Hey everyone the team wrapped things up well in Puerto Cabezas and everyone made the voyage back to Managua! We had a fun day visiting a local volcano which proved to be an interesting experience as the team loved the views but didn't care for the sulfur smell! After that we had some time at a local market getting some souvenirs and now were back at the hotel for dinner and our final team evening debrief before we start the trek back home tomorrow!
We'll be posting updates and estimate arrival times using the GSM Facebook and twitter!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Photo's from Tuesday and Wednesday
Hey everyone! We've been busting really hard trying to get these homes finished so we haven't taken as many pictures as usual are we want to get all the available hands pounding nails and cutting wood. But we have a fresh batch of shots from the last few days so you can see the progress both teams are making! Enjoy!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wednesday Recap!
It feels like were posting the same thing everyday now but today REALLY was another awesome workday! The team worked really hard and got a LOT of work done! One of the houses got finished today with the roof and the other house saw 2 more exterior walls go up and one massive interior wall as well as two exterior walls getting sided! That team will be heading back to finish up that house tomorrow (minus the roof) while the other team helps out Ausin with an agricultural project. Austin is an American who is living here in Puerto Cabezas at Verbo Ministries. He has helped us out immensely this week with translation, oversight at the construction projects, helping is around the base and using his truck as a shuttle for all of us stuck out by the beach! He's working on some planting and farming techniques that could increase crop yield on these climate conditions and that could be used in all the remote villages as a means of adequate and replenishing food supply. Hes a great guy and again has been a huge help to our team so since half our team is done at their house, were gonna help him out on this project!
Tomorrow also marks part of our process to begin heading home, due to the domestic airlines constraints, half the team has to fly back to Managua Thursday afternoon while the other half will join them Friday morning. The whole team will spend Friday in Managua doing some fun stuff and then get a good nights rest before flying home!
The team still has 3 FULL days left on this trip so keep praying for strength, patience and love as we continue to engage in all that God has for us on this trip right up until we pull in at church!
Tomorrow also marks part of our process to begin heading home, due to the domestic airlines constraints, half the team has to fly back to Managua Thursday afternoon while the other half will join them Friday morning. The whole team will spend Friday in Managua doing some fun stuff and then get a good nights rest before flying home!
The team still has 3 FULL days left on this trip so keep praying for strength, patience and love as we continue to engage in all that God has for us on this trip right up until we pull in at church!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tuesday Recap
Today was the teams 2nd workday and they got AFTER IT AGAIN!! The team building the stilt house finished the entire floor up this morning and this afternoon we began framing up the walls! We got one completely done and got it set and will finish framing up tomorrow! The other team continued siding their house and made some great progress and that house is almost ready for the roof!
This evening then we had a BIG pizza party with all the kids and just like the ice cream party, the power went out! We had a generator for lights in the church but the restaurants generator ran out of gas which meant half the pizzas were delayed until they could get it running again. The team jumped in though and entertained the kids and had all kinds of fun until pizzas were rolling out again. It was a great evening and was capped off by the greatness of the power coming back on which means everyone got showers!!!
Another big workday tomorrow!
This evening then we had a BIG pizza party with all the kids and just like the ice cream party, the power went out! We had a generator for lights in the church but the restaurants generator ran out of gas which meant half the pizzas were delayed until they could get it running again. The team jumped in though and entertained the kids and had all kinds of fun until pizzas were rolling out again. It was a great evening and was capped off by the greatness of the power coming back on which means everyone got showers!!!
Another big workday tomorrow!
And more pictures!
Hey everyone! Today we had a chance in the afternoon a lot more photo's than we could this morning so here's some updated set's of photo's from the two worksites and the evening ice cream party that, by the way, was in the dark since the electricity decided not to play nice for awhile. Enjoy!
Finally Photo's
Hey everyone, we've had some crazy days with El Electricidad down here so it's been kind of hard to post pictures. I could only get on from my phone yesterday so I posted a link to the photo's in the comments section of Sundays post, but for those of you that missed it, I'll through those photo's in with yesterdays. Enjoy!
Jeff
Jeff
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday Recap
Our work projects got off and running in a BIG WAY today! The team split in two to maximize our impact and help with 2 homes for family deeply in need! One family has severely outgrown their tiny house and one team is helping build on an addition that will from the looks of it triple their living space. The other family does not have a stilt house which is a huge safety and sanitary issue when flooding happens. Their current house is more of a lean to and well be able to get that family up in a stilt house this week.
Both teams today did lots of measuring, sawing and hammering! With the help of some great Nicaraguans we were a well-oiled construction crew in no time! Great progress was made today and the team is eager to get out and get after the projects tomorrow!
This evening we spent more time with the orphans as we played more games, laughed together and we played a sport which we had a chance in, BASKETBALL! Needless to say it was much more victorious than our soccer games :)
After dinner we were also able to throw an ice cream party for the orphans! The ice cream was a great treat but I think the orphans and the team would agree that it was even better to get all that time together!
Time for some rest so we can work hard again tomorrow! Pictures coming in the AM!
PS-just a reminder you can get short live updates from our days on the GSM Facebook page. Just go to facebook and search for Granger Student Ministries! Or follow @gsmlive on Twitter
Both teams today did lots of measuring, sawing and hammering! With the help of some great Nicaraguans we were a well-oiled construction crew in no time! Great progress was made today and the team is eager to get out and get after the projects tomorrow!
This evening we spent more time with the orphans as we played more games, laughed together and we played a sport which we had a chance in, BASKETBALL! Needless to say it was much more victorious than our soccer games :)
After dinner we were also able to throw an ice cream party for the orphans! The ice cream was a great treat but I think the orphans and the team would agree that it was even better to get all that time together!
