We left campus around 10:30 Tuesday night as intended. We arrived at Dulles airport safely with all of our luggage around 1:00 AM. We waited until our ticketing booth opened around 3:00 AM and then we checked our luggage and went through security. All of our flights went well and we arrived safely in Puerto Cabezas around 4:00 PM Nicaragua time, which is two hours behind Eastern Standard Time. From there Jeff and Chris, our contacts with Forward Edge, picked us up and took us to the Iglesia Verbo (The Word Church) compound where we got moved into our rooms, ate dinner, and went through an orientation for the rest of our trip.
While we were able to arrive in Puerto Cabezas safely, unfortunately not all of our luggage arrived safely with us. The luggage was too heavy to take on the small plane from Managua to Puerto Cabezas, so we were limited to only bringing our carry-ons with us. The rest of our luggage arrived this morning. Also in the process of our luggage going through security, a pressurizable water tank, which we were planning on using to backwash our large water filtration system, was confiscated. Last evening we brainstormed other solutions that we can use to take the place of this important piece of equipment.
This morning we went on a tour of the compound where we are staying. The compound is very secure, locked at night with security guards patrolling. And of course we have the Lord as our ultimate shield and protector! We have been warmly welcomed and well cared for by the people who work with the ministry here.
Right now we would appreciate prayer for a few different things. First, that we would find a viable solution for a replacement for the water tank. We would also appreciate prayer for the general health and well-being of our team as we go throughout the trip and that we would be attentive to the ways God is leading us and that he would give us the strength to do the things he has called us to do.
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