(first bathroom stop, just a little sketchy)
Today our team was given the opportunity to visit and love children at a feeding center in the North, up near the city of Leon. We left bright and early this morning at 7am, with the expectation of a 2.5 hour bus ride to the church that hosted the feeding center. However, we did not account for traffic (yes, there are enough cars/busses/trucks in Nicaragua for there to be traffic) AND the fact that when a team of 60 travel together, bathroom breaks can take a while. So our 2.5 hour trip quickly turned into a 4 hour trip.
(at the church/feeding center)
Unfortunately due to our schedule, this only gave us a little over an hour to spend at the church/feeding center in Leon. However, rolling up in our busses to over 300 kids and the pastor welcoming us from a microphone and LOUD speakers, made the trip completely worth it. For that hour our team ROCKED HARD and taught songs, shared a bible story, and brought four piñatas for the kids. We also as a team brought 40 pounds of chicken to add to the kids meal for the day. Currently this is one of the newest feeding Centers ORPHANetwork partners with, and right now they don’t have enough funding to supplement the rice meals with chicken and vegetables (like they do at the feeding center we have been at all week). So as a gift to the church today we brought chicken and vegetables! Some of the girls on our team (Baily and Vicky) helped the cooks dice up the vegetables and were given the opportunity to cut off the chickens head! They both respectfully kept to the chicken, however they shared that it was quite an experience! Needless to say, it was a long day of travel, but it was totally worth it. I never once heard a student complain about the seven hours on the bus for just one hour with the kids. That’s when you know you’re in a good place.
(las pinatas)
We ended our day worshiping with the kids from the Orphanage. And even after the long day of travel we definitely didn’t let that keep us from rocking out. The coordinator at the orphanage has pulled together a band to lead worship and our team was dancing and worshiping with the kids like you wouldn’t believe. Jumping, singing, dancing, laughing, smiling, and all while worship our king with beautiful Nicaraguan children. It was a piece of heaven on earth. During the amazing chaos, a sweet four year old boy named Taylor fell asleep in Raegan’s arms. He slept through the entire program. So to end our day, I walked over to the orphanage with Raegan as she carried Taylor all the way to his bed. Her arms fell asleep, but she wasn’t going to let anything stop her from loving this sweet boy. Our team has been absolutely amazing the whole trip, parents…be proud. Well, it’s time to call lights out. Buenos Noche from Nicaragua, Natalie.
(Raegan and Taylor)
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