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 [...]

My friend Mahr on Flickr sent me this link to an excellent photo essay of life in La Chureca - the massive garbage dump and shanty town in Managua.
The photos are sad, haunting, and strikingly familiar. Scenes like this can be found in La Esperanza in Bluefields where families scavenge for a living amoung the [...]

On the 4th day of our Mission in Bluefields, we had the opportunity to go to the Rock Quarry (for more information about the Quarry, see this post I wrote earlier).
What impacted me the most was the children who lived and worked within the quarry. It’s very difficult to see children break rocks so that [...]