Dr. Fun

Where ever we go we will always remember the craziness of Dr. Fun!

A little zip line fun!

The zip line is great!!

Just ask Dr. Fun

Day Trip in Managua

The team in front of Momotumbo Volcano

Can you name the leg? We did a little decorating our last night at El Ayudante

Saying good-bye to the neighborhood friends was hard.
A few were very tired (as usual)

This is the ruins of Old Leon. The tree in the middle is the fruit that Maracas are made from. They are also used as bowls, cups and utensils in Nicaragua.

Interpreters

This is our group of amazing interpreters and the doctor that accompanied the medical team in La Majada and Apante.

Day 6 - Apante

Today we visited Apante, we were the first medical team from El Ayudante that has been to that community. Once again you will see beautiful children in this very gracious community. They were so thankful for the help, some of the children helped us clean up and carry bags back to the bus. We are truly blessed to meet the people of Apante.

The scenery was beautiful on the ride.

We had an evening rain and decided to go play a little.

Day 5

This was the day of contrast. After going with Pastor Felix this morning to the Walter Ferritti we were given a break and taken to tour Leon at the Cathedral and also to the beach for a wonderful dinner. The beach was beautiful, check out the pictures below.

Day 5 - Walter Ferretti, near the dump

Today we went to the area near what used to be the city dump. They closed down this dump just this month, that means that the people who live here that are already in extreme poverty no longer have a way to find items to use for their homes, items to sell and for some scraps to eat. The new dump is 11 kilometers away and they have no way to get there. Pastor Felix runs a church just on the edge of this settlement and with the help of places like El Ayudante provides food bags for the most needy of the families. We also took medications, parasite pills and vitamins with us to try to help the families we talked to. There are about 150 families in this one area that live in this extreme poverty, we only gave food bags to 25 families. Thankfully there are more teams going next weeks that will provide another set of food bags. These food bags contain beans, rice, cooking oil, coffee, matches and sugar - enough to eat for about a week for one family. Pastor Felix keeps in close touch with this community and helps those in the greatest need although for us they all seem to have great needs. We should never again take for granted the fact that we have or can obtain food, shelter and clothing in the United States.