At 3:30 am we all wearily assembled in the motel lobby. There seemed to be a shortage of taxi service at that time of morning, so when one finally arrived, we loaded it with luggage, then walked the few blocks to the airport. This was one plane flight we didn’t want to miss. There were [...]
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As we prepared to leave Chinandega this morning, Grace had our worship thought saying, “Through building churches of worship, through the children’s laughter, through serving amidst poverty, we’ve had to opportunity to find another piece of the heart of God here in Nicaragua.” We loaded our bus and headed to Granada for a canopy tour. [...]
Construction Team B boarded their bus before 7:00 this morning. They headed for Tonala, site of the second one-day church building project. Tonala is a small town of about 6,000 people, located north-west of Chinandega. These people’s livelihood comes from the banana plantations, subsistence agriculture, and shrimp farming. We began unloading scaffolding and tools at [...]
Our worship thought this morning was from Ken’yun. He asked the question “Why we are so diligent in our work here in Nicaragua, yet we aren’t that way at home?” and read Ecclesiastes 9:10: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” We finished the mural painting on the Chinandega church [...]
We began the day singing, “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God.” Melanie gave us a devotional thought and then we were off to work in the rural town of Posoltega. Construction supplies arrived and the crew eagerly went to work on the church. They delivered “Jimmy John” to his final destination, finished the trusses, [...]
The first blessing of this morning was having breakfast at 8:30 rather than 6:30. The later start after a busy week was welcome. After breakfast we drove to Chinandega Seventh-day Adventist Church to worship and praise God. Over one hundred people crowded into the little building. At the beginning of church, Hannah, Melanie, Andrea and [...]
This morning we painted walls and sketched the mural for the church veranda. We also cut out more felt sets to leave here in Nicaragua. Then about 10:00 am we left for an outreach project of passing out clothes, diapers, balloons and toys door to door. As we drove down the dusty road in this [...]
Melody had worship to start day five. Once again we were painting, constructing, seeing patients and teaching children. We received word that construction supplies will leave the border Friday. Please continue to pray with us that they do. Here is what our team is saying about day five: Noemi: Today was not as busy as [...]
Krista started our day with worship. She shared that without glasses, she has no depth perception and can’t see yellow colors. She used to stumble and have her colors all messed up. Glasses take care of the problems. “Just like I need to wear glasses to see things right and not fall down, we need [...]
As materials for the Maranatha one-day churches are still at the border, everyone began the day organizing and preparing supplies. We cut out Sabbath school felts, organized for the afternoon Vacation Bible School, counted thousands of pills, dividing prescription doses in Ziploc bags, sorted hundreds of clothing items, folding and organizing them by size, and [...]
