Christine's Mission's Trip to Nicaragua - July 2008
Praying at the airport
Mom and her dollies
Getting ready to go thru security
On the long flight, some diversions...
On the small plane to Puerto Cabezas
Ariving in Puerto Cabezas
Puerto Cabezas
Christine and the girls slept here
The girl's beds
Christine's comfy bed with mesquito netting
Cabin in Puerto Cabezas
Outside the girl's cabin in Puerto Cabezas
Outside the girl's cabin
The church
Playing "spoons" (with plastic forks)
Playing with kids from an orphanage in the rain
The muddy "after" picture
Muddy kids
Washing off the mud in rain water
Kids from the orphanage
Kids from the orphanage loved to take photos
Christine and Lauren Dodge
The boys heading out to a project
Fixing homes in Betania
Kids with bubbles in Betania
Kid's making funny faces on the bus windows
Building homes in Betania
Betania
Working hard building new homes
Christine in the blue and white hat
Christine is working hard!
Orphan kids
Workers riding in trucks (not very safely)
Pretty clouds
Working in the rain to dig a foundation for a new church building
Taking a break at the beach in Puerto Cabezas
Kid's from the orphanage
Christine with a cocoanut
A village near Puerto Cabezas
Tarps used as temporary roofing
Abel, a boy born with a deformed leg who is in need of surgical assistance.
In Puerto Cabezas
Making a tortilla
Christine and her tortilla
A local girl's English lesson booklet
Leaving Puerto Cabezas
Managua
Kids in Managua
An old church in Managua (built in 1747)
Fixing a government orphanage
Their lodging in Managua
Getting things ready for the babies
Moving the babies to their new area
A cute little Nicaraguan orphan
Babies in double-decker cribs at the orphanage
Babies in the orphanage
People live and scavange at this dump in Managua
Kid's living at La Chureca (the dump)
Very skinny horse
People living at La Chureca (the dump)
La Chureca (the dump)
Their trip ended with a zip-line excursion
Getting ready for the zip line
On the zip line