The Dump is Changing- struggle in La Chureca
The dump has continued to get smaller over the past year. Construction is under way to build a recycling center in the dump, which will employ local workers, but the construction which started last year, seems to be going very slow. When we arrived in the dump, we stopped at the local school, and visited [...]
Our home away from home-A Nica paradise
Late last night, I arrived safely in Nicaragua with the NWCC team. Dan and Jessenia Bain met us at the Managua airport. I had planned this on being a longer introduction, but i wasnt saving often enough, and when I went to publish the post, my internet had kicked out and I lost everything. So [...]
Pittsburgh-Nicaragua-Pittsburgh-Cameroon-nine weeks of travel
Today begins the second trip to Managua, Nicaragua with Northway Christian Community in less than a year. We are going to work with our friends and partners Dan and Jessenia Bain. If you didnt follow along last year, you can catch up with what happend last year HERE and follow the group blog that Pastor [...]
Some thoughts on La Chureca
As we walked through La Chureca today, my experience was different than the previous trips in. My eyes are being opened to the reality of the slavery that so heavily holds this village in bondage. Rather than just seeing the homes and people along the pathways, I’m tending to look farther back, reaching deeper into [...]
Nicaragua Bound!!!
Today I am heading to Nicaragua to work with Light Love and Melody for the next two weeks. We will be working in La Chureca, better explained as the Managua City Dump (Managua is the capital City). There is a community of around 400 people, that live and survive off the products that they can [...]
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