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Nicaragua ‘11 Day 2

Wow what a day of serving we had today.  As usual, the first work day of a missions trip involves getting a lay of the land and picking up tools and supplies we were lacking. So after an early breakfast and a few trips to stores we were off to the village called Cristo Rey. [...]

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Nicaragua ‘11 Day 3- Four more houses built!

Another amazing and tiring day at the Barrio Cristo Rey. Tonight we are going to allow each person to write a quick reflection on the day, or a prayer request. CHARISSA ARTERS: today was soooo fun. I cant believe how the people live like this and are still content. It’s amazing. It makes me feel [...]

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Nicaragua ‘11- Day 5 Building Houses and Changing Our Own Lives

More thoughts from the team… SARAH JEROME: Early this morning when we arrived at Cristo Rey we saw a woman with twin baby girls. The girls were only 7 days old and the mother was already up and walking and doing all kinds of things. We talked to the mother for a little while and [...]

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Nicaragua ‘11- Day 6-Sixteen Houses and 380 Pair of Shoes

Our last day in Cristo Rey. It rained a bit in the night and that made for a muddier morning. On the last day, we decided to up the work by pulling off our bilingual people from the construction to work at Iglesias El Faro where we were handing out the donated shoes to the [...]

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