Keirsten McElhinney

This is my first time coming to Nicaragua. Its very different from being home in the U.S. Its pretty hard for me to talk to the kids here because I don't speak their language.  But even though I cant speak their language I can still communicate with them in some ways.

Last night there was an adorable little boy named Nathanael, who stayed here at the church with his mom and dad who are missionaries here in Nicaragua. He is 1 years old and loved playing with my bubbles that my mom had brought for the kids. He just left this morning. Seeing him and playing with him made me smile every time, and this is him.

Today we went to "tent city". There aren't any tents there any more, the government has built the people there new homes to live in. The people who live in "tent city" started living there as a way to protest against the use of Pesticides on the fruit where they worked. They protested against the use of Pesticides because they had no protection when they worked so the Pesticide would get on their skin and eventually it caused diseases and other problems. This one man that we met and prayed over had a tumour on his hip.