The Nicaragua Mission team is in the midst of its second full day of serving. Everything is going very well and God continues to show up and make Himself known to our team. We feel bolstered and supported by your prayers. Thank you for your faithfulness to pray and please continue to pray that we might experience Jesus as we serve and that those whom we serve would experience Jesus through our team.
The team values your prayers so much we want to invite you to a time of corporate prayer for the Nicaragua mission team lead by Deacon of Student Ministries, Wrenn Holland, on Tuesday June 28th from 7pm-8pm in the Student Ministries Worship Room. Please use door East 3 to enter the building.
All are invited to come and pray for the mission trip, and we want to extend a special invitation to parents with children on the trip. This is a great opportunity to participate with your child in the work they are doing in Nicaragua.
God has been so faithful to our team. We have seen his love and his grace in abundance. Thank you for your continued support.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Nicaragua Update- Day 1
Hello friends and family in the States!
Praise God for this blessed day in Nicaragua! We've enjoyed good health, the best of company, and many moments of knowing that God is in this place.
The Senior Team spent their first full day in Nica serving children and families from La Chureca (the Managua Dump) and then working with the children at Casa Bernabe. They departed Casa this morning to volunteer at Colegio Esperanza, a christian school that has been planted in La Chureca, by playing with the kids as they took their recess breaks. They enjoyed a meal prepared by a local Managuan woman and a site a little ways outside of La Chureca. After our team lunch, the seniors had the opportunity to serve at two different feeding centers within the dump compound. Their afternoon was spent helping teach English classes at Casa Bernabe alongside their teacher, Regan. They are currently leading four different bible studies with the kids at Casa before they head to porch time at the Rancho with the Juniors.
Our Junior Team had quite a fun day today with children from Verbo Sur. Verbo Sur is a new church plant that ORPHANetwork is working with through a feeding center program. Our juniors had the opportunity to serve at this new feeding center and then teach a VBS lesson for the children after lunch. The greater part of their afternoon/evening was spent taking the children from Verbo Sur to the local zoo in Managua and sharing in fellowship with them. They returned for dinner at Casa Bernabe with the seniors and are preparing for our first porch time before we all head to bed.
Team Sophomore was blessed to work in Nueva Vida, an impoverished community just outside of Managua, for the day today. After their ONet orientation this morning they loaded up in buses and headed to Nueva Vida to serve lunch at several of their feeding center sites. After a team lunch at Nueva Vida they taught VBS lessons at the feeding centers before taking the kids to do swim lessons at a local pool in Managua. For many of these children, swim lessons are a valuable life skill that they would not otherwise be taught without mission teams. They returned to their housing site at Quinta Arien for dinner and a porch time tonight before bed.
We appreciate your continued support as we are away from home. Thank you for the prayers and love that you are sending, because we promise that we can feel them. We ask that you continue to pray for the health of our team, for these students' hearts to be open to this encounter with Christ in Nica, and for all the precious Nicaraguans that we are blessed to be sharing life with this week. Praise God for his blessings as we continue to serve here in Nica!
Tomorrow will be spent completing work projects, serving at feeding centers, and teaching various classes here in Nica. Sweet dreams to you all and we'll talk to y'all tomorrow!
Love in Christ,
SM Staff Team
Praise God for this blessed day in Nicaragua! We've enjoyed good health, the best of company, and many moments of knowing that God is in this place.
The Senior Team spent their first full day in Nica serving children and families from La Chureca (the Managua Dump) and then working with the children at Casa Bernabe. They departed Casa this morning to volunteer at Colegio Esperanza, a christian school that has been planted in La Chureca, by playing with the kids as they took their recess breaks. They enjoyed a meal prepared by a local Managuan woman and a site a little ways outside of La Chureca. After our team lunch, the seniors had the opportunity to serve at two different feeding centers within the dump compound. Their afternoon was spent helping teach English classes at Casa Bernabe alongside their teacher, Regan. They are currently leading four different bible studies with the kids at Casa before they head to porch time at the Rancho with the Juniors.
Our Junior Team had quite a fun day today with children from Verbo Sur. Verbo Sur is a new church plant that ORPHANetwork is working with through a feeding center program. Our juniors had the opportunity to serve at this new feeding center and then teach a VBS lesson for the children after lunch. The greater part of their afternoon/evening was spent taking the children from Verbo Sur to the local zoo in Managua and sharing in fellowship with them. They returned for dinner at Casa Bernabe with the seniors and are preparing for our first porch time before we all head to bed.
Team Sophomore was blessed to work in Nueva Vida, an impoverished community just outside of Managua, for the day today. After their ONet orientation this morning they loaded up in buses and headed to Nueva Vida to serve lunch at several of their feeding center sites. After a team lunch at Nueva Vida they taught VBS lessons at the feeding centers before taking the kids to do swim lessons at a local pool in Managua. For many of these children, swim lessons are a valuable life skill that they would not otherwise be taught without mission teams. They returned to their housing site at Quinta Arien for dinner and a porch time tonight before bed.
We appreciate your continued support as we are away from home. Thank you for the prayers and love that you are sending, because we promise that we can feel them. We ask that you continue to pray for the health of our team, for these students' hearts to be open to this encounter with Christ in Nica, and for all the precious Nicaraguans that we are blessed to be sharing life with this week. Praise God for his blessings as we continue to serve here in Nica!
Tomorrow will be spent completing work projects, serving at feeding centers, and teaching various classes here in Nica. Sweet dreams to you all and we'll talk to y'all tomorrow!
