Archive for 'Short-Term Missions' Category
Aug 27th, 2008 by Nathan |
One of the most inspiring, moving, Spirit-led worship experiences of my life occurred a couple of weeks ago during the Seacoast medical mission trip at the Nueva Jerusalén Church. It was twenty Americans and two hundred Nicaraguans praising God.
No inhibitions.
No concerns about a language barrier.
No holding back.
Just singing to our Lord and Savior.
It was [...]
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Aug 19th, 2008 by Nathan |
I’ve been blown away by the virtual reflections of the recent Seacoast medical mission team. Take a look at the amazing online journals and read different perspectives on their 10 days of ministry in Nicaragua:
Britt’s Blog…Take Two - Brittany Meyers
Friendly Christian - Bill Cecchini
The Art of Losing Myself - Tiffany Walczuk
Wanting a Heart Like [...]
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Aug 19th, 2008 by Nathan |
The members of the Seacoast medical mission team were nice enough to loan me their cameras on Saturday night in order to group all of their pictures together.
And here they are.
All 2,316 of them. (A new world record for CFCI-Nicaragua mission teams!)
Enjoy.
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Aug 18th, 2008 by Nathan |
Yesterday I gave you some of my most memorable moments from the Seacoast medical mission trip last week. I hope you were able to muddle through my disorganized, incoherent thoughts! Today I want to direct you to the blog of one of the members of the team — and a much better writer [...]
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Aug 17th, 2008 by Nathan |
In no specific order, written while sleep-deprived and without any proof-reading (so consider yourself warned), here are the moments that jump out at me from the past week with the Seacoast medical mission team:
Seeing Juan, the little boy we’ve supported at God’s School for the last three years, during the first medical clinic day. [...]
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Aug 16th, 2008 by Nathan |
All things must come to an end…unfortunately for us!
The Seacoast Church medical mission team heads back to Charleston, SC on Sunday morning.
We had a wonderful week of ministry with the Seacoasters and “New Jerusalem Church” in Managua, Nicaragua. We have some great stories, pictures, and videos to share. But for now I’ll just say thank [...]
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Aug 8th, 2008 by Nathan |
The Seacoast medical team landed safely in Nicaragua this evening.
But if you’re following me on Twitter, you’d already know that!
I’ll have some Internet access during the week, so if you would like to follow the team “virtually,” I’ll try to post Twitter updates whenever possible (at least daily). Here’s the link to follow me on [...]
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Aug 8th, 2008 by Nathan |
The medical mission team from Seacoast Church arrives in Nicaragua today…
And we couldn’t be more excited!
Amber and I were looking at the team roster yesterday and realized that we know — actually, we’re very good friends with — 7 of the 18 people on the team. This week is going to feel more like [...]
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Aug 7th, 2008 by Nathan |
Amber’s busy with last-minute details for the Seacoast medical team, but I have a few minutes to post her pictures from the Grace medical and construction team last week. From what Amber tells me, they did a great job serving the people of Via El Carmen, Nicaragua…and had a wonderful time doing it! [...]
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Aug 6th, 2008 by Nathan |
Yesterday we said goodbye to the youth mission team from Seacoast Church. Fabricio, David, and I served with the 14 members of the team, lead by Youth Pastor Josh Ray, in the coastal community of Madroñal and then at a youth retreat in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua.
I must say, we had an amazing time:
The Seacoast [...]
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