Monday Morning in Nicaragua

We think we've found our "alarm clock". Stay tuned for potential updates on this.

This morning, the team is beginning to stir and ready for a big day of work and sharing in the San Jose community.

We spent the evening discussing construction planning with Rafael and activities for the children and our Youth group with Mitzi. We saw a preview of a dance routine that Mary and Amanda will do especially for the children. The plan is for all to work on construction of the home with the Youth taking an hour or so out in the afternoon to work with a different group of children each day.

Rafael revealed that the foundation has been poured already for the home we will be working on this week. The family and other members of the community have worked on this prep work as a part of their "investment".

We have added two members to our team. Amanda and Spencer are two interns attending school at the University of Georgia. Both speak excellent Spanish and have spent more time here than us. They've been very helpful and have guickly blended in to our team.

Last night, we went through our first team sharing moments here in Matagalpa. We will meet each evening to have time for devotionals, plan, and to discuss what each team memember felt had really made an impression on them that day. Even though we have not started the construction, our team has been working together in our travel and settling-in so we are getting to know each other. The Youth have already proven to be a real blessing to our team. Some of us (who were politely identified as the "not so young") admitted to being a little concerned over the first attempt to bring a Youth group along, but without exception everyone expressed that this is a already proving to be a great experience for everyone on the team. I am convinced that out congregation will be excited to see the results and the great contributions these young people are making.