Saturday night, we arrived in Managua airport at 9:15 pm. Thankfully, all our luggage arrived on time, but there were several bags that needed to be checked by customs agents. Thanks to some paperwork and Joe asserting, “Soy un pastor!” no one was apprehended at the border, and after about …
Images from Nicaragua
Breakfast spot toward the end of the trip. Fun with a Pinata Thursday evening jam session. Amazing leaders: Carla and Yaneth Nora The “mules” heading out to the construction site. Is there anything Lance can’t do? Yaneth and Maria cooking lunch.
Ninos
Nancy shares these photos of Nicaraguan children the team met. Sisters The youngest patient seen in the clinic — 14 weeks old.
Final Day
-Sitting at CEPAD with Lance, Carty and Dr Tim: Well, we made it back to Managua from our adventures. Spent last night at a charming little home-style resort at Lake Apoyo called g Abuelo (Grandmother’s House). Susan conducted the most lovely yoga class on the deck for some of us, …
More Photos
Ninas showing off their tissue paper flowers. Waiting for flouride treatments for their teeth. Painting flouride on teeth.
Images from the first day in Las Mercedes
A beautiful beginning to the first day in Las Mercedes. Counting ibuprofen for home health kits. The clinic opens at 11:00 a.m. Making home health kits. Great teamwork! Yoga during the lunch break. The view from Las Mercedes. Filling orders. First day in the clinic.
The Clinic Opens — Days 1 and 2
CLINIC DAYS 1 & 2. Because of the pressures of my very important job at the medical clinic (I’m basically the bouncer) I am getting a little behind in my writing and will combine days one and two. But first, I want to go back to packing. I found out …
Monday in Matagalpa
Monday, Matagalpa. We had a pleasant enough bus ride; It is peak coffee season, and the roads up to town were lined with drying coffee beans. As a bonus, the road to Matagalpa is now paved. Matagalpa itself is a cute little mountain town of about half a million. Very …
The Rest of the Team Arrives
6:30 AM CEPAD compound: Everyone is up and out of bed and in good spirits with coffee and the smell of breakfast in the air. Presumably rice and beans? Last night, at the airport, we met up with the group from North Carolina, who seem like a bunch of good-natured …
Arrival
10:30 PM CEPAD Compound, Managua, Nicaragua After a relatively uneventful flight, but a very close connection in Houston (see below), and then a 2.5 hour flight down to Managua airport, we have all arrived safe and sound. The night temperature here is very pleasant, and there’s a smell of oranges …
On the way to Managua
Traveling is hard for me, as I tend to procrastinate. Or, more precisely, because I try to get too many things done in too short an amount of time. It’s a personality trait that I have consciously tried to combat over the years, but somehow with this particular mission trip, I …
Commissioned to Serve
Our Nicaragua mission team leaves on Sat., Feb. 21 to spend a week partnering with the poorest of the poor in a rural Nicaraguan village. Together they will conduct a medical clinic, treating individuals who may have never before in their lives seen a doctor, and will assist with construction …
The Advance Team at Work
Each Nicaragua mission team is preceded by a small advance team which travels a few days before the full group to deal with the inevitable bureaucracy of the Nicaraguan government. The advance team’s work can prevent delays for the entire team, ensuring that the health professionals and others who are …
Coming home
As you read this on sunday morning, the nicaraguan mission team is heading back to houston from managua. Whether or not we will make it to kansas city from houston is a different story. But hey, beautiful, sunny and upper 80s all week? We’ll hold on to that memory for …
Sloth, cocoa beans and musical chairs…?
Wednesday 26 feb 14 2100cst. gggh&s Each morning begins with a steady stream of children walking past the gggh&s in navy blue pants and white shirts. The school is one block away and we can see its gates from the terrace of the grande ballroom. School is in session — no …