The decision has been made to not drive up the mountain this evening. The team is at TipTop (like KFC) for dinner while our Nicaraguan partners work on where the team will spend the night.
Road to La Esmeralda
Just got word that the road up the mountain to La Esmeralda has been cleared. They will be driving up the mountain in the dark and it is raining. Each of our mission teams has had Louis as their bus driver. The teens have dubbed him the 'bus ninja.' He is very experienced at driving this road in all conditions. Pray for safety and for the team as this day has already been a long day of travel.Denise
Mud Slide Update
Just talked to Jessie. Don Hugo (coffee farmer, church planter, community leader) is working to get the road cleared for the bus to get all the way to La Esmeralda. If it doesn't work they have Selva Negra as a back up. Selva Negra is where the previous teams have stayed during their trips. I will update once I hear where they end up.Denise
We've Arrived!
The team has arrived in Nicaragua safe and sound. We had lunch and now are off to take on the mud slide that washed out part of the road into La Esmeralda.
Miami
We have all rested and are ready for an adventure in the Miami airport for an hr before heading off on our last flight.
Breakfast!
Everything from pizza to smoothies!
Ready to go!
Checking in all our bags and getting ready for our first flight!
Leaving Saturday Morning!
The team will be leaving Saturday morning heading to Nicaragua! Please include their travels in your prayers, and follow this blog to join them in their adventure!
After Africa
Life when you come home is never the same and it shouldn’t be. Everyone coming back will have different take a ways. We have just spent the last two weeks serving and giving to people who don’t have as much as we brought in our suitcase but they gave more joy and blessings to us then we could ever give to them! It’s overwhelming to see their living conditions, life style, heath conditions and culture differences but then to try and put all that into words for people is almost impossible. My challenge is for you today is to not ask people “how was your trip” but ask them one of these questions: What was a defining moment for you on your trip? What impacted you the most? How will your life be different because of your time in Kenya?
650 children, 50 staff, and a couple of pastors whose lives will never be the same because of people of Fox River Christian Church giving their time, talent, and resources. These people will never be the same just like the team will never be the same! The people in our centers and churches in Kenya say “Asante Sana” (thank you very much) because they don’t know where they would be without Fox River, but we in return say that we don’t know where we would be without them. God tells us to go into the entire world and preach the gospel but that would not be possible without a partnership like this and it takes all of us serving one God in the ways He has blessed us with to make a lasting impact. Impacting a generation most of us will never get to see the full fruits of but by faith we give in hopes that the next generations after us will continue doing the same! Asante Sana!
Life in Turkey
When we found out that the team was going to be stuck in Turkey, I must admit that it was not something we were looking forward too but God had an adventure waiting for us! After a lot of standing around in line to get our boarding passes, our visas and all that jazz we finally made it out of the airport! Because it was the airline that had to move our flight they put us up in a hotel with meals included. Now most of us were wondering what kind of a place they were going to be putting us in but wow were we ever surprised! It was such a blessing to see how God is so good to us because not only did He give us a place to stay but it was definitely a 5 star hotel with an incredible view! The beds in Kenya are hard as a rock to say the least but these beds in Turkey were far from that. The team was blessed with a great night’s sleep which was a big help as we started the last leg of the trip home.
There was a group of us that went on an adventure to the Blue mosque down town. We got to the hotel, dropped off our bags and set out to try and see some of the town before it got too late. What an adventure it was to take a bus, train and taxi around the city. We were told that most things close around 4-7pm so we would only be able to see the outside of things but to our surprise when we arrived at the Blue Mosque it was still open and we were able to inside. There is no way to describe the architecture and beauty of it all, I hope some of the pictures will help describe the Mosque but if I had to say it in two words, I would say it was “breath taking”. While we were out and about one of the team members was in need of some water and went up to the stands in the street, got water and tried to pay. The vendor didn’t have change for him so what do you think happened? The vendor took the bottle of water back right? No, he told him to come back and pay if he could later…if he could….when he came over and told us this story it was shocking to see how giving the vendor was. He could see the need of our team member and chose to meet his need over being paid. That was a humbling time for us because If that were to happen in our town back home would we have reacted the same way? Something to think about. We also spent some time walking the streets sampling some of the delicious Turkish treats. After a bit of an adventure of getting back to our hotel (I will let the team tell you about that in person) we were all really thankful for the opportunity to spend some time in Turkey. It truly was a “Turkish Delight”.
