Malacatoya

In several previous posts I've mentioned the village of Malacatoya.  One of the first places Sean went when we got here was out to this remote village - the one where you put your truck on the crazy barge and get pulled across the water to get to it.  From the very first time he went, we knew this place was special.  Six pastors met him on that first visit, and each was eager for help.  While there are a lot of missionaries working in Nicaragua, these folks haven't seen any out where they live.  And their needs are overwhelming.  

The Webers decided to take one of their teams, a group from New Orleans, out to work in Malacatoya for the week that they were in Nicaragua, and we tagged along.  The team did door to door ministry, delivered food boxes, and presented several VBS-style lessons in the village schools.  

This is the main church in Malacatoya.  We used it as a sort of
staging area.

The church is home to two parrots.

This was one of the schools where we did VBS.

This is Gabriel.  He was sick and his dad brought him to us for prayer.

This is the school from the outside.

Periodically the government delivers bags of rice and
beans for the schools.

This special little girl is Cristal.  MUCH
more about her later.  She has my heart.

Here we're doing some door-to-door ministry.  This woman and
her precious 16-year-old daughter shared with us about the
alcoholism and abuse of the girl's father.  

This is just a picture of a typical home in Malacatoya.  

We have since spent some more time in Malacatoya, and we have such a burden for this area.  In fact, we were there again yesterday, and by the time I get my blog all caught up (which could be a while - it took over an hour to load the pictures just for this post), I think you'll have a burden for this area, too.  :)