They are there - day 1 in Nicaragua

Packed and ready to go

They left Wednesday at 7:00am (they were up at 4am).

They had a great flight and were in Managua, Nicaragua by 12N (2pm here). They skyped me that evening, everyone was great just a little tied.

Today they spent the day in Managua (the capital of Nicaragua) and will leave for Somoto tomorrow.

They just skyped me to tell me about all their adventures.

This morning hey met with an organization that feeds 13,000 Nicaraguans a day. They work a lot with people that live on and around the Managua dump -VERY poor. He took the team to the dump, and to see the feeding project. They played with some of the kids, and visited in some of the make shift houses (huts). Chris said the boys were shocked by what they saw, and were processing the fact that people live this way.

During the afternoon they had a little fun and went to climb a volcano.

Chris says the boys are doing fantastic, jumping right in and doing what ever is needed - no complaining.

I am SO proud of them.

They are taking pictures and we will post them when they get back. I don't know what internet access they will have in Somoto - so not sure if I will get many updates.

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The trip was COMPLETELY funded, plus we had money to take and donate there. We can not thank everyone enough for supporting this trip, we feel very blessed - and thank God for His provision.

Yard Sale

We got started early - mom made us get up at 7am

Some of our friends helped set up and bought stuff

We sold a lot of clothes

We sold drinks - it was very hot

Mim and Lily

We made $130.00 - it was a lot of work but it was fun because all of our friends came over.

2 days until we leave - we have raised $2800 - amazing, this gives us money to take there to help the people in Nicaragua - Thank you SO much.

6 Days Until We Leave

WE have raised $1575 - wow - thank you thank you so much to everyone who has helped - we are amazed.

We have also recieved donated items for our yard sale and donated items to take to Nicaragua for the children - you have been so generous - thank you - we will be taking an extra case with stuff.

Last day of school tomorrow

Yard Sale on Saturday

Fathers Day Sunday

Leave on Wednesday - wow

9 days and counting

9 days until we leave !!!!!

Thank you so much for your help - and for helping the kids

We just recieved a list of things they could use in Nicaragua if you would like to donate any of these items let our mom and dad know - you can leave a comment on here if you want.

Pencils
Pencil sharpeners
Glue
Markers
Small zissors
Paints
Calculators
Coloring books
White computer paper to draw on
Color paper 8 1/2 x 11

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  PERSONAL.
Tooth brushes
Tooth paste
Hand towels
Bath towels
Moskito repellent
Shoes
Underware for girls and boys for 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 and 15 year olds.
Socks for both boys and girls
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IBUPROFENO.
ACETAMINOFEN
VITANINAS
DESPARACITANTES
Creams for skin infections
Eye drops
Bandages and bandages
PEPTO BISMOLL
ANTI flu meds
Flea shampoo
Hemroid cream

Sowing.........
Threads
Sizzors
Some cloth
Needles for sowing machiene





Rain coats
Microphones
Guitar strings
Acustic and electric
Small and large flash lights


We are going to take an extra case to put things in.

Saturday we are having a yard sale - if you have stuff to get rid of you can drop it off at our house or our dad will come and get it.

Pictures from Nicaragua

Here are some pictures of when our mom and dad went to Nicaragua - we will be meeting the same children.

This is an example of how some of the people live there - this is a kitchen

Some of these boys used to live on the dump - they are our age

14 days until we go ..... Thank you so much to those of you who have donated financially, given art supplies and candy, and donated towards our yard sale - which we are having on June 18th.

Cutting grass for Nicaragua

TICKETS !!!!

We have our tickets !!!!!

Our mom went online last night and the tickets had dropped by $100 each - we have been waiting to see if they would come down.

I guess this means we are REALLY going - 22 days until we leave!!!

What we are doing

We are leaving on June 23rd to go on a mission trip to Nicaragua, we will be gone for one week. Our dad has been there before, and we have seen lots of pictures of the children there and the home where they live - Cascabal.

We will be helping feed the children, working on the land where they are building a house, and growing food, doing art work with them, and playing with them.

Our mom and dad and lots of other people have been raising money here in the US to help feed them and build a house for them to live in. Some of them used to live on a garbage dump.

We would like to take some donations for the children - candy, art supplies, and other things. If you would like to donate something let us know.

We still need to raise $2000 for our trip. If you would like to donate something you can use the chipin, or send our daddy a check. We are trying to raise extra money so that we can give it to the people there to buy food or something they need.

We are going to have a yard sale to fund raise and are doing jobs - if you need something done - like cutting grass, let us know.

Thank you for helping us and praying for us while we are gone.

Keep checking this blog for updates.