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Club Esperanza: Can you help with Christmas?

We know Thanksgiving just ended and it may be a little early for Christmas…but maybe you can use Cyber Monday to make it special for one of our kiddos down here! Every year we want to make it possible for every child at Club… Continue Reading “Club Esperanza: Can you help with Christmas?”

Fall ’21 Family Update…

We just want to tell all of you how much we love and appreciate your prayers and support for our family. The past few months have actually been very hard. We have lost very close friends and co-workers to Covid. We have never experienced… Continue Reading “Fall ’21 Family Update…”

Club Esperanza: Student Story…

At Club Esperanza we have a fully functioning Primary Education center called Illeana’s School in partnership with our friends at Love, Light and Melody. The story of Illeana’s life, her beautiful smile and the hardships she endured leave a big impact on your heart.… Continue Reading “Club Esperanza: Student Story…”

A Tribute to Santos…

Our hearts are broken to pass on this news. Santos who has been part of our lives here for over two decades died last week from Covid. We are really devastated and honestly still trying to grasp the reality of what happened so suddenly… Continue Reading “A Tribute to Santos…”

Club Esperanza: Darkness Surrounds but there is still Light…

I was in a great conversation yesterday with one of our long time teachers about where the Lord has taken us at Club Esperanza and how much history we have together all the way back to the days inside the dump. It was so… Continue Reading “Club Esperanza: Darkness Surrounds but there is still Light…”

Our Summer Trip Home…

Wow we just had the best time traveling home for the summer! We got back to Nicaragua a couple weeks ago and have hit the ground running. But wanted to take a little bit of blog space to share pictures and some of the… Continue Reading “Our Summer Trip Home…”

Hurricane Relief…our continued efforts.

As Hurricane season is just around the corner I know many of our friends and family back home in Florida will be getting ready as we do every year. You may remember that last Hurricane season Nicaragua was struck by two Category Four Hurricanes… Continue Reading “Hurricane Relief…our continued efforts.”

Club Esperanza: Spring Happenings…

Isandra is a part of our “Juntos Para Una Inclusion” program at Club Esperanza. She is from a wonderful family that lives in a neighborhood surrounding the Managua Municipal Dump (formerly La Chureca). Her parents Daniel and Mercedes have actually been the family responsible… Continue Reading “Club Esperanza: Spring Happenings…”

Catching up with Things Round here…

Hello Hello Hello to all of our family and friends! We have been moving and shaking and living life down here in Nicaragua over the last few months….but I have been a poor updater and newsletter writer. But alas today I thought I would… Continue Reading “Catching up with Things Round here…”

A little Fundraiser for Connie…

UPDATE: We wanted to make sure and share an update on Connie and her new wheelchair! When I saw her mom Teresa she was overwhelmed and said thank you a million times…I told her how we decided to put the word out and what… Continue Reading “A little Fundraiser for Connie…”