The Nicaragua team has been back home for 4 days now and the reality of reverse culture shock is sinking in. For a few of the first-timers, they are feeling angry, sad, and guilty.
Friends and family don’t understand you.
You feel guilty for being so wealthy while others suffer from hunger.
Life seems to go on [...]
The Nicaragua team has been back home for 4 days now and the reality of reverse culture shock is sinking in. For a few of the first-timers, they are feeling angry, sad, and guilty.
Friends and family don’t understand you.
You feel guilty for being so wealthy while others suffer from hunger.
Life seems to go on [...]
Posted in Life Stories on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
A revelation hit me this morning when reading an email… with all my planning and organizing for the mission in 3 weeks, I have lost sight of what the big picture is. In a strange way, the leader (i.e. me) should keep their eye on the ball and the bigger picture, but with all the [...]
Posted in Bluefields 2007 on Feb 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Vern writes about his experience from the Eye Clinic during the 2007 Mission to Bluefields.
This was my third trip to Nicaragua, and my second to Bluefields. For me there’s nothing quite like the experience of a mission trip. Its the only time when you really serve God 24/7. Of course, I consider [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Life Stories on Jan 30th, 2008 3 Comments »
Since this past weekend I’ve been fighting off some sort of flu bug that has attacked my body. I’ve been somewhat successful at fending it off, but yesterday, while at work it finally caught up to me. I started to lose my voice and I had a massive headache. By 1pm, I was falling apart [...]
Hi everyone!
I’m exciting to announce to everyone that the fundraising campaign for the 2008 Nicaragua trip has started! We have a website dedicated to all the different events we have planned and how you can help.
Please visit http://give.nicaraguahope.org/ for more information!
Our objective this year is to raise $7000 to help pay for the construction project [...]
Posted in Life Stories on Jan 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
For the past 2 months I’ve been dealing with a superficial dilemma. You see, I’m a bit of a photographer and enjoy taking photos as a hobby. But in the past year I’ve realized that my photography has become an important ministry tool. While in Nicaragua children often would come up to me to get [...]
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 [...]
