Thursday, July 30, 2015

Cross Culture Training

The summer months is a time spent in America.
While my heart is in prayer about the Nicaragua people,
part of my job is here in the states.

While I live in the United States most of the time I am an 
Advocate working as a voice for the poor in Nicaragua.
Of course one of my main projects is studying Spanish.
 Studying a language will help me work directly with the people
when I am working in Nicaragua.

One of the great things I found was online tutors.
If you ever wanted to learn a new language this is a great tool.
Italki.com
One of the great things about this online classes is I have only picked
teachers that are from Nicaragua.  So I get cross culture training from the
teachers that I am meeting with.
I have tried many different styles to help me learn to speak in Spanish.
Rosetta Stone, learnspanish.com
The greatest is speaking the language at least 3 times a week.





Monday, July 20, 2015

Happenings In May

May 


 In May I was able to take a quick trip to Nicaragua with a new friend from Oregon.
This was such a delight and there were things that I got to experience that I would like to
share with you.
Theresa and I traveled to Chinandega where we met
up with Pastor Rigoberto and Claudia Reyes.
It would be a day filled with much excitement as we
were going to meet with some people I had met in March.

There was a little girl the Lord placed on my heart.
Let me introduce you to Jessica.
We were going to meet her and the family.
Jessica was going to get her chance to go to
school.
Thank GOD, HE had went ahead of me and placed
HIS desires in hearts of people who would fund
 this project.
This is the food we went and bought for this family.
This will feed this family of 5 for a month.

Plus, we had some sponsors that bought 3 uniforms
for three girls to go to school.  The hope is that God
will use Jessica for HIS glory in the years to come.
          
     

The second day we were giving the opportunity to meet with another group
of families living along the highway.
What an amazing couple of days we had.

What a privilege it is to serve in Nicaragua!
We were right above Chinandega.







Monday, July 13, 2015

March





March Short -Term Missions 
Over the past year training a team of 13 people wishing to
 make a difference in Nicaragua has been such a blessing.
Mill Creek Baptist Church takes a yearly trip to Nicaragua 
to serve at the Bethlehem Farm. 

The arrival of my Short Term-missions team from Kentucky
arrived at the airport which was such a welcoming site.
After being in the country 2 weeks prior to my team.
This is a practice I do every March to do Spanish Immersion
 After the arrival of the team we traveled to Chinandega
where the team will reside for our 10 day stay in a local
hotel.
The drive going to Chinandega from Managua is about 3 hours.
As the map shows above, the farm is by the town called Somotillo.
This is the last town in Nicaragua and right by the border of Honduras.
Chinandega Market
Our Team







 Welcome to the farm.