Another one of my dreams is to help and support my mother. I really want my mother to meet a man who will be her husband, a man who will appreciate my mother, because she has suffered a lot in her life.

I want the best for my mother. God is wonderful and he wants the best for us, his children, his creation. He wants us, Capital on the Edge, to walk on the right path, the path that is just.  All of our group want to learn and we thank God in Heaven for Jed and Elizabeth, who have given us this wonderful opportunity to go and perform for the folks in the USA.

In poorer places, where there are many bad things, they have supported the people and we have performed our amazing street theatre production.  We help Jed and Elizabeth with the production.

Thank you for listening to the goals and the dreams of my heart. You play an important role in our work.

Some of the lads from Capital on the Edge

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Hola dios bendiga a todas las naciones, pueblos y lenguas, mi nombre es Jose Bayardo y soy de Nicaragua yo vivo en un barrio muy pobre donde todos los recursos se limitan, donde hay mucha delincuencia y drogas pero Gracias a dios encontre a unas  personas  maravillosas que nos dieron su mano Elizabeth y jed brien nos auxiliaron y nos sacaron de ese mundo con el apoyo de ellos creamos un grupo para ensenr quien es dios en nuestras vidas y los canvios que a hecho en nuestras vidas y el amor que tiene hacia todos nosotros su creacion yo cuando era pequeno ciempre sone con viajar a los estados unidos conocer nuebas personas y hacer nuevas amistades y nuebos hermanos en cristo jesus  yo ciempre le pedia al senor  en mis oraciones que viajara a los estados unidos dios a cumplido mis suenos  es algo increible un sueno echo realidad una vendicion conocer muchas iglecias y llebar a cabo la obra que dios nos a propuesto que agamos .

Otro de  mis suenos es que ayudar y apoyar a mi mama  en todo lo que pueda y que encuentre una pareja que la quiera y la aprecie mucho ya queella a sufrido mucho en la vida y yo quiero lo major para ella, dios es un ser maravilloso que quiere lo major para nosotros sus hijos su creacion que andemos en el camino correcto en lo recto y lo justo, todo el grupo de capital on the edge les pedimos de Corazon que nos den su apoyo en esta micion que tenemos que nos brined su apoyo y su amor dios los atesorara en el cielo Gracias a elizabeth y a jed que nos dieron esta oportunidad maravillosa de conocer a dios Gracias a ellos acemos exiviciones en los lugares mas pobres donde existen muchas cosas mala ellos apollan a las personas de escasos recursos tienen un a obra maravillosa que tododos apollamos .

Gracaias por escuchar nuestras metas y suenos se los agradecemos de Corazon ustedes ejercen un papel muy importante en nuestra obra Gracias.

POST by LEIKI: Leiki's Life

Leiki, with a renewed hope in his heart

My name is Leiki and I am 12 years old.

I want to share about my life and my family’s situation. My parents are divorced and my dad is very bad. He wants to kick us out of our house and he never provides money, nor gives me clothes. Yet still, my mum gives us all love, clothes, money and food. Although my dad doesn’t give us anything, my family is still happy.

I am especially happy because I am traveling with my friend Yasser, and Elizabeth. I also want to go to see my friend Raffy. I'm really happy because I'm in a group that practices “Tricking” (like Parkour: utilises Gymnastics and Martial Arts) and “Bboy” (Breakdancing). I am a little bit sad because my brother will not travel with us this time and I will also really miss my family.

Now that Leiki lives at Capital on the Edge (with his mother), he attends school 5 days per week

When I go and visit my dad, he doesn’t want me to return to my mother. He says that he wants me to live in a house that has discipline. But I want to live with my mum and I really enjoy using the Play Station (at the Brien’s house). I love being with my brother, sisters and my mum, because my father doesn’t really want me. 

Leiki carrying his seat to class

At times I do not want to practice (Tricking & Bboy) because I am very tired. Yet I'm very happy as I have learnt how to do the “Crescent” and will also learn how to do the “Bolt” (Tricking techniques).

