The Maine Street Baptist Church Pulperia or “the pulp” as we like to call it, is a store where we serve our community by selling really inexpensive items to the people in our community. We offer towels, sheets, shoes, pants, shorts, shirts, hats, food, toys, and health care bags to everyone. We discussed prices with our caretaker Oscar and have priced our items to fit their budgets since most sugarcane workers make only $5 a day. Oscar says it gives Nicaraguans pride to buy things and it also helps to have some sort of order system too.
"The pulp" was something I was looking forward to leading when I got to Nicaragua. With my business background, marketing skills and my ability to adapt well, I thought it was going to be a "Piece of cake," or so I thought. The vision was there, the building was built, the donations were plenty, the only need was some organizational skills and hours of man power. Well folks... GOD stepped in and He blessed it more than anyone would have ever dreamed. Our grand opening was amazing, it was like a tornado hit, I saw people I have never seen before literary stepping out of the sugarcane fields. Over 200 people showed up. The second time we opened, we decided to use a ticket numbering system so that we would have a little bit more order, but we failed to limit our numbers and had another huge crowd. We've now figured out a system that works now. People are always looking forward to visiting the store and many of them walk miles just be able to pick out a new shirt or to try on some shoes. We have started to run out of donations and need more. Its been a blessing to the entire community.
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