Day 3-Nicaragua

Day 3 we had class at our home.

Our teachers came to us and we went over items from the

home.  This was also nice as we did a class together with

all our teachers. 

What Spanish words were we going to learn today?

Such as plato which is plate.

As usual we were not allowed to talk in 

English only Espanol.

Then we have Rachel having lunch at the cafe.

After, lunch we were going on an activity
with the rest of our class.
. 

We were going to visit

the Cathedral of Leon

We were getting a tour in Espanol,
lucky for us we had Freddy who translated for us.
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Day 2-Nicaragua

Day 2 in Nicaragua was filled with lots of new experiences.

We got and up with the warm sun.

  We were dressing for summer. 

Our host served us breakfast at 7 am. 

I learned a few new spanish words at breakfast.

 Cafe con leche, that means we had coffee with milk.

I ended up carrying my spanish dictionary 

with me to the kitchen table, that way I could

talk to my host.
Our first day of school was a day of getting to know the

other students.  Then we were off to individual learning with our

teacher.

This is Soleyda my teacher.

After school we walked back to our host home and 

Maria Teresa would have lunch for us in the cafe.

Then we would have time for practicing our Spanish 

with our host family.

 This is Marcos, one of the sons
of the host family.

November Trip 2011-Day 1

Nicaragua Volcano

We arrived in Nicaragua and our driver Juan Carlos,

was waiting for us.

We then had a Nicaraguan lunch with
the family in Manuaga.  After lunch
we drove to Leon to our final destination.

Cathedral of Leon

We then arrived to our host family where we would
stay for the next five days while we attend Spanish school.

This was day 1 in Nicaragua.

Saving a Child

One year ago I shared how God had layed

something on my heart.

Today, I watched a video that reminded me 

of what the Lord was talking about.

Saving the children is something that lays
on my heart everyday.

I am not talking about my biological
children. I am talking about the children who
are not eating today.
There are people in Nicaragua who are scraping
the garbage for food.
This just bring tears to my eyes.

There some things that God will lay on your
heart to do.

Missions Dinner

September 10 we will be hosting a date night dinner at Mill Creek Baptist Church.

This event will help us share what has been going on at the
Bethlehem Farm in Nicaragua.

Back in Nicaragua Rigo has been busy with a couple of
groups coming over to help build buildings for the farm.

This dinner is to help with our support with the mission in Nicaragua.

In November, we will be returning to Nicaragua for 10 days.  Our goal

on this trip is to submerge ourselves in the Spanish language.
We want to be able to communicate with the people in their
language.

In July we sent Rigo home with corn seeds to plant.
His request to us was to come in November and help harvest the corn.

We are planning on teaching the people how to preserve the harvest.

How are we going to do this?  

We will bring lots of canning jars.

Plus a pressure canner.

  The people in Nicaragua have never eaten fresh corn.
So, this will be a new experience for them.  They also
do not know how to preserve the food.  With no refrigeration
canning the food will be a great skill for them to learn.

Donations are gladly accepted.

Jackson Baptist Church Missions Dinner

Our visit to our church in New Jersey was a great experience for

  us and the congregation. 

We were able to share how the seed

has sprouted from an idea to an action of love.

Sharing our love for the people of Nicaragua 

and how we plan to help them.

  

We want to do the same thing,

plant a seed and watch it grow.

Having faith in the power of Jesus 

is the first step.

John 15:4-8

Remain in me , and I will remain in 

you..

  No branch can bear fruit by itself,

it must remain in the vine. Neither can 

you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
I am the vine; you are the branches.  If
a man remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do
nothing .  If anyone does not remain in me
he is like a branch that is thrown away and
withers;  such branches are picked up and
thrown into the fire and burned.  If you
remain in me and my words remain in you
ask whatever you wish, and it will be
given to you.
This is to my Father's glory,
that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves
to be my disciples.

10 Year Anniversary

Rigo has spent the last ten years as a missionary

in Nicaragua.

The Lord has used him in a mighty

way.  He has been able to teach other young men

to become pastors.

 
Also, he started a school

teaching carpentry in Chinandega.where boys can 

learn a trade.

The work he has done for the last 

three years in the Bonete village has also been a 

challenge.  As this originally started with 80 families

and went down to 20 families.  Due to this 

government owned property.

  This year they had a celebration of his missionary 

work in Nicaragua.

Many people came from far 

lands such as the United States to join in this celebration.