Spiritual Retreat

Last week we had the pleasure of attending MCC Nicaragua’s annual spiritual retreat. While traveling with small children is always a bit tiring, we enjoyed spending time with our fellow MCCers and the spiritual refreshment of a bible study and quiet time with God. It was held south of Managua, in a small town called Concepcion that had a pleasant climate, similar to our city of Matagalpa. A view of the path from the main building to our cabin


New MCCer volunteer Beth Jerdon provided the programming, and she did a terrific job of mixing both personal and small group time. Here she is, listening to Alan preach (just kidding!)

We learned how to perform an inductive bible study, and then we split into small groups and presented an inductive study on the first six chapters of Mark. We ate traditional Nicaraguan food (which also happens to be our traditional breakfast and supper food!)

It was a fun time, but also a little sad, as we said goodbye to our SALTers (Serve and Learning Together) and YAMEN friends as they will be leaving in a few weeks to return to their home countries of the US, Canada and Bolivia. In August we welcome a new group of SALTers and YAMEN. Unfortunately, Angela had to leave the first night of the retreat as the MCC office in Managua was broken into again, the second time in six months. Regrettably, the robber stole money and several laptops that some team members had left there. While this cast a sad pallor over the retreat, we felt fortunate that nobody was hurt and prayed together for restoration and justice.

And THIS!...was a surprise shot we found while downloading our pictures...looks like somebody was having fun with our camera!