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What are those kiddos up to?

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I thought it would be fun to give you an update on what our children are up to these days. Samantha Sami is nine and a half and is in third grade.  So far she is definitely our most social child.  I am pretty sure she knows more people than I do.  She is full of energy and always willing to try new things.  This past month she participated in a musical at school and had a small speaking part.  She enjoys being on stage.  During the week she is very involved in the Nica Nadadores swim club and practices two to three times a week in the pool at the sports center.  Just this week she participated in a swim meet with her team.  Her favorite activities are being with her friends, swimming, gymnastics, reading, listening to music, practicing for the next talent show, and coming up with fun games to play with her brother and sisters. Anthony Anthony just recently turned seven and is in first grade.  Ask anyone who knows him wha...
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Changes for El Salero sports center

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     Some of you may have heard that change is coming for the sports center.  That is true.  Halle and Kathy have decided to return to Seattle, WA to be closer to their boys and their grandkids.  While this change is hard for us, we understand their desire to be closer to family. Here we are, Halle and Kathy and myself in 2003 when they purchased the sports center property.      In making this decision, it meant that they would need to sell their properties which includes the sports center.  Ideally, they hoped and prayed that a new ministry would be interested in buying not only the sports center but also their personal properties.  At the end of February a youth ministry made a commitment to purchase all of the property.  As a ministry they are involved in running youth camps and working closely with local churches to develop youth ministries.  They have also just recently started an English program that teaches re...
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It's backpack time again!

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For the last eight years every January our scholarship program has organized and given out hundreds of backpacks to children and youth in Nicaragua who are continuing their education. This January was no different. Thanks to years of doing this, I am able to order all the supplies I need from a local shop at the big Oriental market in Managua, and a week later they deliver boxes and sacks of backpacks and school supplies. All of it literally takes over our living room/dining room area for the next couple of weeks! But we don't mind because we know how much the families who are receiving these supplies appreciate them. A small team from St Paul's came this January to help me pack over 700 backpacks! Every year we find new ways to be more efficient and organized in making this happen within the time frame that the team is here. This year was no exception. Barb, Linda, Lisa and Mary all helped organize and pack as well as a group of young girls from our neighborhood....
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New Year, New Beginnings

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Happy New Year!  Hope you enjoyed your Christmas and New Years!  We had a great time visiting my family in Mississippi.  It is such a relaxing time, and our kids really enjoy being with their Grandma and Grandpa.  They also love playing with their four cousins. With a new year, we almost always think of things we want to change or do differently.  For me one of those areas is how we communicate about our life and ministry here in Nicaragua.  In the past I have tried to keep up with writing four prayer/newsletters each year.  As we have had more kids and life is just busier, it has become one of the things that I often forget to do, or it just keeps getting pushed back because something else always seems more important at the moment.  It has also been a struggle for me to keep it around one page when, to be honest, I often have much more to say.  So I have decided to start using a blog to be able to write more frequently and to go mo...
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