Day 1 from Rick

Our accomodations are excellent and the food is good.

Church this morning was interesting. The service discussed walking the walk as opposed to just talking the talk, but it was in sharp contrast to the message we just had in the "When Christians get it Wrong" series. For what it's worth, I liked Mark's message better. I did appreciate the interpreter's hard work as well.

We had the opportunity to go to a coffee plantation this afternoon and see some of the countryside. It is very beautiful and green and thankfully not so warm that the humidity made it unbearable.

Our devotional this evening gave us all some insight into what drew us all to this mission. It was very enlightening.

Thanks to everyone for their continued prayers.

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After church we came home to a wonderful meal of chicken and rice. The best rice. The chicken was really good, too.

Later, we rode about 14k out to a coffee plantation. The scenery was beautiful. The poverty of the people that we passed on the way was heartbreaking.

Tonight we celebrated Andi's birthday at our devotion time. We have our schedules for the week. Four days of work and then we will be heading home. Mission trips never seem long enough when you see all that needs to be done. Tomorrow we will hit the ground running.

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Day one in Nicaragua

The weather is beautiful and so is the countryside. We arrived after dark last night, so it was truly a wonderful sight to see all the green vegetation and beautiful blue sky.

Breakfast was a pancake feast. The tub of country crock spread was so big, Joy Anna called it Paula Deen sized. We had watermelon with the pancakes. We all thought it was orange juice, but we decided it wasn't. Of course, there no consensus as to what it actually was.

We went to First Baptist Church for worship. The building was packed. They were trying out a new interpreter. He was young and made us smile. When the pastor would get animated, he would try to do the same.

Today is the Day!

I have never been on a mission trip where we didn't leave at the crack of dawn. This is a very nice change. I am feeling so much better this morning, so the late leave time is great- it is giving me an opportunity to do many of the things I wanted to do before we left.

We are meeting at the church at 11 for a send off. Many of our prayer partners will be there.

The next post should be from Nicaragua. We have a very short layover in Houston, so there will not be time to post then.

Thanks so much to all of you for praying for us!

Only a few more days

This is Tuesday, and I am still completely unprepared. Part of that is the fact that I am sick. I have asthma and bronchitis. Last night and today were not good. This evening I am some better. I know so many people are praying for us. Please pray specifically that I will stop coughing and stop hurting. I know that God is concerned with all phases of this trip and all of the participants. Thanks for praying for us.
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One Week and Counting

This time next week we will be in Nicaragua. Judging by a few facebook posts, several missioners are packing and preparing for the trip.

Tomorrow we will have prayer squares in the worship services. We do appreciate your prayers. I am hoping tomorrow I feel so much better and can actually work on preparing to go.

Keep watching for updates!