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5:30am

We wake up everyday listening to the surf. The Pacific Ocean crashes in just outside our bungalows. If we close our eyes it sounds like we're on vacation...sadly, our eyes are not closed; although God's beauty is surrounding us we see the despair left behind by poverty. The horses roam the the beach starving. Their ribs are exposed and they walk like sloths up the beach. The dogs sit in the roads skinny and disease ridden. One out of every 5 children dies before their fifth birthday. It's an understatement to say Americans have a good standard of living. 

We asked the locals about crime and they looked puzzled. "No crime" they said. "We know each other". "We help each other". San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua is a populated community consisting of some of the very poorest people in Nicaragua, and yet crime is almost non-existent. Why? 

Before and after...

Matthew Sandberg - reflection

1 Corinthians 6-

Simply praying- not claiming. A new Christian asks "What does it mean to move mountains when we pray...?"  Matthew is asking "God help Nicaragua."

Our discussion during break time...we're good

"How do you feel?"

"Dizzy, but good"

"Tired, but good."

"Dirty, but good"

"I hurt all over, but good"

"Ready to die, but good"

"Delirious, but good"

Today.

We have all of these witty things we talk about putting on the blog as we work...and then...exhaustion sets in and we can't think of anything witty by nights end.