What an amazing evening it is here in Nicaragua, after an awesome and productive day. This morning started with us visiting the NCA, Nicaraguan Christian Academy. We met with the Elementary Administrator Sylvia Mejia. Today was the childrens first day back at school for this year. We were able to see some of the orientation, take a tour of the school, and meet many of the staff members. What an impressive institution that is GOD centered, and cares so much about the students and their education. With Meredith being a teacher, this was a very great place for her to visit. Walking through the school, you could definitely see her passion for education and children.
After our visit to the Academy, we headed out to see Centro ABEM. The missionaries who run the mission are actually back in the states right now but still they let us tour the facility. Talk about beauty. It is 160 acres of green grass, sports complexes, dorms, a pool, and the ability to house well over 100 people at any given time. We will be visiting again tomorrow when Brad Hall arrives.
Brad is a good friend that I met while in Haiti in February. He will be joining us for 3 days. To give you a quick bio on him, he was the pitching coach for the AAA Washington Nationals. He has been in baseball is whole life, and has decided that GOD maybe calling him and his wife into the mission field of some sort. They typically work in the Dominican with SCORE International, a sports centered mission. Brad, myself, and Mere will be traveling around Nicaragua, showing Brad some sights, meeting with Roger and Carolyn Keeling, ( International Baseball Academy of Central America, NICABELLA, Hope and Development Foundation, just to name a few organizations they are involved with) and introducing Brad to the many projects and people we have been apart of for the past few years.
To wrap up this evening, we spent it with some close friends of ours. Eliazar, Daniel, and Macho. We had lunch together, and went to see The Karate Kid (Pretty good movie I may add, and the AC was even better) We really enjoyed spending time with them, and hope to be able to do so again while we are here.
Tomorrow is sure to be eventful, and we are looking forward to it. Thank you all for all your thoughts and prayers while we are here. We are keeping safe, staying away from Police ( have yet to be pulled over yet) and really enjoying our time.
Goodnight from NICA,
Uncle B-rad
Thanks for the updates man. Glad to hear that prayers are being answered and the trip is going well!!
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