Open Hearts International Children's Relief Mission
So there has been much going on these last couple weeks and blogging has taken a back seat….hopefully we will catch up on some ministry news soon. But in the mean time this morning something else happened, and we are now going to call… Continue Reading “Nature Land….”
We have a team in town that took all of the kids from Havilah & Robles to the movies today and after the movies they went to Payless Shoes and got new shoes for everyone! Yes we even have Payless here in Nicaragua?!?!? Imagine… Continue Reading “Shoes Shoes Shoes…”
Aliyah, Mason & Isabella have given us some crazy photos over the last couple of days, swamp thang, sassy lassy, crazy joe…..we have got a gang of crazies 🙂 🙂 We love them!!! They make our lives exciting!
So i finally got my hands on Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” book and started into it last night. First chapter was an exhausting litany of questions and doubts towards Jesus & Christianity. Really the chapter was 99% questions, not sure how Bell pulled it… Continue Reading “Mars Hill vs. Mars Hill”
This is the beautiful bird that is the national bird of Nicaragua. When we dug out the ground for our house they showed up. They are called guardebaranco which means bank guarder (not the money kind, the kind at the edge of a river). … Continue Reading “Guardebaranco….Nicaraguan National Bird”
Aliyah’s kindergarten school puts on a big show for all of the parents to celebrate Mothers Day at the end of May. They practice their dances for months and then do a big show….I imagine it is similar to ones in the states. Aliyah’s… Continue Reading “Dia De Padres…”
Chris’s home church University Baptist in Miami is turning 85 years old this year! A couple of our great friends Greg & Anthony were part of putting together this video in celebration….please view it so the hits go up and maybe youtube will pay… Continue Reading “85 years in Miami….”
We had a special visitor at the school last week. The Taiwanese Ambassador came and visited the school…..he came with “Santa Clause Nica” and they put together a show for the kids, pizza for everyone, and the Ambassador shared some words. Krista’s father… Continue Reading “The Ambassador of Taiwan…”
Naidelin had her birthday at Casa Havilah the other day….she wanted everyone to dress up in costumes for her birthday. So of course we all did what the birthday girl wanted! It was funny seeing what everyone dressed up as….and Naidelin had a… Continue Reading “Costume party party party….”
The beauty of this school is amazing…in the middle of the madness of La Chureca God has placed Colegio Esperanza. Everything about the school stands in sharp contrast to the darkness that surrounds it. I took these photos the same day as the ones… Continue Reading “This is Colegio Esperanza…”