Again, I would love to talk to anyone that made the trip to Nicaragua in June of 2008. There’s so much to learn about the culture, and mostly the programs of that country. Please respond if anyone is interested in sharing their experience!

Blessings,
Linda

God Bless you!!! The group just got back from Nicaragua a little over a week ago. I would love to talk to someone that had the opportunity to go. My dream is to meet my little girl! I know in God’s time I’ll get that chance, and boy I can’t wait! Thank you for all you do for the children, and the insight you give the rest of us here on the blog. It’s awesome to see peoples comments, and refreshing to know that there is a lot of human kindness in this troubling world. Blessings, Linda

Yes, I love these children to pieces. By the way, Lisa and I used to work together in a church in Gainesville. She actually was my neighbour, oh, excuse me neighbor… It was America. ;-P

Yes, I’m so excited about this. And like D.J. (one of our other friends) used to say: “I can’t wait to see the whites of your eyes! There is something about meeting someone in person verses letters. If anything happens on the trip, I hope that they know how much I love them, or even more important how much God loves them!

Kees

I might be in a situation like that, but hopefully, they’ll be all well behaved. I have a lot of stuff to give them too. I have worked with a PR firm for Disney and Disney sends me stuff like stuffed animals and what have when the new movies come out. So, I called them and told them what I was doing and asked if they had any extra promotional stuff for me. They said that they did and they would send it. The next day, there were 5 huge boxes in front of my door!

Kees

Denisse and Maria were 8 and 9 yrs., respectively. Denisse is such an extrovert and flashed me her sweetest smile, every time she had just edged out Maria–who was so quiet, unsure of what to expect, and I think pretty sad about her home situation. I consulted with the two translators–a guy and a gal–and they agreed that I should simply sit both girls down, away from the crowd, and tell them I loved them both and, basically, to knock it off. I couldn’t really single out Denisse as the instigator, but she knew she had gone to far. I ended by asking each one, individually, “Can you go out, now, and play with — and have a good time?” Denisse squirmed all around, then nodded assent. Maria simply nodded. It still took a few minutes for them to actually start playing together, as opposed to individually (on a swing set), but I had to hand it to Denisse: She was the one who reached out to Maria, first. If you see anything like that going on, just speak the truth in love and get a commitment from each child involved to cooperate.

Kees

I am so excited for you! That is a dream of mine to one day meet my sponsored children. I will be praying for you. Please let us know how it went when you get back!

Thanks for sharing their pictures. They are all beautiful and are so blessed to have you as their sponsor.

Cindy