Well the day we all knew was inevitably coming finally arrived. Before we even left on mission for Nicaragua we had a session during our training preparing us for our return to the States. At first, it may not seem a big deal, but transitioning back to “normal” life can be a difficult transition. I always remind our team that Satan would love to steal, kill or destroy the good work that God did in and through us. For many,…
The last full day of our time here in Nicaragua. I feel fairly confident that this entry won’t do justice to our time today and all that God did. But here I go anyway… I have been praying for a partnership with a local church in the Las Parcelas community that we have spent so much time in. One that we can invest in and support and also learn from. Since our team was so awesome and knocked out our…
The realization has started to set in that our time in Nicaragua is nearing an end. But in reality, that is just making us all the more motivated to use our time wisely for the sake of the Gospel here. We’ve all been challenged that God has given us (and to all believers) a mission worth dying for because we have a King worth living for! We continue to explore what it means to use our lives well and to…
Well you can kind of copy and paste our day from yesterday to today as far as what we did. Although, we can definitely attest to the mercies of the Lord are new each and every day. In fact, in team time each night we ask, “Where did you see God at work today?” What I’m trying to do is help our team realize that God is always active, always present, always speaking and always working. We are usually not…
We worked hard. That would be the theme of today! We took our team down to Las Parcelas today – this is the community where Ruby Ranch is located and where all the kids came from that we took to Campo. We have been invested in this community for the last three years. And it means so much to the residents and to our team to continue to build on the relationships and to continue serving Ruby Ranch as project…
Wow… day 7. That’s hard for all of us to believe. This mission has moved at a pretty rapid pace so far. Today, though, was a much needed day of rest. We awoke on this Lord’s Day ready to meet with Him. We traveled in to Managua to Verbo Church – where the Buzbees attend. It’s a very international church with other Americans worshipping there, however, it is all in Spanish. It seems to hit me every year just how…
There’s nothing quite like trying to explain to Nica kids what polar bears are… and even more difficult explaining what a Polar Bear swim is. However, we had a blast doing one – at 6:30am no less! This is how our last day of camp started, a bit chilly, but an awesome memory and our last time to swim in Lake Nicaragua. From there we finished up our remaining classes and had our closing chapel time. We put together…
It will be no surprise that we were up early again to start our day at Campo. Thankfully, we are mainly getting enough sleep at night, however some on our team are feeling a bit under the weather (mainly cold symptoms). We are praying nothing will spread as we still have a good bit of mission ahead of us. We were again on our full camp schedule that starts with our morning chapel time followed by our classes. I’ve had…
Day 4 Today was our first full day of Camp. It started earlier than everyone on our team hoped as most kids started to wake up around 5 am. This is common since they follow more of the sun rising/setting for their day, but also, many have responsibilities and chores to do before they go to school. Needless to say, for those of us who are light sleepers, hearing the kids stirring at 5 am was not too enjoyable. But…
The Spirit is definitely at work here at Campo. Today we had the morning to set-up camp (with our limited supplies) to prepare for the children’s arrival. Our team was busy preparing the different areas and finalizing or improvising the lesson plans to be ready for camp to begin. Just before noon the children and a few adults from the community of Las Parcelas arrived. This is a very poor, rural, farming community where the Buzbees have land that is…