Love in Christ,
SM Staff Team
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Nicaragua Travel Update #3 (final travel update)
The third flight and final flight (all sophomore boys) has arrived safely and on time!
THE ENTIRE WCC STUDENT MINISTRIES NICARAGUA MISSION TEAM IS NOW IN NICARAGUA!!!
The sophomore boys will soon depart the airport for their team center where they will enjoy dinner and head to bed.
Tomorrow we will begin serving at several sites throughout Managua. Please continue to pray for the students from the Chapel. The SM Staff's prayer request is that our team would encounter Jesus as they serve and that those whom they are serving encounter Jesus through the team.
We are very grateful for your prayers throughout the day. The day was extremely smooth with ALL flights coming in on time. Praise be to God for his grace for our team on this busy day!
Good Night and God Bless,
SM Staff Team
THE ENTIRE WCC STUDENT MINISTRIES NICARAGUA MISSION TEAM IS NOW IN NICARAGUA!!!
The sophomore boys will soon depart the airport for their team center where they will enjoy dinner and head to bed.
Tomorrow we will begin serving at several sites throughout Managua. Please continue to pray for the students from the Chapel. The SM Staff's prayer request is that our team would encounter Jesus as they serve and that those whom they are serving encounter Jesus through the team.
We are very grateful for your prayers throughout the day. The day was extremely smooth with ALL flights coming in on time. Praise be to God for his grace for our team on this busy day!
Good Night and God Bless,
SM Staff Team
Nicaragua Travel Update #2
The second flight (all sophomore girls, all juniors and Abbey and Mary Carter's senior girls small group) has landed safely and on time.
The team has moved through customs and is currently boarding the buses which will take them to the team centers where they will eat dinner and get settled in for a week of serving children in Nicaragua.
Everyone is in good spirits after a long day of travel. The team is very excited about the week in front of them. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
God Bless,
SM Staff Team
The team has moved through customs and is currently boarding the buses which will take them to the team centers where they will eat dinner and get settled in for a week of serving children in Nicaragua.
Everyone is in good spirits after a long day of travel. The team is very excited about the week in front of them. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
God Bless,
SM Staff Team
Nicaragua Travel Update #1
The first part of our Nicaragua mission team (All senior boys, Beka, Paige and Sarah Graham's senior girls small group), arrived safely and on time this morning around 9:45am Nicaraguan time (we are two hours behind EST).
Despite their long night of travel, the team was eager to get going. After enjoying some down time they began their trip by taking a group of kids who live near the local garbage dump to a swimming pool. The seniors will be working with this group throughout our time here so it is a great opportunity for them to start building relationships with the kids so early on in the trip.
These seniors will spend the rest of their afternoon resting to regain energy for the remainder of the trip.
Our other two travel groups are still in route to Nicaragua. We will send a text message to all parents when they land safely and will update the blog shortly thereafter.
To subscribe to the text message alerts, text the word nicaparent to the number 41411. You will receive a text back as confirmation that you are signed up to the group.
God Bless,
SM Team
Despite their long night of travel, the team was eager to get going. After enjoying some down time they began their trip by taking a group of kids who live near the local garbage dump to a swimming pool. The seniors will be working with this group throughout our time here so it is a great opportunity for them to start building relationships with the kids so early on in the trip.
These seniors will spend the rest of their afternoon resting to regain energy for the remainder of the trip.
Our other two travel groups are still in route to Nicaragua. We will send a text message to all parents when they land safely and will update the blog shortly thereafter.
To subscribe to the text message alerts, text the word nicaparent to the number 41411. You will receive a text back as confirmation that you are signed up to the group.
God Bless,
SM Team
Monday, June 20, 2011
Final North Carolina Meeting Details
We have finished our final training meeting and are very excited about our trip. At our meeting we finished our discussion on Abram's encounter with God and what we can learn about his encounter that carries over to our trip. Below you will find the small group questions that we discussed at the meeting, the final checklist, and our packing list. There is one change to the packing list that I want to point out. We actually will be stopping for a meal on the way down to North Carolina, so each students needs to pack a lunch for the bus as well as bring some money for dinner that night. Originally we asked them to only pack a dinner, but now they need to be prepared for two meals on the way down.
Final Checklist
Small Group Questions
Packing List
Luke will be out of the country on the High School Nicaragua trip until July 1st, but if you have any questions please feel free to leave a message on his phone at 941-1572 or send him an email at lkinciad@wcchapel.org
Final Checklist
Small Group Questions
Packing List
Luke will be out of the country on the High School Nicaragua trip until July 1st, but if you have any questions please feel free to leave a message on his phone at 941-1572 or send him an email at lkinciad@wcchapel.org
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Final New York Meeting Recap
Last night was the final meeting for the New York mission trip. I feel blessed that I get to experience this trip with your children, and am very excited about what God is going to teach us in the Big Apple! Below is the checklist, discussion questions, and all important packing list.
Checklist
Packing List
Discussion Questions
The important high lights of the packing list that are different from the trip last year are something to sleep on (air mattress, sleeping pad, or inflatable pool floating raft), and a packed lunch for the drive to New York on Saturday the 10th.
Again if you have any questions please call Craig (941-1225).
Checklist
Packing List
Discussion Questions
The important high lights of the packing list that are different from the trip last year are something to sleep on (air mattress, sleeping pad, or inflatable pool floating raft), and a packed lunch for the drive to New York on Saturday the 10th.
Again if you have any questions please call Craig (941-1225).
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