Mission Team

August 17th, 2009 Monthly Update by Kristin Hola, Amigos! It has been quite a summer so far and we are looking forward to reuniting with all of the groups at our Celebrate Service Festival in September! We have been hard at work planning an awesome weekend to share with our friends at home and with the incredible groups that have spend time with us down here. I can't wait to see it all come together. It has been really amazing to see how each different group of people who has spent a week here is so uniquely different and brings such a different flavor to our house and to the mission! July 14th, 2009 Monthly Update by Kelly "We are having the time of our lives with the groups! Each week has proved to be different and full of life. After working their tails off all day, the groups come home to "relax" and are greeted by wild characters like Joni and Kimmie (Jazzercizers with a mission to jazz all through Central America). Each night is filled with a different (and usually ridiculous) activity, and it keeps all of us laughing. It blesses my heart to spend time with people who are willing to give up a week of their vacation to serve!

May 5, 2009. Monthly update by Rossanna Hola!! Hey just want to let you guys know what I´ve been up to these past weeks. From digging trenches in Chacraseca to painting the health clinic at Santa Matilde it´s been very interesting how all the activities I do are for the same cause... and this is not just me but all the missionaries at the Amigos house. I´m really happy to be part of it. Love ya´ll and hope you enjoy our NING site!! Hasta pronto!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2009. Monthly Update by Benito: The work that I have been doing these past couple weeks is bringing Patricia to the market, the grocery store and helping her out with other chores. I am grateful that I am now working for Amigos because I am able to spend more time with the other people that work here. I like being able to work with the group when I am driving them to the work site. Helping to paint the church was different work that I am used to, but I am glad I was able to participate in that way with the group. Another part of my job is going to Managua. I make about 2 or 3 trips a week to the airport to pick up travelers or to Pricemart to help Patricia with buying food and things for the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 13, 2009. Monthly Update by Patricia 'Mama': This week was similar to my other work weeks. I went to the market and the grocery store with Benito to buy food for the group’s meals. My favorite thing to cook is grilled meat because Chris and I do it together and I enjoy that. I like working to keep the groups happy and calm. When the group is happy because of something that I have done for them, I am happy. Maintaining a happy house for the groups where they are comfortable and enjoying their stay is what I really enjoy about my job.

 

 

 

 

March 6, 2009. Monthly Update by Madeline Baay: This past week Casa Blanca was filled with an animated group of North Carolinians. This group came in with a strong headed ambition to succeed. And succeed they did, by coming closer to finishing the construction of a house in Villa Catalina than any had expected. Laying block, mixing cement and shoveling sand became second nature to this group who jumped at every opportunity to help out with various tasks. Their enthusiasm was contagious to everyone working around them and especially to the family who will be moving into the new house in upcoming weeks. This new addition to the Villa community will be home to a family which consists of mom Mari Luz, dad Arlen and their little girl Kelling (Mari Luz and Kelling shown in picture). Having outgrown their old house which they shared with Mari Luz’s family, this new home is a blessing made possible by the fund raising efforts of the North Carolina group. Thank you to all that were involved in the building of this home!