Lots of gringos + a late night ride through Nicaragua in a cattle truck = awesome but a little chilly
This is our backyard
Nicaragua’s tallest volcano…not a bad backdrop to the month
The project where we have been living this month
The community of Bethel where we do ministry
Community.
The adorable children of Bethel
Apparently goodbyes are hard…ha
My first encounter with nature in Nicaragua
Also, squirrels are apparently pets here…sick.
Everyday the kids give us flowers for our hair
Good times in the cattle truck
Painting at the Vision Nicaragua compound
We danced at a couple late night crusades
One of the trucks full of our audience arriving
Team Wreckonciled suited up for our dance debut
We spent a few days at the local city dump getting to know people, helping them sort through trash, and handing out food
You would be surprised where you can find joy
Home
We spent a couple afternoons at the beautiful Nicaraguan beaches
We took a getaway weekend to Granada
Love Spanish colonial architecture
We ziplined the Mombacho volcano…
…upside-down
In this part of Nicaragua most of the men work harvesting sugarcane. Before the harvest the companies burn the fields to start the crystallization process in the sugar. This only serves to spread pesticide-laden smoke and ash all over the villages, helping to infect a staggering percentage of the men with the eventually fatal chronic renal failure.
When my teammates and I heard about all the illness and tragedy here we decided to film a documentary about it so that people back home can know the truth about the conditions for Nicaraguan sugarcane workers and can know the immense financial and prayer needs here. Stay tuned to the blog for the documentary, which is currently being translated and edited.
