Honduras and Nicaragua

In 2009, I was privileged to lavish the gift of God's love on the poor, needy, orphaned and forgotten of Nicaragua. We ministered to communities of people who live inside the municipal garbage dumps and surrounding communities of Managua and Bluefields. Reaching out in compassion, beckoning the lost to experience the power of The Cross and enter into the Joy of the Lord. We shared the Kingdom Celebration as we ministered salvation in the streets of Nicaragua with Praise Parades, Worship, Dancing, and Supernatural Feeding Crusades. It was so much fun releasing the goodness of God!!

A mother feeding her son in La Chureca after a feeding crusade.

One of the places that we ministered was La Chureca. La Chureca is a slang term for the city trash dump in Managua, Nicaragua, referring to a community of people who live and work there, "sifting" or "filtering" through the garbage daily. La Chureca is the municipal domestic and industrial waste disposal site in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It is the largest open air dumpster in Central America. Out of the approximately 1,000 persons who reside at the dump, 50% are children under age 18. These children and families work at La Chureca sorting through the waste. Approximately 115 to 180 families live in La Chureca. There is always a thick cloud of smoke that covers the area, increasing with the heat of the day with vultures soaring above the infinite layers of garbage.


Sorting through trash to find salvageable items.

As a part of our training at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry we get to take a mission trip! I’m excited to be partnering with the same ministry and returning to the same region! I will be part of a team of 45 students that are taking the love of Jesus to the trash dumps of Honduras and Nicaragua, where the riches of our loving Father, are poured out like honey on the heads of those in the greatest of need. It’s going to be an Isaiah 61 time. We will be feeding the hungry, loving the unloved, and healing the broken. Most of the ministry on this trip will take place in the Trash Dumps, where we will feed those who live and make their money from sorting through mountains of garbage. As well as staying at an orphanage where we get to party with the niño’s (kids) every night. We will be building on the foundation of relationship developed over years of connection to help bring transformation to these beautiful nations. Please be in pray for this trip. The trip date is March 24^th thru April 7^th.  

The total cost of the trip is $2,400. Thank you to those of have already contributed! I’ve raised $700 so far, the remaining 1,700 is due by February 21, 2012. If the Lord places it in your heart to contribute financially you can make a financial gift online or by check. To make a payment online, go to https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate&target=missions&student_id=213416



This boy came alive as Jimmy danced with him in his arms at the paise parade.

To make a check payment, make the check payable to Bethel Church and leave the memo area of the check blank. Mail the check to the following address: 

Bethel International - Attn: Stephen Hatley,  

915 Twin View Blvd

Redding, CA 96003 

Please include a note with the donation that says, “Beena Benny-Nicaragua/Banovs.”

This will ensure that the gift is applied to my mission account.

In one of the poor communities of Nicaragua with  beautiful children.

Gold Nuggets

I thought I’d write a gold nuggets, things that has stood out to me from the teaching at school....Enjoy!!

Whatever you look at/reflect upon in the imagination of your mind is what you reproduce. You become what you behold. Whatever you imagine you become and birth. Reality flows from the spiritual realm to the natural realm, whatever we come into agreement with we empower. If we believe in lies than we give the enemy authority to activate those lies to become a reality in our lives but when we believe in the truth we align our self with the reality of God's kingdom to be manifest in our lives. Whatever you focus on becomes your reality. If we focus on what we don't want to be we will become that which we don't desire. By focusing on the call of God on our lives and meditating on His vision for us we can focus on energy positively and on who we want to become. When we focus on what other people have or have not done we cannot be focused on what we are called to do and what God is doing.

We had an entire week on the Prophetic. Anyone who is saved and receives the baptism of the Holy Spirit can minister in the gifts of the Sprit.  The gift of prophecy is for the purpose of edification, exhortation, and consolation. The ABC’s of prophecy are: revelation- What did God say? interpretation- What does it mean? and application-what do I do about it? We grow in the prophetic by being thankful for what we’ve received and being faithful. Put your gift to work and you’ll get more.

There is an oak tree in an acorn. A delayed answer is gaining interest because when it is finally released it will bear more fruit. We ask the Lord for an oak tree and He gives us an acorn. Often times when He answers our prayers with an acorn; we neglect to realize that there is an oak tree in an acorn.  He wants us to steward the acorn and so that it grows into an oak tree. 

If you are going to thrive, you have to build the wall that is in front of you. Find out what is directly in front of you and build it well. The enemy wants to get you off assignment and get distracted by looking at other parts of the wall. Success is recognizing what is in front of you and doing it with all of your heart. Don’t rush the process. It’s the process that prepares us for what God has and the process that gives us strength to keep what He releases to us. The process is the very thing that prepares you for the thing He shows you. When we rush the process we lose the ability to carry what the Lord has spoken.

Every word has a frequency. Forgiveness and thanksgiving are the two highest frequencies. Gratitude has been proven to renew cells. We change our atmosphere by how we think and with gratitude. A heart of gratitude can be cultivated by simple telling the Lord through out the course of the day, “I am grateful for________.”

Jason Vallotton taught about processing through pain. Stay on one thought and think about it, cry about it, journal about how you feel. Write a commentary on how you feel at that time. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how He sees that person, ask God to reveal His truth and forgive them. When you have compassion connected to forgiveness you have the most genuine forgiveness. Process and have fun. If you’re tired don’t process. Stop and recharge. Have fun. A part of loving yourself is recharging. Continue to do this through every single memory.

About a month ago Rex and I choose to break off our engagement. We blessed and released each other. We decided to move on and see what God has in store for each of us separately. I'm at peace the decision that we have made. The teachings on building the wall in front of me, processing through pain, and cultivating a heart of gratitude has been especially helpful to me with all that has been going on.

I’m currently in Texas for the holidays, Dec. 15^th thru Jan 8^th. I will be staying primarily in Plano with my cousin and best friend, Josy & Shiney and a week with my brother and sister in love, Finny and Andrea.