one week ago at this time, i was going on 40 hours without sleep. we had survived a 25 hour ordeal (the attempt to get home) and i was ready for bed (but i was not the only one who basically got back to kansas city at about 430 in the morning Read More...
It's 5pm on sunday. We should have between home an hour and a half ago. Thanks to the fog, we are stuck in houston and bound for...omaha. Yes! Eta in kansas city...check back monday (or maybe tuesday...i have this feeling we may not be awake enough to write tomorrow).
it’s thursday evening. another long, hot, worthwhile day. somebody told a joke about it snowing and sleeting in kansas city. we all had a really good laugh. it has become tradition to do a blog post dedicated to shout outs of all of our team members…so here we go! Read More...
Photos from Thursday in Nicaragua… Read More…
it is the end of the day on wednesday, a long day for both teams. half of our time here remains but i will use the whole alphabet to try to describe the trip so far. A ll around us, beautiful landscapes, dedicated servants, welcoming people. B eans. we eat them with a Read More...
as i was saying…. tuesday afternoon, Mesa sur, about an hour (that probably means 7 miles or so)* from matagalapa (you can find Matagalpa on the map. You will not find mesa sur). early breakfast at 7am at the CEPAD offices in matagalpa. everyone seems to love pre-toasted bread. you buy it Read More...
Tuesday afternoon, Mesa sur, about an hour (that probably means 7 miles or so)* from matagalapa (you can find Matagalpa on the map. You will not find mesa sur). The afternoon clinic is in full swing. We’ve probably seen 12 patients by now — over 20 by the end of the day. Read More...
we may be in manawa, but the roosters still start crowing at about 4am (if not earlier). first off, thanks for checking in with us and reading these. many of us on the trip are glad that we can keep in touch this way (and some might actually be a little happy to be free of Read More...
Photos from Day 2 of the trip. On the road to Matagalpa Young boy in Mesa Sur
A couple of photos from the team. These are taken at CEPAD's facilities in Managua. CEPAD, the Council of Protestant Churches in Nicaragua, is our host agency.
It’s saturday and here is the obligatory blog post written entirely on the handheld. As a special added feature this year I am typing using swype technology…i never pick my finger off the keyboard,i just slide from one letter to the next. So when you see a weird word that doesn’t make Read More...
one day to go. thursday night most of the crew got together in the church social hall with thousands of vitamins, ibuprofen and tylenol tablets, hundreds of tubes of antibiotic ointment (did you know — according to stephanie — that stuff is merely petroleum jelly with some antibiotic in it?), thousands of Read More...
