Preparation, Anticipation and Organization

The 2014 Nicaragua Team is in the final stages of planning, preparation and detailed organization.  Coupled with a growing anticipation and overwhelming excitement we eagerly look towards next Wednesday as our departure date. 

These past few months, we have been focused on: 

• discovering and learning  what it means to "serve with our eyes wide open". 
• gaining a better understanding of cultural sensitivity 
• developing an understanding for what it may mean to be transformed.
• challenging ourselves to learn Spanish
• getting to know each other a little better
• planning various activities and devotionals we will be doing while in Nicaragua
• led a fun-filled chapel at the ACS elementary school
• praying for Abbotsford Christian School, Centro de Fe, EduDeo, and the Nehemiah Center
• video taping different aspects of our students and school here in Abbotsford to present to Centro de Fe
• participating in  a Skype session with the grade 11 students from Centro de Fe which was filled with smiles, cheering, laughter and joy.  
• learning about Nicaraguan history and culture
• understanding the Nehemiah Center roots and vision
• planning our middle and high school chapels scheduled for March 7th
• and so much more...

Through all of this planning, students and leaders alike are formulating a better understanding of why God has them placed on this team for such a time as this...