This post is from week one. Sorry for the tardiness. Enjoy 🙂 I already know I will miss the sunset here. From the pavilion, we are just above the lake. You can see the mainland and small mountains across the lake and often there are small fishing boats crossing back and forth. From 5-6, right before dinner, the sky changes from deep shades of orange, blue, purple, yellow, so much more vibrant than any sunset I’ve seen before. But right now, I miss things from home, predominantly my family, but also air conditioning, English, and driving my own car.  The most difficult part so far...

Last week, we crossed the lake to the port town to help for a day with a children’s ministry. The church is a few minutes from port and had its beginnings as an outdoor concrete slab in a field but now has a roof, a kitchen, and an apartment in back where the pastor, Sara, and her daughter live. When we arrived, she served us lemonade and told us her life story.Sara is the oldest of seven and before her mother became a Christian, Sara had to take care of her four younger siblings because her mother would disappear, sometimes for days, to drink and do drugs. Her father was absent but her...

In the Bible, Jesus washed his disciple’s feet, demonstrating the humility and servitude we too should exhibit. Before this week, I thought that example was simply to show how Jesus put others before himself. I didn’t realize that the act of serving others in such a simple way can mean much more.I was able to experience this on Friday. The wife of the pastor at the church CICRIN attends came on Thursday night to tell us her story and ask us if we would help with her ministry the next day called Helping Hands which helps poor women on Ometepe in the name of Christ.Ruth began by saying...

This post is from week one. Sorry for the tardiness. Enjoy 🙂 I already know I will miss the sunset here. From the pavilion, we are just above the lake. You can see the mainland and small mountains across the lake and often there are small fishing boats crossing back and forth. From 5-6, right before dinner, the sky changes from deep shades of orange, blue, purple, yellow, so much more vibrant than any sunset I’ve seen before. But right now, I miss things from home, predominantly my family, but also air conditioning, English, and driving my own car.  The most difficult part so far...

Hello all! This week has been a very good one. I worked on the farm which is different then what I am used to. The farm is covered in trees with the view of the lake. It has lots of different produce trees and it is just a new experience for me. I also worked around the CICRIN campus and other odds and ends jobs. This past week I started to feel that my body is getting somewhat used to the humidity and it made working a tad bit easier. I also was sick and have a bad cough but nothing a little sleep and medicine can’t fix. On Thursday night we were told that in the morning we were headed...

Hello all! This week has been a very good one. I worked on the farm which is different then what I am used to. The farm is covered in trees with the view of the lake. It has lots of different produce trees and it is just a new experience for me. I also worked around the CICRIN campus and other odds and ends jobs. This past week I started to feel that my body is getting somewhat used to the humidity and it made working a tad bit easier. I also was sick and have a bad cough but nothing a little sleep and medicine can’t fix. On Thursday night we were told that in the morning we were headed...