We awoke yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday) to more fabulous weather here in Nicaragua! After breakfast on Saturday, we loaded up the buses and headed to the beach for a full day of fun and fellowship in the surf. Our W&M team, combined with UVA and JMU, played and ate lunch with around 75 kids from the Casa Bernabe orphanage, as well as El Canyon, another orphanage that works closely with the teams from JMU and VA Tech. Around 4pm, we returned to the buses and headed back to Casa, tired and ready for dinner. After our evening meal, we enjoyed a little down time before getting the opportunity to hear from Eddie Morales, the field director for ORPHANetwork. He thanked us for spending the week with them, and encouraged us to continue to give and pour out our own lives so that God would have space to fill us back up. After Eddie's talk, we broke up into our different teams, and our W&M group gathered for our evening "Porch Time," highlighted by a talk from one of our fellow team members, Greg Menna. After Porch Time, we split up into our different "equipos" (our 4 smaller discussion groups) to further debrief about the day and our time down here. After equipos, we relaxed until it was time for bed.
Today (Sunday, March 7th), we ate another delicious breakfast at Casa, and got back on the buses to head to church with the kids from the orphanage. Our team is currently enjoying a Spirit-filled worship service in the new Verbo Church building. After church, we will return to Casa for lunch, and spend the afternoon at a park with the kids, playing games and building relationships.
Please pray for continued health and safety for us and the kids. We have already seen God show up in many ways, and we pray that He will continue to reveal himself through the kids and through each other.
