Ed discovers Connor’s ticklish spot.
Thursday Oct 9:
Tonight Pastor Ed and Ligia came over to my home and finally met my wife and son. This was a meeting I’ve been praying for for a long time and it has finally happened. Since my wife has never been to Bluefields, and not likely to any time soon, [...]

After receiving morning hugs from little MacKenna, I introduced them to Tim Hortons (a well respected Canadian hockey and coffee icon). They loved the coffee….Ligia came from a family owned coffee plantation, thus it was good to see them happy.

It was like disappearing behind the dark side of the moon — we had no idea if Pastor Ed and Ligia Jaentschke had made it onto the plane from Nicaragua, nor did we know if they even left Bluefields!
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Cornerstone Christian Community Church is proud to share that Pastor Ed Jaentschke and his wife Ligia of Verbo Ministries in Bluefields, Nicaragua, will be visiting Toronto from October 7 to 22. They will be participating in church and missions meetings, helping plan the next trip in March, and of course site seeing, relaxing, and [...]

This photo I took on our second day in Bluefields in March 2008. Our team joined the people at Verbo church for Sunday service.
After I did a small speech in front of the congregation, I quietly snuck out the side entrance to see the Sunday school we helped build in 2007.
I was happy to see [...]

This blog post does not contain spoilers for the Sex and the City movie. This post is not a review, but an Opinion / Editorial piece.
This week my wife and I are celebrating our 6th anniversary, so yesterday we decided to catch a movie. Originally we were planning on catching the Indiana Jones movie, but [...]

The final installment of the story of traveling to Tasbapauni, Nicaragua.

I was warned but I really didn’t expect to see it. I was caught somewhere between revulsion, sadness, and sympathy. The sad, anguished eyes looked back at me, both of us helpless to prevent what was to come. No, I’m not referring to a child living in poverty in Nicaragua. In front of me was [...]

Another day and more media coverage on the deepening world food crisis. Today, it’s the continuation of the UN’s plea for support of the World Food Programme and urging world governments to help with the shortfall in money the WFP is suddenly facing due to the surge in commodity prices.
Also announced today is the formation [...]

There wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd as the 2008 Nicaragua team delivered their report to the Cornerstone congregation this past Sunday. Members wept openly as this year’s missionaries recounted their experiences of helping the families living in La Esperanza, or how 5 local girls sacrificed what they had to show how much they [...]