I don't want to leave you out of the loop so I thought I would let you in on a few things that we have done this month in Nicaragua. First things first we are staying at Pastor's house in Condega. We mostly do manual labor and besides that we attend church services on Sunday and all throughout the week. A few times we got to go to the local school where we helped in their garden and celebrated day of the children. We have the privilege of knowing all of Pastor's children, who are all grown, and quite often enjoy communicating with them to the best of our ability and laughing with them. We also eat three meals a day at Carolina's cafeteria and we have gotten to know her entire family as well. We love all the people here! In the afternoons a few of us have committed to do the Insanity workout. The Lord has given us strength to do everything He has put in front of us. Hopefully these pictures help paint a picture of what these first two weeks have looked like for Dry Bones.
Leveling the ground on one side of Pastor's church
Tenting at Pastor's house in the mountains
Trouble with Pastor
Pastor's daughter in law Merci and little Mariam (who belongs to Juanna)
Pastor Santos
Moving wood and cleaning up at the school
Creating garden patches at the school for the kids to plant
Celebrating Day of the Children
Church time!
Moving blocks for a new church
Insanity, getting fit
Our wonderful cook Carolina
House Church on Tuesdays
Lauren, Jo, and I visited Volcano Masaya
Moving dirt for the new church
Chilling with Juanna
Juanna had our team over for dinner
We watched spanish soaps and we were so in to it!
Admiring family photos
I hope you have enjoyed the picture story! The next two weeks I am not sure what is in store, I could probably guess some more manual labor, but I know that we need prayer for our squad's health. Many people have become sick and are struggling to stay well and rested. I have not had any health problems but the mosquitos won't leave me alone! Also, continue to pray that God brings people in to our path who we can minister to, pray for, and love on.
