On August 17, 1727, a special revival of the children took place in Herrnhut. This is commemorated in many parts of the Unity. Children are the focus of the celebrations. In memory of the children's spiritual experience, joyful children's celebrations were also held in many Moravian Church communities in Nicaragua. Pictures here and here. The children recited, sang, danced, and presented small works of art.

On its Facebook pages, the Moravian High School in Bluefields, Nicaragua (formerly ‘Collegio Moravo’, founded in 1921), presented various prize winners who distinguished themselves in August 2025: Ingini Pérez took first place in a regional public speaking competition. Picture here. She will soon represent her school in this competition at the national level. More pictures from the competition, showing rhetorical warm-up exercises and motivation from the teachers, can be found here. At a regional ‘Science and Life’ fair (similar to ‘Jugend forscht’ in Germany), a group of students consisting of Daniela Mejía, Genesis Mendóza, Keysha Jeanstchke and Zadia Mendóza took second place. See here. The entire school is currently competing for the title ‘Sección Vanguardia - Excelencia Académica’ with its outstanding achievements. 40 pictures from the second evaluation round on 13 August 2025 in the large school sports hall can be found here.

Pictures from the opening service of the XXI Provincial Synod of the Moravian Church in Honduras (Mission Province) in the “Iglesia Morava de Paptalaya” in Ahuas (Gracias A Dios region) in the Honduran Mosquitia on May 30, 2025 can be found here. Two weeks earlier, the VIII General Synod of the Moravian Church in Honduras (Unity Province) took place in the Iglesia Morava Bethel, also in Ahuas. Some pictures and a video of the service on May 11, 2025, in the packed church with the members of the synod can be found here (please click further) and here. In addition to the Honduran Bishop Evelio Romero, several representatives of the worldwide Moravian Church were also present. A new church leadership was elected. The motto of the synod was: “If God is with us, who can be against us? Between struggles and trials, the work of the Moravian Church continues.”

At the end of June/beginning of July 2025, the Board of World Mission of the Moravian Church in North America sent a container of donated medical supplies to the Clínica Evangélica Morava in Ahuas, Honduras. The 21,000 items that were carefully packed into the container include suture material, syringes, gauze, bed sheets, a microscope, sterilization equipment, injection needles, and hospital beds (estimated value: approximately $265,500). Although all of these materials were donated, there are still high costs for administrative fees, legal work, customs formalities, international transport, and local delivery from the port of import in Puerto Cortes over land, across lagoons, and then upriver to the remote congregation of Ahuas (approximately US$25,000 to US$30,000). The large container was filled in cooperation with the NGO Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach in Springfield, Illinois.

A team of seven volunteers from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, continued a decades-long tradition and supported the Clínica Evangélica Morava in Ahuas, Honduras, in the spring of 2025. Among other things, the team members painted and repaired clinic walls, built shelters, cut gauze bandages, and also spent time at the Krupunta branch, where they helped with the infant nutrition program. One team member writes: "As a nurse, I became aware of the daily waste in the US healthcare system. I inserted IVs and removed bandages without gloves. I know that different standards apply in the US, but you often don't realize how wasteful we can be." Dr. Maylo Wood, the clinic's medical director, concludes the Spotlight article by describing newly established regular training and refresher courses for clinic staff in cooperation with the Atlantic Coast Regional University Center of the state university UNAH in La Ceiba. Read the entire Spotlight article here.

A few days ago, the leadership of the Unity Province of Nicaragua reported severe flooding in the east and south of the country. Several villages with Moravian Church communities have also been affected by the floods. The photo (see here) flooded Moravian church. There are also reports of fatalities, destroyed crops, and damage to private homes. Initial disaster relief (food supplies, replacement of lost crops, assistance with reconstruction) is being provided by the Board of World Mission of the Moravian Church in North America, the sister organization of the Herrnhuter Missionshilfe. Although the storm is not yet classified as a tropical hurricane, it is carrying enormous amounts of water. It formed on June 26, 2025, off the coast of Venezuela and moved across eastern and southern Nicaragua two or three days later. A meteorological report can be found here.

