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This is La Chureca…

It is hard to communicate what the dump community called La Chureca looks and feels like.  Even with pictures it is hard to really get a grasp, but I wanted to post some pictures I took the other day that show the desperate situation… Continue Reading “This is La Chureca…”

Havilah Birthday Party for Pamela…

Pamela turned 10 last week and we had a fun fiesta on Sunday at Casa Havilah.  Vanessa & Katherine organized games for all of us to play….ok, it was for the kids to play, but I scammed my way in….but I still lost!  We… Continue Reading “Havilah Birthday Party for Pamela…”

A little bit of roof sweepin…

    The rains are on the way so it was time to get up on top of Casa Robles roof and get all the junk off; mangos, leaves, dirt and all the random things neighbors throw on the roof…..I even found a fork 🙂 … Continue Reading “A little bit of roof sweepin…”

Which picture is the owl’s face?

Krista took these really cool pictures of an owl off of our porch the other day.  Not sure what kind of owl it is….I will just call it, “mommy why does he have two heads” owl.

Not much hip hop in Nicalanda…

….but I think my kiddos are lookin for daddy’s roots in the MIA…hahahah.  I guess they will have to settle for Regeatone down here, which is easily the best example that music has sunk to an all time low.

Wow…

Just stepped outside and fired off a couple of shots.  Just heard across the news here that Osama Bin Laden is a gonner!  Wow!  What a great day!

An Abstract Depiction of God’s purposes…

…this song by Caedmon’s call called “The Danse” is a beautiful depiction of who we are as Christians and how we are moving on this Earth.  I love the depiction of all of us being in a beautiful movement in rhythm with God’s purposes….we… Continue Reading “An Abstract Depiction of God’s purposes…”

Look at what we found…

     We have tons of iguanas around here, sometime their eggs hatch and a bunch of little ones show up.  But we’ve never found a full grown one on the ground just sitting there not moving….but ALIVE! We had the first rain of the… Continue Reading “Look at what we found…”

Walakitang Update…

     We drove up to Jinotega to meet with Pastor Victor Nieves yesterday from Walakitang.  Our meeting was delayed a month because he had chopped his hand with a machete and wasn’t able to travel on the river for the the two days it… Continue Reading “Walakitang Update…”

Gigi’s famous easter bunny cake…

…and the dun dun dun Egg Hunt!!!  We had a great afternoon with friends and family celebrating Easter with Moses’ baptism and remembering Jesus’ Resurrection!  We also busted out some good ol’ tradtions…..Krista’s Gramma has made a bunny cake on Easter since she can… Continue Reading “Gigi’s famous easter bunny cake…”