Update #7 Central America

Hi family and friends! I have been working in the Microfinance Site and it has been amazing! In a quick summary, the site is focused on women in the communities who are starting businesses or already have one. We teach financial classes about budgeting, savings, and how to manage their money so they can have a successful business; while also focusing on their spiritual journey and sharing the Gospel.

I came to Central America with a big passion and desire to evangelize and share the Gospel with the women in the communities. God has given me the opportunity to make a couple of devotionals, teach the Bible, and share the Gospel in our meetings! We have also been doing a lot of house visits and getting to know the women better because relationship is everything here. 

 Last Friday we had a Microfinance fair where about 8 of the women and a man brought their businesses to the base. Our team was able to support their businesses by buying their amazing product! They are so talented and hand make all kinds of jewelry, beautiful clothings items, pottery, shoes, cafe, and more! 

The women here are so loving, sweet, inclusive, and full of energy! I spent my last summer in this same country as an intern and in the same site so it has been absolutely amazing to see all the women I had built relationships with again!! They fill me with so much joy and this trip has motivated me to learn Spanish again because I want to grow the relationships that I have and go deeper with them.

-Cassidy

Today marks day 9 of our time in Nicaragua. Today at the medical site, our day was started off at our clinic, at which we had our daily fix of coffee and enjoyed some time of fellowship. We had lunch and then were set for clinic at a second location. At the second location we had around 20 patient consults, for which each of us interns helped take vitals, fill and provide medication prescriptions, take glucose and provide injections. I (Hazel) was able to do a few intramuscular vitamin and pain injections for patients today, which was quite an awesome experience. 

In the evening teams were sent out to different local community members’ homes for dinner. The medical site members went to one of our medical staffs prior patients house for dinner. She gave us a delicious meal consisting of gallo pinto (rice & beans) which is a Central American staple, chicken, string beans & more. We got to hear her story including some difficult trials, how she met Christ & her heart for ministry. 

-Hazel