Travel Day

It was so nice leaving Louisiana at 11:30 instead of 6:00am. No problem for John and me to find Danny and Karen here in Atlanta. Since we had so much time, we ate at TGIFridays. Now we are just sitting and waiting. 

Background on Nicaragua

The name "Nicaragua" comes from Nicarao, the name of the tribe which inhabited the shores of Lake Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and the Spanish word "agua" meaning water.

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. The population is approaching 6,000,000 with approximately 1,000,000 in Managua. Spanish is the official language, but English is spoken on the Caribbean coast where we will spend most of our time on this trip.

Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America and the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. The currency used is Cordoba NIO. The exchange rate is 1 USD=27 NIO.

Like I said previously, we will be going to the Caribbean coast - the Mosquito Coast. Just that name scares me because I really dislike mosquitos, and they seem to find me wherever I am. Actually, the coast is called Miskito Coast from the Miskito Indians.

I am leaving tomorrow morning around 11:30, and we arrive in Managua around 8PM. Hopefully, I can continue to blog if there is internet access.

Upcoming Trip

Danny and Karen Logan, John Guice and I will be heading out for Nicaragua on April 30 for another Living Waters for the World water purification system installation. We will fly to Managua Wednesday where we will spend the night at a hotel by the airport. Early Thursday morning we will fly across the country to the Caribbean side to Bluefields. From there we have a boat reserved for an open boat trip for 2 hours or so to Tasbapauni where the installation is. Tasba is in a remote location on an isthmus accessible only by boat. We will return to Bluefields Sunday afternoon. Monday, May 5th we fly to Corn Island which is off the coast of Nicaragua to look at a possible place for another installation. Tuesday we fly from Corn Island to Managua. On Wednesday we will meet with some folks from Accion Medica Cristiana (AMC) which is an NGO working on community health and development. Thursday, May 8th we head back to the states.

I have been to Haiti 4 times with Living Waters. This is my first time to Nicaragua. The Bluefields area is English speaking so we will not need a translator on this trip.

Danny and John will be working on the installation side of things while Karen and I will be teaching the health/hygiene and spiritual lessons.

Here is a website that shows how the water system works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AYyDA0EyLI4#sthash.K6iZKCMp.dpuf  

Here is a website that talks about the educational component of Living Waters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aDLSHjKvC_g#sthash.K6iZKCMp.dpuf 


Keep us in your prayers as we begin another journey to share living waters to our brothers and sisters.

Preparing for Living Waters Nicaragua Trip

Katherine helped me make this banner to use for the Creation story. Thanks, Katherine! We will use cutouts of trees, sun, blue sky, people, doves, etc. to tell the story.