Our last day in New Orleans. It’s been a wonderful week of fellowship, fun, and challenge, but thanks to Peg who constantly reminded us of our theme of persistance, we have prevailed. Last night the ladies and men of Little Farms United Church of Christ prepared us a fabulous meal. They were so gracious to Read More...
Our fourth and last day of work on this Beecher United Church of Christ today. We’re gratified by the progress we’ve made on this beautiful building, and we’re praying for the return of this congregation, dispersed by Katrina, to enjoy it! In yesterday’s devotion, Peg quoted a New Orleans resident, who, after Read More...
Great devotions by Peggy including Gandhi, the Koran, St. Francis of Assisi, Winston Churchill and more. She has done a great job spanning the centuries and faiths with her prayers and meditations. After a good day's work, we enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Galley, a crew favorite. During devotion, Peg read Read More...
A good day spent sanding, mudding, painting, and installing at Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ Memorial Church. We're the third to the last group from our partnership with UCC, then the mission site closes. The church is beautiful--lots of good work has been done, and the urgency of our task is Read More...
First day of work awaits after a welcome to Little Farms United Church of Christ, our home for a week. Our spiritual leader, Peg, is adorned in a cat costume, as she leads us in morning devotion. Soon we are off to our work site, Beecher United Church of Christ, where we Read More...
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...
