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When you think of “ministry,” what do you think of? It’s likely that two opposite feelings or perceptions come to mind: sadness and joy. Sadness that shows on the faces of people all over the world from a life of…
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When you think of “ministry,” what do you think of? It’s likely that two opposite feelings or perceptions come to mind: sadness and joy. Sadness that shows on the faces of people all over the world from a life of…
Several years ago, Cheryl Spence came to Leon, Nicaragua on short term a mission trip with her church. Upon walking into the local hospital and witnessing the conditions that the patients were living in and the type of care they…
I could tell our team was a little uneasy when they found out two of our translators weren't followers of Christ. It seems natural to want translators for your missions team who understand the basis of what you are trying…
It was 5:30 AM when our team from Christ’s Church of the Valley rolled into the Lazy Bones Hostel. Their already late night flight was delayed several times and left them hanging out at the airport until the wee hours…
So today the group built two homes and did VBS in a new-to-us village. I was at the first construction site. Shortly after we unloaded the truck and began working, I heard familiar music coming from one of the neighboring…
It’s our third day here in Nicaragua and it has been fantastic, even through the dirt and sweat. Today we started our day off by going to a special education school. All the kids there had a learning disability in…
On Wednesday, we all headed out to a village to help build a new home. When we got there, we were so awe-struck at their lifestyle-they seemed to make due with very little. At first, about a third of the…
Arriving on July 19th, Adventures Youth have hit the ground running in Leon, Nicaragua! Trinity Evangelical Free Church from Amerst, Ohio and First Baptist Church from Hendersonville, North Carolina have joined up with La Iglesia Gobernadoras Del Rey in Leon. Only…
You can prepare for everything and anything before a missions trip but until you actually get here you can never fully know just how fulfilling and amazing it is. We took a whole day just to get here, we arrived…