Day 6 & 7 We left our hotel in the morning and drove to Granada, a tourist town, on lake Nicaragua. There are small islands, the “isletas de Granada,” that have been built up with summer homes of various wealthy Nicaraguan, European and North American families. The islands were created when the Read More...
The 2018 Nicaragua mission trip team will share stories and photos from its recent trip at Pathways to Learning on Sun., Mar. 18 at 10:00 a.m. in the Social Hall. Join us that morning to learn about our mission partners in Nicaragua and the people of the small rural village of Brasil. Read More...
Day 5 Today was our last day in the community. We finished filling the little planting baggies after another two hours or so, working alongside many members of the community. We filled a total of around 1000 baggies over the last two days! They will be planted with mango and orange tree Read More...
Day 4 Today we headed out bright and early to the community. After some quick instructions, we split up among two sites that we would be digging water reservoirs for. (I say we, but yours truly sat out on the digging fun after coming down with a short-lived GI bug). The reservoirs Read More...
Day 3 Our day began by heading out to the community of Brasil, where we were going to be doing our water filter project. The people there welcomed us and we began the assembly process. Several groups formed and worked on the various parts of the filters. Some assembled the stem that Read More...
Day 2 Today we started out to Jinotepe after breakfast and went to the CEPAD office there. The director of the center gave us a short presentation on the people the Jinotepe office serves, a total of 240 families spread across six communities. As we were leaving the office, we were admiring Read More...
Day 1 began at the Nehemiah Center, CEPAD’s central headquarter in Managua. After a delicious breakfast (muy rico!), we gathered for an informal service, led by Rev. Sam. We started by sharing thoughts and anxieties about our week here, meaningful scripture and spent time praying for ourselves and one another. Toward the Read More...
You can be a part of our exciting yet affordable mission experience in Nicaragua, Feb. 24-Mar 4, 2018. We are making plans with our long-time indigenous partner, CEPAD, for a health clinic and a clean water project.
Are you looking for an inspiring and affordable mission opportunity in a country where we have an established and successful local partner? If so, start saving your spare change and vacation days and plan to join us on our Nicaragua Mission in February 2018. We will focus on health and medical needs Read More...
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Our final clinic day was a little more relaxed. We had 74 patients, mostly from Bijague again. We worked with Dr. Cynthia and nurse Miriam. One particularly fun patient was a man in his 80s who needed some reading glasses. Our friends from North Carolina’s mission team had left several pairs Read More...
At our mission clinic it gets busier every day – today we served 130 people, with 101 being seen before lunch! People from a community about two hours away, named Bojague, had been notified by CEPAD that there was a clinic available this week and took full advantage! Many of the 150 Read More...
At our mission clinic it gets busier every day. Today we served 130 people, with 101 being seen before lunch! People from a community about 2 hours away, named Bojague, had been notified by CEPAD that there was a clinic available this week and took full advantage! Many of the 150 communities Read More...
Clinic was hectic again this morning with 40 more patients coming from Juacuapo Occidental, a village about 1.5 hours away. Our lunch was pushed back again, this time to almost 2 p.m., and the Nicaraguan nurse started doing consults for the doctor, so all the patients could be seen. A huge win Read More...
We began the day with a delicious breakfast and started off toward Jucuapa, a small, remote community about 14 kilometers from Matagalpa. Before we left the city we stopped at the ministry of health (MINSA) to pick up our doctor and two nurses (enfermeras) that would be working with us throughout the Read More...
