Events in this story took place on March 15, 2007 in Bluefields.
The story starts a week before in downtown Bluefields where Harold was being interviewed by a camera crew, likely because he was the only white guy in downtown Bluefields at the time. Harold shared on Nicaraguan TV that our group was in town [...]

All day today I’ve been working on a Power Point presentation about our next mission to Bluefields. During this time I was able to once again go through my photos from my March ‘07 mission to see the faces and dust off old memories of the mission past. The biggest question that was running through [...]

It wasn’t like anything I’ve ever seen before in my life… the pick-up truck the 8 of us were sitting in suddenly became a jungle-gym for children. As the truck bumped its way along the dirt road, kids shouted with glee as even more children clamored to get on. For that brief moment I was [...]

This is a gallery of images taken from the “dump” (aka. “The Point”) in Bluefields. For many of us on the team, the experience of distributing food and praying for the needy in that place has changed the way we experience and witness life. To this day, these images are burned into my soul… a [...]

Last weekend, I was walking down Danforth street in the warm Toronto sun and put on my sunglasses. I realized it was the first time I had worn them during my trip. A flood of memories came back to me, perhaps ones that I had been trying to bury.
I wore my sunglasses all [...]

Being a photographer of sorts, I just fell in love with downtown Bluefields. Everywhere I looked there was something going on - the colours, the people, the bustle. I think I could literally spend hours there just drinking it all in through my lens.
The magical thing about being in the heart of the city is [...]

Last night, more than 30 friends, supporters, and relatives of the Nicaragua Team showed up for a fun night of Nicaraguan food and fellowship.

It was really amazing to see so many people come out to hear our experiences. What was more amazing were the few people have expressed interest in going on their first short-term [...]

March 12, 2007 Monday, was the first day of the Eye Clinic. Ian and I were assigned to the adjustment table of the eye clinic. Laura, our eye clinic leader was too busy out there helping the 2 examiners, so we were left on our own to learn on the job.

Before [...]

Francisco Artiaga. The name is burned in my skull. This is the month of reckoning. In the next two weeks, he’ll be reunited with his family, hopefully.
I remember sitting down on the bench, nervous, as my first time performing an eye-examination - in a Nicaraguan prison, no less! [...]