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Nicaragua: Final Good-bye’s
A job well done by the Centra group in Nicaragua! Everyone of the locals had dispersed as we cleaned up on the final day.We say goodbye to the one boy hanging around waiting to play a final game of soccer…Only to realize there were many more boys waiting around the corner for the same thing!
We had enjoyed soccer games and mixing with the kids throughout the week so it was an odd, bittersweet feeling leaving them.
We can only hope and pray that they too will have an opportunity to get an education and to have continued health care from our new clinic we built for their future.
Adios, for now to our Nicaraguan friends.
Corinne Tilstra
Nicaragua Day 1-Off we go!
At the Airport:
Our day started bright andd early Saturday morning. Most of us met at Centra head office at 3:40 am.
Once we arrived at the airport we made the long journey through many check points.
Our flight was quicker than we expected into Houston but when we arrived at 1:15 pm we were told we would have to wait on the Tarmac for 45 minutes for a gate to open. Once we arrive we realized we just missed a tornado just south of the Houston airport.
Which led to a very long delay…. And many silly antics from our team. The airport had thousands of displaced passengers, cancelled flights, and a 3 hour customer service line up.
We were one of the fortunate groups and managed to all get on a flight to Managua at 10:30 pm Houston time….
Needless to say when our pilot arrived to take us on the rest of our journey the large crowd erupted in applause.
We were a little worried on boarding when myself and Anton were left behind because of the over booked flight. It was a nail biter… But we managed to just squeak on.
Our team is really looking forward to arriving at La Semilla to get a good night sleep. Our expected arrival is 1:15 am mountain time. Then the drive to the ministry.
Can’t wait to settle in and create some wonderful memories.
Tammy Cleven