The 2011 Nicaragua Mission Trip team was commissioned in worship on Sun., Feb. 13, with this prayer: Holy Creator, bless this team as they go serve as ambassadors of this church. Give them strength and wisdom, compassion and courage as they offer your peace. Open their hearts to your love and your Read More...
it's tuesday. thursday is the packing party (i went last year and there was a lot of packing and very little party. i mean a party involves food, drinks, a pinata -- frivolity. if your idea of a party is stephanie barking, "stuff that small vitamin bottle in there. don't make me Read More...
full circle. back in managua after an amazing week, a wonderful experience. i think it{s (hee hee) safe to say that we’re all a little beat.where did we leave off? Read More…
3. It’s Thursday, day 3 of the clinic. Today, the village of Castillo is in matasano to see the docs, the dentist and hear the home health care talk that Sandy gives (she does the whole thing in Spanish and it’s great. Bart…well…think Vanna White. He displays the stuff while Sandy does Read More...
Shout outs from the team Just a few messages for those at home tonight: Read More…
2. Roosters crowing long before sun-up. Hugo calling out to Jessica (yes’-si-kuh). The grind of the gears as the bus slows. The pounding of rocks against its sides. Read More…
First day of work in the village Tuesday, February 22 Today the team split between traveling to Matasano and staying at the farm. My day began at the farm. Andrea, Jane and I stayed at the farm and completed the home health kits while the construction crew of Carty, Bill and EJ Read More...
1. Grab some coffee and get comfy for this one. It’s tuesday, mid-morning. Most of the crew is in matasano (lori and andrea just headed that way too after we received a note from the clinic that they need more medicine). It will (ooh look, the computer is correcting my caps at Read More...
Settling in Monday, February 22 10:15 a.m. From Lori I can’t keep up with EJ’s wit, but I will try to type with caps and apostrophes. Yesterday was a day full of travel and getting settled into our home for the week. We left Managua early in the morning and traveled to Read More...
A few photos from Sunday. See EJ’s post for more about Sunday’s adventures. Read More…
Time: 0730, Monday morning.Place: About to leave Managuaan early morning today, breakfast at 730. i won’t bother you with trivial details like the weather (sunny and hot).about 6:45 am, the fire brigade assembled, moving box after box after box after suitcase after box after duffel after box after…you get the idea… Read More...
We are fortunate on this trip to have blog postings from two perspectives: this post is from mission trip veteran Lori Bennett, on her second trip to Nicaragua. Lori arrived in Managua with the second group on Saturday evening. Hola from Managua! The second group (the veterans) has arrived safely at CEPAD Read More...
Time: 2000 (that’s 8pm).Place: CEPAD’s Nehemia Center.Elevation: somewhere below where we were earlier today. okay, let{s get a couple of things straight right off the top. 1. nicaraguan keyboards have a { where the apostrophe is supposed to be. so if you see a { in the middle of a word, i Read More...
Day 1 blog submitted by EJ Becker… Time: 0700. Place: an ERJ rows 6-8. Elevation: 32k feet.East is left — we know this now, as the sun rose shortly after we ascended above the clouds. Some of us are talking. Others read or study documents. A few are catching a quick nap (0430 was Read More...
Last night the team assembled to pack pharmaceuticals and other supplies to take to Nicaragua. In just more than 24 hours, they will arrive in Managua.