Leiki in his NEW classroom

In reality both I and my family are very sad, because my dad is very bad. When I go to my dad, I know he will not let me leave and then I have to escape, which is extremely difficult because my dad locks the doors.

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This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable. 

 

mi nombre es leiki jose machado y tengo 12 anos. realmente mi vida y de mi familia es asi: mis padres estan divorsidos y mi papa es muy malo poeque nos quiere

sacardela casa y el no meda dinero ni ropa, bueno mi mama si nosda todo amor, comidar ropa y dinero. y aunque mi papa no nosdanada soy feliz con mi familia.bueno yo estoy muy feliz porque voy a viajar con mi amigo yaser y con la elizabeth y tambien quiero ir aver a mi amigo rafi. realmente estoy muy alegre porque estoy en un grupo de tricking y bboy. estoy un poco triste porque no ira mi hermano y tambien estranare a mi familia.

cuando voy donde mi papa no quiere que regrese donde mi mama porque quiere que yo viva cin el a la fuersa. pero yo quiero vivir con mis mama y lo que me gustaria tener es un play station porque me gusta muchop y mis hermanos sime quieren y mi mama tambien pero mi papa no me quiere.

y aveses no quiero practicar por que estoy muy cansado, bueno estoy muy alegre porque me aprendi la media luna y tambien me aprendere la perno. bueno realmente la vida de mi y de mi familia es muy triste porque mi papa es muy malo. y tambien cuando voy donde mi papa no me deja venir y entonces yo me tengo que es capar y es muy difisil porque el sierra las puertas.

POST by ORLANDO: Growing Up Nica!

Orlando Huembes

Hello my name is Orlando Huembes and I am from Managua, Nicaragua. I want to tell you a bit about my life.

I used to live in a workshop for smashed up cars. In this workshop they’d straighten out the cars’ bodies, painting them and repairing their engines. I used to live with my father, my mother and my brother.

In this workshop there were many incidents where I suffered an accident on my fingers and knees, due to the carelessness of the car mechanics. However, I was a child and I didn’t know what I should and shouldn’t be grabbing.

Ond day, when I was just 7 years old, a large metal bus part fell from many meters above onto my head. I was immediately hospitalised for the injury I’d suffered on my head. I had to stay in hospital for fifteen days.

Through all of our trials my father, from the sweat of his brow, continued to work and make our lives better.  Regardless, it was not sufficient. My father wasn’t able to provide enough of an income for our family and because of this he was rarely able to spend time with us.

And so I saw the need to work and help my family, irrespective of the job requirements. I decided to sell water at the traffic lights and beg for money. My Mum thought I was at school, but mostly I wasn’t. I needed to study but I left school to go and get money because sometimes my dad spent his earnings on liquor.

It was a very difficult time for my mother, as we didn’t have food to eat, and providing meals is the first priority for a mum.

My friends told me to come with them to where the busses stop. There people would give us money if we begged. And so we went, praying that God would help us. If we went and begged for money, God would help us. I will always remember this moment in my life.

I want to learn and to do things better each day with God's help. We all have a purpose in this life and at times we need to sacrifice for each other.

Thanks, it was a pleasure being able to share this moment with you. Thanks for taking the time to read about my experiences. Regards, from Capital on the edge, on the Old Road to Leon,  in Nicaragua.

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This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable. 

Yordy & Orlando at Capital on the Edge

Hola mi nombre es Orlando Huembés soy de Managua, Nicaragua.

