Children of Destiny - Globe International Nicaragua

Children of Destiny - Globe International Nicaragua

Sandy Carter, a veteran missionary, heads the Children of Destiny Ministry (http://www.codn.org/).  She grew up in Columbia, South America, the daughter of New Tribes missionaries. Sandy oversees two orphanages, one in Jinotega and the other in Los Cedros.  She is a missionary under the auspices of Globe International (http://www.gme.org/)

Over the past few years Sandy has recruited several other missionaries, workers and interns that God has called to the people of Nicaragua. The missionaries recruited by Sandy are: Lianne Corbin, the Director of the orphanges in Los Cedros; Joy Pulsifer, the Director of the orphange in Jinotega; Mark Randall, Andreas & Miriam Pestke, and Joel & Stephanie Estrada.

Currently the orphanges house approximately fifty babies, children and teens in Los Cedros and Jinotega.

Los Cedros, which is approximately forty minutes outside of Managua, the capitol of Nicaragua, houses the Boys Ranch and the Home for New Hope.

Boys aged eleven to eighteen years old  live at the Boys Ranch and help tend to the garden and perform other chores.  Most of the boys who are in this home were previously in the Jinotega children's home, but as they grew older, they were moved to the Boys Ranch to allow them their own place to mature. The boys attend a private Christian school in which they receive quality education as well as spiritual guidance. The boys are also receiving hands on training in agricultural work. After they have completed high school, they will have the opportunity to attend either university or a vocational school. The ministry is committed to seeing these boys through to the highest level of education that they wish to pursue, and to continue helping them until they are able to support themselves.

At the Home for New Hope in Los Cedros reside the babies and children who are five years old or younger. 

In Jinotega, which is approximately three hours northeast of Managua, is the Home of Friendship. The children in Jinotega go to a local school, where most are at the head of their class. They also have daily classes in English and utilize computers at the orphange. The orphange is on a sixteen acre plot of land where the children can be raised in a wholesome environment. The children help with raising chickens, pigs, as well as growing various crops including beans, corn, lettuce, carrots, cabbage, beets,and tomatoes.

The goal of the missionaries at the orphanges is to raise all the babies, children and teens in a Christian environment where they learn to view life as an adventure, love to learn, become responsible leaders, and develop an awareness of their own Godly destiny.


Sandy and her team of missionaires continually welcome short-term mission teams. They have various types of teams that bring assistance to their ministry. These include medical teams that hold clinics in remote communities that do not have access to medical care. Plus, construction teams (such as ours) that build the  facilities. And evangelistic teams that reach out into the communities surrounding the orphanges, helping to bring the Word of God to neglected areas, as well as filling physical needs by passing out food and clothing donations.

As you can tell, Sandy and her team of missionaries are totally committed to the youth of Nicaragua. Their vision is to continue to care for the children of Nicaragua, and to plant Christian churches throughout the country, and in doing such, to grow the Kingdom of God!