Posted in Nicaragua News on Jun 9th, 2009 1 Comment »
Children at Verbo school plant seeds in
the green house during Cornerstone’s
mission to Bluefields in March 2008.
Children’s education is a major focus on Nicaragua Hope. Given our relationship with Verbo in Bluefields, we are constantly looking for ways to help them so kids and their families can break out of the cycle of generational poverty.
Another major [...]
Posted in Nicaragua News on May 6th, 2009 No Comments »
It’s now May, and that means it’s time for the Maypole Festival in Bluefields. The tradition comes from a good old latino Carnival as well as Caribbean jamming and dancing. The celebrations highlight Bluefield’s wide ethnic diversity.
While I have never been in Bluefields during this time, from what I can see it looks like an [...]
Every morning I would wake up early and have my coffee while standing on the front porch of our house. At 6:15am in the morning, the temperature is comfortable and the streets are quiet. I would stand there breathing in the fragrant air, and listening to the unseen birds and the distant car driving by.
But [...]