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New Propagation Base in Central America

Readers’ Meeting Held in Nicaragua

In the Republic of Nicaragua, which is situated in the middle of Central America and whose official language is Spanish, a Readers’ Meeting site has been launched and activities are becoming active.

Seicho-No-Ie spread in Nicaragua, as Mr. Erick Alfredo Flores, who was first introduced to Seicho-No-Ie in Paraguay while staying there on business and was in contact with the Latin America Division of the Brazil Missionary Headquarters, sent e-mail to the Division to inform of his return to Nicaragua in March 2010. Rev. Mario Gabriel Franca Silva (Assistant Minister, Chief of Propagation, Latin America Division) responded to his mail and told him about his planned trip to Panama in May and sounded out about the possibility of holding a public lecture during his trip. In the meantime, Mr. Flores got another overseas assignment. So he asked his friend, Mr. Dugley Guerreiro, to prepare a lecture site and promote the lecture. On May 15, 2010 the first public lecture was held at a hotel in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua and was attended by 25 people.

All the attendees including Mr. Guerreiro were first-timers. As they listened to the lecture, they were moved by the teaching and 10 of them volunteered to carry on activities. Rev. Silva distributed Spanish Seicho-No-Ie books and monthly magazines and guided on the holding of a Readers’ Meeting. Ten days later, a reading circle-type Readers’ Meeting was held at a gathering place in the city, with Mr. Guerreiro leading the meeting.

Subsequently, the Latin America Propagation Division has been giving a lecture and a Q&A session every two months, using the skype (free communications service on the Internet). Also, a lecturer is dispatched three times a year to hold a lecture. The Readers’ Meeting is held every month and attended by about 20 people.

Rev. Silva commented, “Most people in Nicaragua are Catholic followers and are taught that man is a child of sin. As they are introduced to the Seicho-No-Ie teaching that man is a child of God, they are filled with a sense of liberation and are overjoyed. I would like to continue supporting them toward the group’s incorporation in the future.”

Remarks by Rev. Junji Miyaura, Bishop of Seicho-No-Ie Latin America

“Nicaragua is a developing country where the civil war ended a short time ago. I hope that Seicho-No-Ie will be the light of hope to the about 5.9 million citizens and that the entire country will be enlightened.”