Mission Trip - January 2009.
Jeff Sandwick and Mark Guerrero are now in Nicaragua so please take time to pray for them and the entire team for safety and direction on how to reach the people of Nicaragua. Will be posting photos soon as they return.
Nicaragua Mission Trip 2008
The mission trip to Nicaragua this summer was GREAT! Eleven members from James Island Christian Church (JICC) did a great job on several different projects. Brian Horne lead the team (Bruce, Milton, Chris, Stephen, Dolph, Elizabeth, Hanna, Madeline, Nicole and Karen) to an orphanage in Los Cedros a small village 30 minutes from Managua. The orphanage is home to 14 infants and toddlers. Located next the the orphanage is the "Boys Ranch" is home to 9 teenage boys. These boys are between 14 and 17 years old and have
come from the orphanage in Jinotega.Karen having a little fun with one of the babies.
Remembering Ruben
On July 19, 2008 a memorial service was held in Managua for Ruben Guerrero. Ruben passed away in May after a battle with cancer. Ruben was an inspiration to all of us who have been involved in short term missions. Ruben was remembered by many of the pastors he trained over the years during the contra war. Mark Guerrero, Rubens son, will continue the work started by his father.
Nicaragua Mission Trip 2007
The trip in 2007 was special for several reasons. Elizabeth H (14) made the trip with her father Brian (the team leader) for the first time. The team was awesome!!! Tommy, Russ and Cory were
worked under the intense sun laying block for the "Boys Ranch" kitchen addition while Anna, Chris, Elizabeth, Katie, Jessie and Maria changed diapers on the first babies brought into the orphanage.Diapers were not the only things that were changed, many on the team had life changing experiences due to working with the babies, toddlers and teenage boys. One team member said that "I'll never be the same gain"
Mission Trip 2006
This year JICC teamed up with Grace Church from New York. Jeff Sandwick, Brian Horne and Ruben Guerrero (who would have known that this would be the last trip together for this trio). We traveled seven hours down a heavily rutted dusty gravel road(did I say road?) to the northwestern tip of Nicaragua to a place called Potosi. Grace Church provided a bevy of dedicated workers (40+). This was the largest team to make a remote trip that I have ever seen. During the 5 days in Potosi a church foundation was laid and all of the block walls were erected.Louie Costa and his son pulled around 60 teeth, hundreds of prescriptions were filled by several pharmacist.
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