A team of 21 members and friends of Country Club Christian Church leaves on Saturday, Feb. 20, to conduct medical clinics and work on construction projects among the poorest of the poor in rural Nicaragua.
Nicaragua 2009 Blog
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Day 7
Ahhhhhh. We are drinking fresh squeezed passion fruit juice at a coffee plantation called Selva Negra and sipping coffee grown just outside the window. Converted now into a nature preserve,
Day 6
The last patient of the day reached into my heart and ripped a whole. I didn’t understand a word she said but her face revealed the whole story. The wrinkles on her neck and the scars on her face revealed a 65 year old woman but
Day 5 – Clinic
I am sitting in the clinic. So far we have seen 130 official patients and 60 unofficial. That means mom comes in with her sick baby but while seeing the doctor she mentions that she suffers from “a terrible cough and a pain in my back.” The women all cook over an …
Day 4 – Breakfast
We are dining on pancakes, fried eggs, fresh papaya, guava jam. While we eat we are going to have a “shout out” and each of us will shout a message to one of you. Here goes. Lance says:
Day 3 – Monday
The first day of clinic always spells chaos. But we set up our make-shift pharmacy in record time and began seeing patients by mid-morning. Velma sits on the front porch and kindly and patiently greets every client. After taking their vitals and recording their chief complaint, she places them in …
Day 2 – Sunday
We arrived at the farm in time for lunch. We stayed at the farm last winter so in a way it was like coming home. But guess what? The farm has been upgraded from a “Holiday Inn” to a “Ritz Carlton” Yes, believe it or not, WE HAVE FLUSH TOILETS …
We Arrive! Day 1
Tonight we thanked God for soft mattresses, friendly customs agents, a cool breeze across the capitol city and the warm faces of our Nicaraguan friends. We met at the airport in Kansas city at 4:00 a.m. A bit of coffee sustained us to Houston and we had exactly the right …
Nicaragua 2009 Blog
A 9-member team leaves Saturday, Jan. 24 for a week in a village in rural Nicaragua. Team members are Rev. Carla Aday, Stephanie Pilkington, Mary Wood, Clayton Hasser, Ken Hubbell, Lance Jessee, Velma Simmons, Sue Rempel and Josh Timock. The team includes a doctor, two nurses, and three first-time mission trippers.