Last week, we spent 5 days in the mud of the Third World Country of Nicaragua in Central America.  Behind Haiti, Nicaragua is the 2^nd poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.

Two of those 5 days – we actually spent on a bus.  It took 11 hours to get to the village of Puerto Viejo and 11 hours home. It was on the bus ride back, Susan Cox, a first time team member, made this statement, “I have a new life.”

When you go see how folks live around the world, it makes you darn grateful for what God has blessed us with here in North America and it gives you a new perspective on life!

I’m reading a great book by Richard Stearns, the President of World Vision, The Whole in our Gospel.  In his book he points out that every day 26,500 children die due to preventable causes such as starvation, curable diseases and poverty.

Things we can not imagine in North America and have easy access to curing.

While in Puerto Viejo, we kept a two month old baby from being a statistic.  A mother had walked 2 hours via trail.  There were no roads to her village.  When she got to us, her baby was non-responsive.  We took her straight to one of our doctors.  Our medical team determined the baby was very dehydrated and immediately went to work.

The doctor later told me if we had not seen that baby there is a good chance within 48 hours she would have been dead!

One of the things I constantly remind myself on these trips…  If this was my child, I would want someone to come!

If you would like to contribute towards the work in Nicaragua, simply click here.  

On the right side of the page, simply select “other” and type Nicaragua in the line below. Every dollar given will go to save lives like that of this two month old baby and help make a difference to those in need.

Thank you for helping us to Advance the Kingdom!