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...
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…
