The Navigators March 2010

I want to start off by thanking The Navigators! They were an amazing first team for me to host in so many ways. They were always willing to lend a helping hand, never complaint (until the sunburn), worked hard and had lots of FUN! They arrived late on Saturday night so we headed straight to campo. I knew it was going to be a great group of people when 4 of the team members volunteered to ride 2 hours on top of our luggage truck.... we made it home safe and lights out! Sunday morning we woke up and went to a local church in Rivas. It was an amazing experience, it reminded me of my church “Ridge Church” back home. They had a band with two guitars, electric piano and drums. For the first time things seemed normal and I saw GOD working here in Rivas in a new way, and it felt great. Monday the team started some of our major and ongoing work projects. We dug holes for fence post, we cleaned the camp, painted, and cleaned some more. After our long day of work we needed to relax with some fun in the sun! Tuesday we headed to San Juan Del Sur were we ate lunch on the beach, played soccer, zip-lined, and had dinner while watching the sunset. The kids arrived from La Chureca on Wednesday and the team was very nervous. I was surprised that they were nervous and anxious but within a hour everyone had a task and started to fall in love with the kids as I knew they would. It was a small group of campers so things went well. Friday afternoon the kids headed home and I took the team to the market in Rivas. I was excited to see some familiar faces at the market from locals I met on past visits. We left the market and headed back to campo for the last group activity. Bonfire on the beach! Life is good! Thank you GOD and thanks to The Navigators. I hope to keep in contact with each of you and I hope you will come back next year!

-Zach