“This just doesn’t happen.” Words of wisdom to Bruce. Day two in the community. Day two is a tough one. Day one you are full of excitement and energy and ready to go. You grab the tools and get after it. There is a line of folks waiting their turn to help. Day two we Read More...
Greetings from Nicaragua!!! Today was our second day in the medical clinic. We saw between 80 and 90 patients. Today we became a well oiled machine. Things ran extremely well. I think our hearts have all been touched by the warmth, kindness, tenacity and joy of the Nicaraguan people. We have seen Read More...
Today was our first day in the community. We all woke up excited and ready to go. The plan was to have breakfast at 7:00, load the truck and be on the road by 8:00. Believe it or not, we were ready to go at 7:35…so we went. The community, Canas Blancas, Read More...
Day 2 (or the 1st full day) in Nicaragua. If I was going to write a manual on how to push a mission team to their limits within the first 24 hours, the first chapter would be about coffee in the morning. There was some coffee early, and then it disappeared. After it Read More...
Nancy shares these photos from the first day at CEPAD's Nehemiah Center in Managua before traveling to Canas Blancas in Carazo. Loading the truck. Ready to dig. More loading... Labeling medicine for home health kits. More labeling... Luis Still more labeling...there are lots of pills to organize.
Saturday, February 23... We arrived in Nicaragua right on time…with 95 percent of the luggage we left Kansas City with. We arrived in Managua short a couple of checked bags. We did however pick up a dozen folks from North Carolina in Atlanta. It’s good to see our friends, and it’s always Read More...
Two members of our mission team have already begun driving to Nicaragua. Yes, I said, driving. Here is what happened. Cindy Irey and Nancy Lear are scheduled to fly to Nicaragua on Thursday, arriving two days before the rest of the team, so that they can get all the vitamins cleared by Read More...
The team finished our final day of work and gathering information in Haiti today, Tuesday. We spent the morning back at Conaspeh teaching and playing with the school children. Read More…
The team spent Monday morning at the National Museum of Haiti learning about the history of this country. The country as a slave colony found its independence in 1804, and since has had both times of peace and of strife. Read More…
The group attended church today at a local Baptist church. The church had been damaged badly during the earthquake in January 2010. Read More…
Saturday was the team’s second day at the Conaspeh facility in Port Au Prince. Glen and George taught the seminary students again. Kara and Pat taught the nursing students for the second days as well. The balance of the team toured the facility and visited with students and staff. Read More...
We’ve arrived in Port au Prince. We are safely settled into Estinfils Guest House in the center of the city, surrounded outside the walled compound by many who have so very little. Our group met at the airport in Kansas City at 4 am to begin our journey. With few challenges we Read More...
We spent the morning at the Conespeh campus. George and Glen taught classes to seminary students while Pat and Kara taught nursing students. Suzanne shined in her role as translator. The rest of us spent time touring the Conespeh facilities and talking with folks there. This building is built next to the Read More...
