Mission of Hope

By Bonnie Black
Here we are, "A Team plus One" closing down the facility and assuring the rest of the donations are allocated as designed by our Leadership Te a.m. back home. Just before 3:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. your time) the main group departed the yard with many hugs going around. I received an email from Sister when they got to the airport that told us, "There were villagers along the main road waving goodbye. At this hour. Unbelievable gesture."

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By Bonnie Black
At 6:45 a.m. this morning, it was hitting many that tomorrow at this time, most of us will be sitting in our airplane seats awaiting takeoff. That knowledge affected many throughout the day in various ways.

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By Bonnie Black
Today began just like yesterday - bright sun and no clouds. Although we had high winds from time-to-time, it was a gorgeous day. Our hope was that it would be the same today as we sent a painting team out to Mother of the Divine School in Nejapa at 6:30 a.m. to complete the roof painting and louver installation. That team was hand-picked by Joe Lewis: Emily Bean, Darcy Rabideau, Rich DeGrijze, Hillary Miller, Ashley Thompson, Phil Maynard, Kayla Rabideau and Brad Willett.

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By Bonnie Black
The reality of a waning mission is upon us as this morning Bill Murray left at 5:15 a.m. to return home on his 8 a.m. flight. We are down to 40 now and we only have three full days left before almost everyone else is gone, so we are quite diligent about getting the necessary tasks completed - or as completed as we can with the weather and the supplies.

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By Bonnie Black
Our 'day off' began with a phenomenal French toast breakfast cooked up for us by the day's Kitchen Crew: Phil Maynard, Darcy Rabideau, Brad Willett, Adrianne Longino and Joe Lewis. We had choices of the Papa Bear Special (PB and Banana), French Toast Cheese Blintz and the Papa Bear Special for banana intolerance (PB and Honey). In other words, they prepared the delicious French toast and had many options for us to add toppings in addition to the traditional syrup.

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By Bonnie Black
We began with sun this morning - so much so that it was quite glaring while I was trying to take notes at the morning meeting…but, as you well know, that is a pleasing difference from the rain!

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By Bonnie Black
I'll catch you up on all that has transpired since this morning's edition. Of course, in the middle of our Community Health Fair, we had the 'big' rain of the day. It lasted almost 2 ½ hours - a constant downpour - longer than usual. But, for the people inside the auditorium, they were basically dry.

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By Bonnie Black
First, I must apologize for not including a few assignments from yesterday! You see, the process is for me to copy down the assignment board before it is erased, but yesterday I was running a bit behind in this process because I went out on the Medical Outreach. So….my day was a bit discombobulated, at least as far as this 'note writing' process. About 15 names were not included, so here they are!

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By Bonnie Black
Guess what? Just like home, it has been raining here! We did have a nice start to the day, but the clouds foreshadowed what was to come multiple times during the day. And it's not just a slight rain, but torrential downpours along with rumbling thunder.

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By Bonnie Black
Our first day of Mission 32 with all but one of us here (Oscar Flores will be joining us by Friday) started early for some. At 4:45 a.m. (6:45 a.m. your time), a few early birds were up – half the Kitchen Crew, which is good, but also a couple of others who are still on NY time and not Nica time. That usually changes after a day of hard work in the hot sun!

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