Saturday, May 15, 2010

Family Number One

On our first day, we visited the families that we were building houses for. I am numbering the families as they appeared in the Bulletin. You will have to forgive me for my many spelling errors to come, because they speak very fast and I write very slowly. So the names of the families to come may not be exact.
The first family is a single mother that has two boys. The mother´s name is Domacelis Medez and she is 34. Her two sons are Gerald (14 years old) and Jossell ( 5 years old). Below I have included a picture of them.

This is a picture of there existing house below.

This is a picture of the site for their new house.

We will be visiting the house throughout the week to update you on the progress. It is a blessing that we are able to provide the community with 4 houses instead of our typical one. The church should be proud of the difference that is being made in the lives of these four families. Chrisitian love knows no borders.










We made it to Nicaragua!

Just an update to everyone, we arrived in Chacraseca late Friday night and have not had a chance until now to contact anyone. Everyone is doing great and we will hopefully be able to call home tommorow night. I will be posting some pictures from the first day in a few moments.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Mission Trip Updates

Please check back daily. We will try to update the blog with pictures from the trip as we are able to. We encourage you to comment on the postings. We would love to hear your responses.

Mission Trip Information

Trinity UMC will be sending our third international mission team to Nicaragua this summer.

WHERE?

Chacraseca, Nicaragua





WHO?

Our team consists of eight volunteers:

Wade Griffith

Wes Stewart

Glenda Hinson

Philip Westbrook

Denise Moody

Johnny Kampis

Carrie Shirah

Brandon Harsany

WHEN?

The mission trip is currently scheduled for May 14th-22nd.

WHY?

While we are in Nicaragua, the team will be building four homes in the Chacraseca area. The team's main goal will be to focus on building meaningful relationships with the people there in order to serve as an ambassador for future mission trips. This is our third trip and we hope to continue this relationship with our Nicaraguan friends for many years