by Team BRIGHT | Aug 10, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
As I sit here leisurely, reminiscing over the last 10 days, I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that I will be in California tonight. We have been extremely busy, yet somehow completely relaxed during this trip. We are running on “Nica” time....
by Team BRIGHT | Aug 9, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
We spent our second day at Colegio Cristiano Havila. We saw the preschoolers this morning for 30 minutes because of a break that they have in the middle of their morning. Four preschoolers were with the MT’s and four were with the rec therapist and the SLP. We...
by Team BRIGHT | Aug 8, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
Today we went to a second school entitled Colegio Cristiano Havilah. We learned that the word “havilah” is from Genesis 2:11-12. Havilah is a place in the garden of Eden where gold and jewels are found. This is representative of how the children at this...
by Team BRIGHT | Aug 7, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
What a day! After breakfast, we loaded up the van and headed to a school entitled La Esparanza. This school was originally located in the city dump, and educated the children living there. However, the Spanish government created a project (that was both a blessing and...
by Team BRIGHT | Aug 6, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
We had two locations to work with today, The Buzbee family and Casa Havilah. The children in the Buzbee family have been adopted from extenuating circumstances including abandonment, abuse, and negative biological home lives. With these adolescents, we worked on...
by Team BRIGHT | Aug 4, 2013 | 2013 - Nicaragua
Because schools and institutions do not have students/visitors on the weekends, we have had some down time these past two days. We spent time on Saturday meeting new people and visiting with other Americans in Nicaragua. Yesterday, we met a missionary family from...
