Pastor William Mills thought about purchasing a larger space for his quickly growing Sycamore church. Instead, he went to Nicaragua.

Mills, pastor of Bethel Assembly of God, recently returned from a mission trip to Nicaragua with 20 of his congregation members to help a local church build a new structure as the old worship place was not large enough to house people who would stand outside and listen and watch through the windows.

The inspiration for the trip, which lasted from Feb. 22 to March 3, came after Mills thought about how badly the Nicaraguan church was in need of expansion as he pondered his own church’s potential move to a new facility.