Rev. Pennings (Hispanic Christian Ministry) writes: "I leave today (Wednesday) for Costa Rica after spending a week in Nicaragua. I made some MINTS contacts while on this trip. But most of the trip was spent accompanying the Executive Director of Word & Deed and their Regional Director for Latin America to evaluate the Hurricane Felix project that is being efficiently coordinated by several of my MINTS students on the Atlantic Coast. What a joy to see the close working relationship between MINTS and Word & Deed, especially on the local level where both ministries are prominently seen working together as MINTS students provide relief and development sponsored by Word & Deed together with open air preaching each night of their activities."