Monday Feb 22

After meeting at church at 2 a.m. Arend brought us to the airport in Toronto where we arrived with all of our bags and soup. We left on time and arrived in Nicaragua at around 1:30 Nicaragua time. The heat hits us all like a shock! It's very busy here with lots of "porters" trying to help with our luggage, so much that we ended up with someone else's bag which we were able to return. We met Mike Tigchelaar (the HANDS coordinator) who with his helper Lester, drove us to the Nehemiah Centre in Managua. So far, the city reminds us of Guatemala City, although not so much exhaust and honking of horns. The Nehemiah Centre is a complex where different christian organizations work out of with a gradeschool and highschool also a part of the complex. We were shown our sleeping quarters. The guys are in one and girls in the other with bunk beds to share. A bit like camping. |Very comfortable though. Thus far the food is great, lots of rice and beans.