Day 4- by Sarah and Chris Slager

Yesterday was  day 4 on the ground here in Nicaragua and what a great day it has been!  This morning part of our team went back to the feeding center to help out.  The ladies there told us that they prayed we would return today to help them out and that we were an answer to their prayers. That was a most humbling feeling.  Here’s a little behind the scenes information. At the feeding center there are 6 ladies who ordinarily feed 300+ children, 5 days a week and they do this all by themselves! It’s an enormous task which receives little recognition other than the satisfaction of doing a part to feed the mouths of those little children. Our team took along coloring books, crayons and colored paper with us today and spent time coloring and laughing with the kids while they were waiting for their lunch.  They had so much fun coloring and laughing.  Seeing the smiles on their faces brought much joy to us all.  I really enjoyed being able to pour in to the children during our time there, to let them know that they are valued and that they matter to Jesus.  We really enjoyed our time there today and hope we blessed the people there as much as they blessed us!

The other half of our team spend the morning and midday building a home for a woman named Marina who not only had her home literally disintegrate from under her, but it was in such a deteriorated condition that she fell through the floor—causing her to suffer a fractured pelvis. Speaking to Gloria Lockey, one of our a team members, Marina related how she has prayed for a new home since hers fell apart. Marina continued on saying one day her granddaughter had come home from school stating, “There are angels coming to build your home.” As Marina told this story, she pointed to the members of the GCC team outside framing the walls. To the members of our team, these two stories show the power of prayer and epitomize Matthew 7:7—“Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.”  

-Sarah and Chris Slager