We’re back in Nicaragua, this time as a whole team (and we’re even partnered alongside team ignite for our time here). We are living in a hotel that is owned by our ministry contacts (and all proceeds from this hotel go directly in to their ministry here – Ministerio Mateo 5:16 – look up Matthew 5:16 for an idea of their message), in the city of Jinotepe (a little bit south of Managua, the capital). During our time here my team has been able to do a lot of painting around the hotel (outside walls, rooms, the lobby walls and ceiling, offices – pretty much anything that’s needed it has been covered) and that has been a huge blessing to our hosts, Glen and Lynne. We have also been part of ministry at La Quinta, the property on which Ministerio Mateo 5:16 has built a children’s home, vocational center, and preschool. Team ignite has been more involved in manual labor over there (painting, sidewalk laying, etc), but we have all taken part in the women’s and men’s Bible studies, youth group, and church services on both Sundays and Wednesdays. Other ministry that has happened here in Nicaragua are visits to the barrios (slum areas near where we are staying) and visits to the city dump up in Managua. This weekend we will be hosting two separate carnivals for kids in the barrios (one in a smaller barrio on Saturday morning, and a larger one Sunday afternoon) – we plan to hang out, face paint, make balloon animals, play games, and just have a great time with these kids who don’t really have anything. My team will be at the hotel through Wednesday and then heading out for a couple days of team time before we meet up with our squad in Granada for our final debrief. Then it’s just a week of us all being together before we fly to the states and head off in a million different directions.
p.s. pictures will be up for this stuff soon – I realize it would be a lot more fun to read with the pictures but they’re on other people’s computers and I can’t get to them right now. Thanks for understanding!
