Quick Update

Sorry for the lack of pictures or posts over the last couple of days... we've been busy (and the card reader broke on my laptop).

Yesterday, we spent the entire day traveling around Managua, Granada, and Masaya viewing local areas of interest like a volcano and a flea market.

Today, small groups of people are taking turns delivering care packages (1 lb of beans, sugar, and rice each) to the homes of the students at the Dream of Louisa school.

The rest of us are packing up the clothing we are going to leave here and then the things we are planning to take home.

Don't stop reading once we get home tomorrow... we'll have more information, pictures, and ways for you to help next year coming soon!

Please pray for a productive final day and safe travels home tomorrow!

Oh, and praise God that all illness has been minimal - just 3 people seemed to have had any type of sickness.

Prayer & Praise - Friday Night Version

Angela posted some prayer requests yesterday morning and I wanted to post an update where I could. I am alone here while Charlotte sleeps and the rest of the group is at our revival meeting. Certainly there are things everyone would want to share with their friends and family checking up, I just don't know what they are.

Jennifer - Charlotte's fever is broken. Her appetite is almost back to normal. She has resumed normal sleep patterns. God is good!

Rick - Last night at revival, I believe the report was 6 people made decisions to follow Christ and there were a few decisions to rededicate lives. Maranatha!

Rafael - He is preaching the last night of revival as I type this, on Luke 16. Pray that hearts will be turned and seeds will be planted. Eternity is at stake.

Oh, and today the team was able to finish the delivery of a bed to a blind man sleeping on an old door. This is a great story and I'll ask someone who was there and took pictures to share them. I did hear that when he fell asleep in his new bed the first night he thought he was sleeping with angels! God has been so good to show us how we can be His hands and feet here in Nagarote.

If you are reading this and would like a specific update from one of our team members, leave a comment and Angela or I will get the message to them as soon as it is possible.

Pre-trip Prayer Needs

There are several areas of need that we'd like to ask you to lift up in prayer as we finalize our preparations.

• The hearts of the people we will meet. That God would prepare them now for our time with them.
• The hearts of those of us going. That God would prepare them for our time with the locals.
  
• Friday, June 28th, our team will have our final mandatory meeting to finalize the logistics of our time in Nagarote. We will all be doing a dry run of our Children's Festival responsibilities.
  
• Team unity, good spirits and willing hearts leading up to our travel day (see itinerary in side bar).
• On-the-ground logistics as final plans are being made in Nagarote.
• Finances. Several team members are still raising the funds, which are due this Friday, the 28th.
• No last minute illnesses or passport issues that might prevent someone from going.

Please let us know you will be praying for us by leaving a comment below. It would mean so much to know we will be remembered during our trip.