Quiero contarle un poco  de mi vida, yo vivía en un taller de enderezado, pintura y mecánica.  donde los automóviles son reparados por choques o por daños en el motor , y ese mismo lugar vivía mi padre mi mama y mi hermano y yo, y en ese lugar muchas veces sufrí accidente en mis dedos  en mis rodias por causa del descuido de los trabajadores y yo por muy niño sin saber que asía, y un día de tantos al redor de 7 años me cayó un paral de un bus en mi cabeza y tu ve 15 días hospitalizado por que sufrí una lesión en mi cabeza, y a pesar de todo eso mi padre  con el sudor de su frente así a que nuestra vida sea lo mejor pero sin embargo no era lo suficiente, al pasar el tiempo yo veía en mi familia la necesidad y decidí ir a trabajar en lo que sea , a pedir dinero en los semáforos vender agua, y así estudiar pero por la necesidad me salía de clases para ir a conseguir dinero ya que a veces mi papa gastaba dinero en licor y era muy duro ya que mi madre no teníamos para comer lo mas importante, y muchos  amigos me decían vamos a pedir dinero a los buses y yo pues sin decir no decía si, y pues es algo que uno quiere pero es la voluntad de Dios de que nosotros pasemos una experiencia algo inolvidable para así aprender y poder hacer las cosas cada día mejor con la ayuda de Dios, y por un propósito tenemos que hacer tantas cosas por sacrificio a unos por otros. Gracias fue un gusto haber podido compartir este momento con ustedes gracias por su atención saludos desde Capital on the edge león, Nicaragua

POST by JONNY: The Comfort of Christ in Times of Crisis

Jonny of Capital on the Edge (Nicaragua)

Hello my name is Johnny. My story is based on a very poor family.

In 2008 a family lived in a house which they rented. They worked hard, collecting junk from the streets (mostly metal), which they then sold in order to pay their rent. They worked 7 days per week, all day, and never missed a rent payment.

The girls in this family were mostly aged between two and nine years of age. The girls in this family walked the streets, helping their grandmother collect junk to sell (they didn’t go to school) because their mother had left them to be with a man.

In 2010 this family was evicted from their house, by their landlord, and this made my mother very sad. My mother asked this family if they would like to sleep in our house for the night. They quickly agreed.

The next morning my father and mother discussed the problem for a long time. This situation was serious and troublesome. My parents came up with a solution, to have the family live with us permanently. My father, brother and I constructed a one-room dwelling for this family to live in.

With time the grandmother began to really trust my mother. One day she explained to my mother why they had been suddenly evicted.

The landlord had been raping her granddaughters and giving them money. The grandmother didn’t know about it at the time. Eventually the neighbours worked out what was happening and they told the grandmother, who became furious with this man. She confronted him about this tragedy and he became angry and sent them all out onto the street.

This family is now very happy, because they live in peace. Sometimes they do not have enough to eat, but they are free!

My Mum wants this family to be a part of our family, because that is the heart of God and it is what he would want for them.

God bless you, Amen.

This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, to make clear the life events written about.

 

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hola mi nombre es JOHNNY.
mi historia se basa en una familia muy pobre
en el 2008 una familia vivia en una casa en la cual ellos rentaban
la cual la pagan con mucho esfuerzo ya que ellos trabajaban recogiendo chatarra en las calles , por todo el dia . la malloria de personas eran ninas de 2 a 9 anos y las ninas caminaban con su abuela ya que su mama biologica las abandono por la causa de irse con un hombre .
en el 2010 esta familia fue sacada de la casa en donde vivian y mi mama muy triste m irando eso las llamo y lesdio en donde dormir , y al dia siguiente mi mama y papa se pusieron a conversar y les dijieron que si querian vivir en nuestra casa y ellos muy alegres dijieron que si , y mi papa y yo isimo una casa pequena en la cual las ninas y la abuela viven .
Y con el transcurso de el tiempo la abuela tubo confianza en mi mama y le conto que el hombre a quien le rentaban la casa , el trataba de violar a las ninas .
y como no pudo las corrio de su casa .
pero esa familia esta muy alegre porque viven en paz aunque aveces no tengan que comer pero son libre .
mi mama quiere a esa familia como si fuera su propia familia y eso es poque dios a si lo quiere ..
dios los bendiga amen .