Based in Managua, reaching out to Nicaragua: Christ for the City International.
Yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. Amber and I “celebrated” the occasion by going to the beach with friend and CFCI intern David. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the drive from our house to the beach is only 32 miles. And it was well worth [...]
Read full post...You’re going to enjoy Episode #6 of Missions Minded Videos: “Cooking With Claudia!” Claudia will show us how to make Nathan’s mouth-watering Nicaraguan food: pescosones.
They’re a slice of heaven. Fried.
As a bonus for this video, if you watch on YouTube, you’ll see a new feature called YouTube Annotations, which is kind of like interactive Pop-Up [...]
Amber and I love waking up in Nicaragua. Here are a few reasons why:
Amazing Nicaraguan coffee
A morning serenade from our friendly “neighbors” (a family of goats)
The Total Gym (just kidding, this is one thing we’re not too excited about in the morning!)
A breezy front porch, comfortable chairs, and a Bible
The assurance that we’re right where [...]
Nicaragua is dealing with major economic woes. The price of food and water is going up daily, it seems. (By my estimation, prices have gone up by about 20 to 30 percent since we arrived in March.)
And gasoline is now over $5.00 per gallon (that’s $5.00 per gallon).
I know that a lot of Americans are [...]
I received an email this morning from Linda in our “Link Group” at Seacoast asking about how we’re doing after Tropical Storm Alma. I realized that I never updated you on the direct impact of the storm on us here in Managua. (Thank you, Linda, for the reminder!)
The CFCI missionaries here were not [...]
This storm is turning out to be nastier than expected:
“The fast-growing storm took forecasters and many in Central America by surprise. Residents scrambled to prepare for the storm before it hit.”
Turns out we weren’t the only ones completely caught off guard. Read the full USA Today story here.
Please pray for Nicaraguans in the path [...]
And I’m not talking about the Alan Jackson song! We woke up this morning to the sound of pouring rain and rivers of water flowing down our sidewalk and driveway. It seems we’re in a Tropical Depression (now Tropical Storm Alma). A little warning would be nice! Oh wait, there was [...]
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