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Verbo school has been offering high quality private education for poor children by giving kids access to the best teachers and programs (including a much needed food program offering breakfast to students). Verbo’s gracious outreach is critical for children who would otherwise be marginalized elsewhere or not receive education at all.
… we endeavour to serve [...]

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 [...]

Having been in Bluefields where there is some of the most extreme poverty and unemployment, I can say that the $4 million being donated by Canada is a welcome addition to help rebuild Nicaragua’s future. However, food alone is not the answer. The Canadian government and the international community must work together to give Nicaragua [...]

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It’s official! The Cornerstone Nicaragua mission team will be returning to Bluefields during March 7 to 16th in 2008. We will be helping Verbo’s ministries and our ministry this year will revolve around the Verbo School.
We are currently forming a team for the mission. If you are interested, please contact me. More information about this [...]

The ultimate tournament this past Saturday was a huge success! Despite the heavy wind and the 5c temperatures, over 50 of you showed up to help fight poverty in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Enough money was raised to sponsor two children to go to school for a year, and feed their families for over 1 month!
In the [...]

The date of the Ultimate tournament has changed from October 6th to October 13th to accommodate more players. All other details are the same (location, time, etc.).

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To register for the Ultimate tournament for Nicaragua, please submit the following form.

Location: Unionville High School (201 N Town Centre Blvd, Markham. Map)
Date: October 13, 2007 10am to 4pm
Registration fee: $15 / person

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At long last here is an update on this site and activities related to myself, and the 2008 mission.
First off, I just wanted to say that I am now a proud father! Needless to say that my new son is taking up a lot of my time, but life is slowly settling and now I [...]

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