Day 2

The bloggers today are: Jane (10), Amalia (9), Lita (8) – with help from Sally.  Some of us saw a dinosaur skeleton named Sue.  It was discovered near Faith, SD.  It was amazingly large.  We saw a big toad.  Some of us went down to the river.  We saw three wild horses.  

We made spaghetti for a community dinner and many people came. We made a ton of bead bracelets with the kids from Red Scaffold and nearby towns.  That was the coolest part of the day.

Day 1

Morning of day 1!
Rise-n-shine.  It’s time to start a new day. This morning we passed out fliers to invite people to our community dinner.

Thanking God for clean, dry socks

It is 11:00 Saturday night and after 11 1/2 hours of traveling including 6 hours of very bumpy dirt roads and at least 6 stream crossings, we are back in Managua. The stories from our time in Aguas Frias are so numerous that I won´t even begin to tell them here, but we wanted everyone to know that we are safe and excited to come home. Our supplies finally arrived late Wednesday afternoon and we were able to do the work that we had hoped to accomplish. Many lives were touched by our presence here and our hearts have all grown to include a new community of friends.

Dios le bendiga,

Lori

The tide seems to be turning

I´m feeling a bit guilty right now. I´ve spent the entire day seeing the sights of Nicaragua and shopping. Not exactly what I expected for the first day of a mission trip, but flexibility is key right now as we maneuver through the bureaucracyof Nicaragua.

Customs is not our friend

This trip began just seventeen hours ago and there is already so much to tell. We got on the plane without a hitch with only minor shuffling of vitamin bottles because bags were overweight.

Headed to Aguas Frias

Our team is packed to the brim and headed to Aguas Frias (cold water) in the Kilambe region of Nicaragua. 

The rare time a girl wants to add more weight

The team has managed to fit almost all of the vitamins, toothbrushes, etc. into our limited luggage space. Pray that the airport scales are kind to us tomorrow as we will be pushing the weight limit on every bag.

Day 5 – Carly, Connor and Tyler

For work today we washed windows and tables.

How many toothbrushes do you need to care for a village?

Once again Country Club Christian Church is sending a mission team to Nicaragua. The trip participants are: Carty Johannsen, Beverly Johnson, Anne Ingersoll, Carla Aday, Stephanie Pilkington, Lori Bennett, Dr. Jim Stanford (a dentist from St. Louis and nephew of Lee and Jarene Stanford) and Dr. Stanford’s daughters, Allison and Ashley.

Day 4 – Steven & Polly

Today we slept in until an amazing 8:30 before we woke up and headed to White Water bay,