"God goes before you--you are catching up on a conversation
that God has already begun."
-"Insight" from the Nicaragua training manual
Saturday, January 4th was more than the first Saturday in the New Year for those of us gathered around the Newcomb family's hearth: this "retreat" marked the official commencement of mission team preparation for Grace Lutheran Church's 2014 Medical Mission Trip to Nicaragua. Our team of 13 began to bond and solidify as we heard stories from veterans, listened to descriptions of the country and its people, asked questions, aired concerns, and shared a bit of ourselves with each other.
Team jobs, such as craft leader, sticker queen, photographer, journalist, treasure, travel coordinator, medication coordinator, and more, were assumed and assigned. We heard about vaccines, packing issues, safety, cultural expectations, orphanage needs, and short-term mission guidelines. We studied scripture. We prayed…
In a little over two months time, we will leave State College, traveling as Grace and God's ambassadors to Nicaragua, the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. We pray and we ask you to pray that our travel, our time and our work may glorify the good and gracious God we so humbly serve.
(Nicaragua photos taken by Anna Prince during the 2013 Nicaragua Mission Trip.)
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