Get to Know the Espinoza Family

Ministry Description

We are both serving in Word of Life Nicaragua. Our main ministry is to develop Bible clubs and through these, spread the gospel and reach the youth for Christ. I also help with the maintenance of the property and Génesis supports the administrative team.

Learn more about the ministry in Nicaragua.

About Alvaro

I was born on September 9, 1987, since I could remember, the gospel was shown to me in different ways, but the difficult circumstances in which I lived I could not open my heart to the truth of God. As I grew physically, an emptiness grew inside me, spending whole nights without sleep, feeling an overwhelming loneliness and a strong desire to die. The years passed and God began to be more present in my life, despite the fact that I considered myself an atheist, there was no place and time where God did not send someone to show me his gospel. At the age of 19 I thought that there was nothing that could fill that void, that could take away the loneliness of my soul, and the desire to die settled in such a real way in my mind that it was only a matter of time to reach my own end. On August 25, 2007, perhaps being the darkest day of my life, God in his search for me, spoke to my life directly, and although it was confused by my total rejection of the existence of God, it was clear in my mind that someone told me that everything I was looking for was in there, and in front of me there was a church opening its doors for a youth meeting, and in an internal battle, I finally entered the church, in which the gospel was being preached, God spoke again, forcefully to my mind, and convinced myself of its truth. The truth of his death because of my sin, his burial and resurrection and that he called me to salvation, I gave myself completely to God, and in the midst of so many changes by the power of his word, God began to call me to his service, that same year, Word of life ministry came to my church and began a youth ministry, from which I converted a leader and in that growth and closeness with the bible, God clearly showed his will and his call to the gospel in Nicaragua, and in that same Will, The Lord allowed me to meet my wife, who grew up in the same congregation in which I met Christ. Now we are a family that God called and that serves Christ in Nicaragua, reaching the youth with the gospel and training young people to reach those that we cannot directly reach.

About Genesis

I grew up in a Christian family and accepted Christ as my savior as a child. Word of Life came to my local church in 2007, and it was a ministry that God used to support my spiritual growth. Álvaro and I met at our church serving together in a Bible club and youth fellowship. While I continued with my career and professional plans. We got married in 2018 and God blessed us with our loving son Liam. In 2021 we felt the need to approach Word of Life to collaborate as associates, during that time we felt a flame in our hearts to serve as missionaries and we began to pray for God's confirmation, in 2022 the doors open to attend to a regional retreat, in which God answered and confirmed His Will in our lives, so we decided to leave our own plans and be obedient to God's plans and his call to serve together full-time, using our gifts, abilities and our professions for God's Glory.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Contact Information

adespinoza@wol.org

Address:
Alvaro Espinoza
Word of Life Nicaragua
PO Box 600
Schroon Lake, NY 12870