We are in day two of our Language school here in Jinotega.  The first day jitters have passed and we have begun making friends and teaching English.  We are excited about how God will use the language school to impact the Kingdom and the community of Jinotega. ...

Construction last update January 18, 2013

The construction team is heading home in the morning.  We are tired but it’s a good tired.    We had a good day finalizing our installations though we did not get to install as many filters as we would have liked.  We have paved the way for the next teams to...

Thursday marked the first day the bio-sand water filters were installed at Las Lomas del Nance.  The local water committee had decided the first filters should go to those who lived in an area not easily accessible by truck, so we drove the filters, sand, and crushed...

Medical Trip Update

Mission Update The month of January has been and is going to continue to be a very busy time. Celebration Medical team concluded their week of ministry and is safely home.  A collection of men from Celebration and Hibernia are here in Jinotega this week to build and...

Medical Trip Wednesday and Thursday

Thursday January 10, 2013 We had a great day on Wednesday serving the wonderful people of LaRica.  The road is long but the smiles are plentiful.  The church in La Rica had done a terrific job setting up the clinic for us.  We were able to serve over 120 members of...

Medical Trip Monday and Tuesday

January 8, 2013 Celebration Medical Team arrived on Saturday ready to get to work.  Sunday was spent prepping medicines, printing label, and sorting out supplies for each of our 5 days.  Sunday night we went over to Matagalpa and worshiped with Primera Baptist Church...

September 25

I am so blessed to be able to spent time talking with men and women who long to see God change their lives and their communities.  God is active among His creation drawing men and women to Himself.  Yesterday Joe, Josue, Heilyn, and I went to Las Loma Del Nance. Las...

                                                                 Las Loma Del NanceSeptember 25I am so blessed to be able to spent time talking with men and women who long to see God change their lives and their communities.  God is active among His creation drawing...

Since our last post the Tennessee Three have gone home and are working to prepare for their return trip in March.  All of us at HMC enjoyed getting to know the T3 gang and we are looking forward to a long and productive ministry together in the future.  It is exciting...

The Tennessee 3God at work in a mighty way! We have been going door to door in the neighborhood of La Curva sharing the gospel with each family that would allow. There has been a great reception of our group and the opportunities have been endless. Our team has...

The finale and the beginning.Things have been so crazy since we completed our language school in Matagalpa that we have not had a chance to bring to a conclusion our ministry there.  After Thursday and the low number from the Liberation celebration we were excited to...

We did not know what to expect as we drove over the mountain on Thursday morning to Matagalpa. July 19th is Liberation day in Nicaragua.  The government sponsored a huge gala in Managua and paid for transportation for all who wanted to attend.  We had been told that...

Wednesday Our first two days of class have gone very smoothly.  God has blessed us with a good number of students who are enthusiastic about learning English.  We are averaging close to 400 students.  July is anniversary month for the Sandinista Liberation.  The...

ESL language course In MatagalpaOur team arrived safely on Saturday afternoon.  After getting settled, Michelle put us right to work preparing our materials for the language course.  Prepped and fed we headed over to the orphanage.  One of our team members brought the...

Scouting out the land!       Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.  May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing, for the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life.  Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.  In your...

ReflectionsCommit everything you do to the Lord.  Trust him, and he will help you.He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act… ...

THRILLER THURSDAY

Today presented us with so many great opportunities to share the gospel. We spent our morning at a local school, about 10 minutes from where we are staying. The school’s student population is about two-thousand. We were able to go into seven classrooms teaching...

From the fields      The simplest things we take for granted can make such a huge impact on another person’s life.  Every day a parent, a friend, or co-worker will greet us warmly.  Often some one will affectionately place a hand on our arm or offer a smile or a warm...

Marvelous Monday

July 2Today was a marvelous Monday!  We started off the day with our individual devotion time with the Lord concentrating on Performance from our PATHS acronym.  1 John 2 teaches us about Jesus, how he walked, and how he instructs us to live our lives....