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.
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. Read More…
We had a great day. Early to the work site and continued shingling. At 10:30 we drove over to the dedication of a completely rehabilitated home. There were representatives from the mayor’s office, the Salvation Army, Red Cross, United Church of Christ Disaster Response Team, our mission team, and many of the Read More...
Today was roof until you drop day. We finished with the tear-off, got the roof all felted in and started shingling. While hammers pounded above, part of our crew helped with cleaning the yard of debris left from the flooding and helped with cleaning inside. The homeowner is very delighted and our Read More...
This morning we traveled to the 9th ward. We were in the East end which is right next to Lake Ponchartrain. Less than half the homes in what was once a middle-class neighborhood are habitable. Our task today was to rip off an entire roof and reshingle. Read More...
6:30 a.m. came early, at 8 we were rolling to the mission base at the UCC church. We were to roof today but the hurricane watch and tropical storm warning made roofing not the best call. Read More…
We made it!!! 928 miles, 16 hours. Hurricane watch, coastal flooding predicted! We had a safe trip, tired. At 8 a.m. Monday we will meet the local coordinator and get our work site assignments. Pray for us, we're ready to go, hurricane or not! We had communion this evening, missed being with Read More...
Cedar Rapids Mission Trip Report June 11-13, 2009 Eleven volunteers went to Cedar Rapids, IA, from June 11-13 to help with rebuilding after last year's massive flooding. The group worked on Cedar Christian Church that sat in eight feet of water after the Cedar River crested at 35 feet on June 12, Read More...
We are sitting in the very tiny East London airport waiting for what I hope is not a very tiny airplane! We have now been gone for almost a week and a half, so we wanted to send a little hello to our friends and family back home. Read More...
Today we had the incredible opportunity to meet some of the women who work at Ons Plek (“Our Place”), a shelter for girls living on the streets of Cape Town and beyond. Read More…
Glen provides a second video update from South Africa.
Sunday and Monday were days of celebrating after all of our hard work at the Thembani Centre. We started by joining the Xhosa church that we had painted in worship. Next, we headed south to the Schotia game reserve. Read More…