Four organizations are currently working together to continue a successful drinking water project in southeastern Honduras (Blessings Flow Project): the local Moravian Church, the Board of World Mission of the Moravian Church in North America, the California-based aid organization One ATTA Time which specializes in drinking water projects, and now also the Moravian Church's mission organization in the Netherlands. The most important work in Honduras (distributing simple water filter systems and training local people in their use) is carried out by volunteers from the Moravian Church, including Sister Carmen James and Brother Morlin Perez. With 900 filter systems distributed to date, many serious health problems, such as worm infections in children, have already been prevented. Many people in the Honduran region of La Mosquitia still draw their drinking water from unclean rivers and lagoons. More here.

Several agricultural projects in Honduras are showing signs of progress, encouraging further activities. This is reported by the Board of World Mission of the Moravian Church in North America. Students at the Moravian Church's Samuel B. Marx High School in Ahuas, Honduras (La Mosquitia), are now growing cucumbers and zucchinis. A greenhouse is to support the planned reforestation of areas in future. Watermelons, maize and yucca have been planted in the fields of the Ahuas Clinic with promising results. Cocoa seedlings were planted in Kipahni and Wisplini. Although the La Mosquitia region still faces major challenges, particularly in terms of suitable labor, the new partnerships with CURLA (a major university in La Ceiba) and other local actors are strengthening hopes for a better future. See on Facebook here.

Moravian High School in Bluefields on the southern Atlantic coast of Nicaragua reports that there were several special events in school life in April 2025. First of all, on April 9, the school grounds and the so-called herb garden were maintained. See here. On April 10, there were the many tables with very different Lenten meals that children from a school class had prepared during Lent and which could be tasted. See here. Then, in the Easter season of joy, there was a big fashion show under the motto Pool Party, which caused amazement and enthusiasm among the audience in the rows of seats in the school gym. See here. And then there was the annual school Mathematical Olympiad on April 29, in which nine winners were chosen. See here. The Moravian Church in Bluefields is the most English-Caribbean Moravian Church in Nicaragua.

Under the motto All with Nicaragua, the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious have invited the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops' Conference to an international day of prayer for Nicaragua on September 24, 2024. Prayer is the main tool of Christians. The country is now facing a crisis of hope, prophecy and solidarity. The Church in Nicaragua is living through the darkest chapter in its history. There are four intercession requests: “We pray that those in power will hear the cry of the people. We pray for the thousands of exiles. We pray for the Church, which is suffering the same pain as the Crucified One. And we pray for the poorest, that is, for the most vulnerable people who are left alone.” Anyone in the world could register in advance for this international day of prayer on the internet. See here and here.

On 16 August 2024, the Nicaraguan government banned over 1000 different NGOs. Among them is ADSIM, Asociación Instituto de Desarrollo Social de la Iglesia Morava, the social organisation of the Moravian Church in Nicaragua. ADSIM has worked in many ways to improve the living conditions of the people on the east coast (mostly Miskitos), for example by providing health services, promoting agriculture and training. ADSIM has also provided Emergency Aid during disasters such as the recurring hurricanes. The ban on ADSIM appears to be part of the Nicaraguan government's fight against the churches.

As the first Thursday in August is the day of prayer for the Unity Province of Honduras in the Moravian Church in North America, Fr Angel Yoperel, the President of the Province, after thanking for a variety of material and personnel support in difficult times, passes on the following prayer requests: ‘Please pray 1. that there will be no more schism in the Moravian Church in Honduras; 2. that there will be no kidnappings and no murders in Honduras; 3. for the upcoming Synod in 2025; 4. for the construction of the provincial office in Honduras, the construction of the Bible school in Puerto Lempira and for the mobile Bible institute in La Ceiba, Atlantida; 5. that there are no natural disasters in our country; 6. for our reconstruction projects (houses and plantations); 7. that we have the necessary money for our ecclesial-social work and that we receive the spirit of unity; 8. that our two bishops give good advice; 9. for the needs of the two provinces; 10. for the dissemination of the watchwords in our country.’

The bishops of the Unity Province of Nicaragua living in Nicaragua have spoken out about the divisions that have existed for a decade within the Moravian Church in the country. These divisions, which in some cases have already led to physical and structural violence, are based partly on differing political views and partly on ethnicity. The bishops call on the members of the Moravian Church to give a practical Christian witness to life by working for peace, reconciliation and true unity in the Unity Province of Nicaragua. The leaders of both groups in the Unity Province of Nicaragua join the call of their bishops and ask those responsible in the congregations to pass on the attached text (see here) to the members in the various Moravian Churches through all information channels, including announcements in the weekly church services.