Time for some rest so we can work hard again tomorrow! Pictures coming in the AM!
PS-just a reminder you can get short live updates from our days on the GSM Facebook page. Just go to facebook and search for Granger Student Ministries! Or follow @gsmlive on Twitter
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sunday recap
Hey everyone sorry for the delay in posts the Internet service hasnt been working.
Team had another amazing day today! I think the team was thrilled to not be traveling anymore and to be finally settled in and going here in Port!
We started the day off at Pastor Earls church! It was a great service but at almost 3 hours long was a new experience for many! We had a fantastic lunch at the Verbo restaurant and then it was time to load up and take the orphanage kids to the beach!
Everyone had a great time playing in the ocean, building sand castles and playing soccer on the beach. On the way back from the beach was when things got a little interesting... With all the rain they've been getting the "roads" had become worse than South Bend roads filled with potholes after a long winter! It didn't take long for the busses to start getting stuck and finally one bus got completely stuck, so we loaded up all the girls and all the younger kids in 1 bus to head back to base. After a couple hours of failed attempts to dig, push and pull the bus out and after getting a 2nd bus stuck while attempting to pull out the first bus, a large truck made it's way out and we were able to get all the guys and the rest of the orphan kids back to base. It was definitely an opportunity to be "making memories".
While part of the team was working on the busses, the rest of the team joined with lots of people from the community for a special church service where DC preached and from what I heard, HE PREACHED! It was an awesome day and tomorrow will be great as we begin building houses!
Team had another amazing day today! I think the team was thrilled to not be traveling anymore and to be finally settled in and going here in Port!
We started the day off at Pastor Earls church! It was a great service but at almost 3 hours long was a new experience for many! We had a fantastic lunch at the Verbo restaurant and then it was time to load up and take the orphanage kids to the beach!
Everyone had a great time playing in the ocean, building sand castles and playing soccer on the beach. On the way back from the beach was when things got a little interesting... With all the rain they've been getting the "roads" had become worse than South Bend roads filled with potholes after a long winter! It didn't take long for the busses to start getting stuck and finally one bus got completely stuck, so we loaded up all the girls and all the younger kids in 1 bus to head back to base. After a couple hours of failed attempts to dig, push and pull the bus out and after getting a 2nd bus stuck while attempting to pull out the first bus, a large truck made it's way out and we were able to get all the guys and the rest of the orphan kids back to base. It was definitely an opportunity to be "making memories".
While part of the team was working on the busses, the rest of the team joined with lots of people from the community for a special church service where DC preached and from what I heard, HE PREACHED! It was an awesome day and tomorrow will be great as we begin building houses!
Saturday Recap
Hey everyone it's been a whirlwind two days for the team but we are in Puerto Cabezas and have had a great day! Travel through to Managua was great and the flights this morning were an adventure for all! We took a total of 3 planes throughout the morning to get us all here to Port by lunch time. Everyone got a warm welcome from Pastor Earl, the pastor and leader of Verbo Ministries here in Port!
Lidia Bowie (Pastor Earls daughter) gave us a great tour of the Verbo Ministries facilities here after lunch and we got to see the church, school, orphanage, clinic, and a restaurant that operates to generate revenue for the ministry!
The team spent the afternoon playing with the kids from the orphanage and it was amazing to see two groups of people who don't understand a word each other are saying have sooooo much fun together! Piggy back rides, UNO, hilariously trying to learn Spanish from the kids brought tons of smiles! We even had a chance to put together a team to take on the older boys in some soccer! It was quite the spectacle to behold but all in all we put up a good fight and had tons of fun!
An awesome day was capped off with going to youth group tonight at Verbo church! Not many things cooler than ending the day in worship with people singing the same song in Spanish and English! Such a great example of different cultures coming together to worship God!
More tomorrow!
Lidia Bowie (Pastor Earls daughter) gave us a great tour of the Verbo Ministries facilities here after lunch and we got to see the church, school, orphanage, clinic, and a restaurant that operates to generate revenue for the ministry!
The team spent the afternoon playing with the kids from the orphanage and it was amazing to see two groups of people who don't understand a word each other are saying have sooooo much fun together! Piggy back rides, UNO, hilariously trying to learn Spanish from the kids brought tons of smiles! We even had a chance to put together a team to take on the older boys in some soccer! It was quite the spectacle to behold but all in all we put up a good fight and had tons of fun!
An awesome day was capped off with going to youth group tonight at Verbo church! Not many things cooler than ending the day in worship with people singing the same song in Spanish and English! Such a great example of different cultures coming together to worship God!
More tomorrow!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Safe in ManaguA!
Hey everyone the team landed safely here in Managua and were all settled in to our hotel! The team did great and all the travel steps went smoothly! Grateful for all the prayers and the great sendoff this morning! Gonna grab some dinner and get some rest, we fly out to Puerto Cabezas (Port) in the morning!
Well post more tomorrow when we get to Port tomorrow!
Well post more tomorrow when we get to Port tomorrow!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Nicaragua Team Workday
Hey Nicaragua team, this Saturday May 21st is the next team meeting and it's the team workday! We'll be doing some great work together at Crooked Creek Ranch! We are meeting at the church at 9 am and will be back by 4 pm. We've got the bus and lunch covered! You need to wear work clothes including shoes that can get dirty, like real dirty! Also everyone needs to bring their own work gloves and MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FORM POSTED BELOW SIGNED BY YOUR PARENT! It is required to volunteer at the ranch!
See you on Saturday!
See you on Saturday!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
NICARAGUA 2011
The NICARAGUA 2011 team has been formed and over the next few months this blog will serve to update the trip progress, communicate important information to the team and ultimately serve to recap and tell stories of the NICARAGUA 2011 trip! It is going to be an amazing journey!
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