During the last week of July, I once again had the glorious opportunity to teach in Nicaragua. Almost 100 pastors from a number of denominations, (Baptists, Mennonites, Centro-Americana Mission, Assemblies of God, Pentecostal Four-square), were in attendance. This opportunity was afforded to me by the R.H. E.M.A. Bible Institute. Each morning, we began at 8:30 and would conclude between 3:30 to 4 p.m. One of the key men on the national board of the Mennonite denomination for Nicaragua, Maynor Curtis testified at the end of this conference, "I have received so many blessings from this conference. I had to ask the Lord to please forgive me, for the way that I had been carrying out my evangelism. I have been witnessing with means and messages that men had created! I had been attempting to get "decisions" in my timing; instead of using God's ordained means and message, and watching prayerfully for God to perform a supernatural, miraculous new birth, IN HIS TIMING! I have come to understand that when we use man's means and message to entice decisions in our timing, we produce many Ishmaels! God has taught me, through his servant, how to do His work; His way; for His glory! I now understand that the sinner must repent and believe the Gospel; but this happens in God's timing and not ours! God has revealed to me that I WAS WRONG! I did not take the appropriate time to study the scriptures, to learn how to do God's work, in the manner that is pleasing to Him. I thank the Lord that Bro. Ed did take that time, so that he could teach pastors and leaders in Nicaragua to return to God's way of evangelism! Last night at my home church, I began to teach this workbook to our people. I am going to bring the entirety of this teaching to our church. We have heard the "pure Word of the Lord" from the scriptures this week. We have come to know, in our hearts, that this ministry has come to us directly from the Lord Jesus Christ, and not from men! He has not taught us the wisdom of men, but the wisdom of God! When the Bible speaks, the Lord Jesus is speaking to us. And He has spoken powerfully to us this week. We will never be the same because of this wonderful week." After returning home, Pastor Curtis, contacted me, issuing an invitation to come in January 2010, to teach these same truths to the National Conference of the Mennonite Denomination.

 Some of the pastors' wives were also in attendance at this conference. One of the wives is the leader of the national board for women's ministries for the Centro-Americana Mission, the oldest evangelical work in Nicaragua. She testifies, "I want to give my personal thanks for the Word of God that has come to us, this week! It has totally transformed the way in which we are to carry out the work of evangelism. The first thing that I did when I reached home, after the first day, was to pray to the Lord in repentance. I ask the Lord to forgive me for all of the years that I had been using techniques and tactics that did not come from God, but were the inventions of the flesh! They were men's methods and not God's means to carry out God's great mission! The Lord opened my heart to receive the truths that He had sent to us, through Bro. Ed. I am going to take this teaching to all of the women who are associated with the national women's conference for the Centro-Americana Denomination of Nicaragua. The seed that has been sown has fallen on good ground in my life. These words are going to result in great blessings for all of our lives and the lives that we will train and evangelize. I give thanks to the Lord, for the privilege of receiving this TRUE WORD; and how it is going to be applied in all of the places where these pastors and leaders minister."