With our upcoming move back to the US in December, we’re trying to capture as many memories as possible. One way to do this is to record some of our daily activities through an Instagram app called Hyperlapse. Here’s a quick glimpse at our Nicaragua morning commute to school each day. The road we take […]
Our Three Gift Christmas Tradition
Each year around this time, a friend or family member asks me to tell her again about our three-gifts-per-child tradition at Christmas. Usually it happens when someone’s kids are old enough to be infected by a nasty case of the gimmies (gimme, gimme, give me more!), which means it’s as good a time as any […]
The Gift of Transportation
We first shared the news of the recent changes with our existing donors and prayer supporters of FIT Nicaragua. Shortly after sending out that message, we received a one-time donation of $5000. At first I thought it must be a mistake! (I even wrote to the donor and asked.) But it wasn’t… And what we […]
José’s story
José hid in the corner, with his head down and arms wrapped around his legs as if to take up the smallest amount of floorspace possible. He hadn’t meant to spill the milk, it had just happened. He was chasing Samuel around the house, playing tag, when his arm brushed past the table and knocked […]