Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Andrew challenging the team to "Rock Out" at our first porch time! Hola from Nicaragua! We have arrived and had an amazing first day in country. Last night at our first porch time (the time where we sit around and discuss our day) Andrew challenged the team to “Rock Out” this year, just like you would “Rock Out” at a concert. Well our team sure did “Rock Out” today. We spent our first day at the feeding center in the community of Nueva Vida (meaning New Life). We got there early so we had time to hear the history of the church, and then walk around in the community for a bit. It really helped the team immerse into the community we were serving. On our walk kids started coming out of the woodwork and joined the party. By the time we made it back to the church we had at least 20 kids and a parrot with us!
Brittany, her new friend, and the Parrot! Shortly after we returned we started the feeding center and fed about 100 kids and then did our first Vacation Bible School with them. Today we taught the kids that no matter who they are…they can trust God! We made masks for the kids to represent themselves, it was a huge hit! My favorite part of our 5 hours in Nueva Vida today was the free time in between the feeding center and the VBS. At one point almost every boy on the team and a few girls had a kid either on their shoulders or on their back…and then they proceeded to dance and run races for a good hour. Everyone was dripping in sweat, covered in dirt, and truly “Rocking Out” Nicaragua Style.
"Rocking Out" Well now it’s my favorite time of the day, right at dusk, back at the Orphanage. As I look out over the place I see our team playing soccer, looking for mangos, running around chasing kids, and just having a great time loving on kids. We thank you again for your love and support for our team, we are truly experiencing God’s grace in our trip and have already been challenged! Till next time…Adios from Nicaragua!

5 comments:

  1. I love seeing you guys sharing love and God's grace...awesome!
    Blessings! debbie houck

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  2. Praying for you all! Bring me back something nice :)
    Kev

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  3. Keep rocking out!!! Dios te Bendiga!!

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  4. Awesome. Love the posts. Bless you all.. "Tell Taylor to take it easy and keep hydrated", (yes, you can tell him his mother said so). Lol. Enjoy your trip!!! Rick on.

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