In 1998 Hurricane Mitch hit Nicaragua.  The torrential downpour caused the side of a crater lake to fail sending a massive wave of mud down the mountain completely destroying communities in a 50 mile area.  The surviving members of one of these communities were relocated to the new community of Posoltega.  These people literally had nothing but their lives to begin their lives anew.

From this sprang up a little school held in a tent under a tree called Bethesda.  Many of the students were orphans whose parents had died in the mudslide.  To see it now is amazing with many classrooms, playground, and wall property.

Bethesda has been awarded 1 of only 3 prestigious “excellence” awards given in the region and has received recognition for its teaching in Math.  The leadership dreams of being able to have a secondary school there soon and a computer lab.