Two Opportunities

CRC Retreat: In April we enjoyed meeting up with other CRC missionaries from across Central America for our yearly retreat, which is held here in Nicaragua.  Each year we welcome a speaker from the United States, as well as a group to help lead our children’s programs for this retreat.  This year I am in charge of recruiting individuals for our children’s programs.  We are looking for 6-8 volunteers who are willing to serve and support the missionaries here by traveling to Nicaragua to provide a youth program for roughly 30 missionary youth, ages 1-18, at this retreat  The dates this year are March 19-23.  Please contact me if you want to find out more!  You could even write me if you aren't interested but can think of someone who might be.

CWF: For the past ten years or so, I have been a part of a ministry called the Christian Women’s Fellowship (CWF).  CWF is a group of English speaking women who gather together with the purpose of fellowship, encouragement and Bible study.  We meet monthly, and each year in May we put on a women’s retreat; this past year we had around 90 women attend.
The group is very diverse; we have young singles, older retired women, mothers with kids of all ages, missionaries, business women, those who have lived in Nicaragua for 15 years and those who have just arrived.  Our goal at the retreat is to provide a time where each woman can step back from her ordinary responsibilities, reflect on what God is doing in her life, and hopefully go back to those responsibilities encouraged and with renewed energy.

In anticipation of our retreat this year, I am looking for some women in the states to come alongside us as we prepare for it.  One thing we like to do at the retreat is make each woman feel special, and maybe just a little spoiled.   We usually try and bring gifts and treats from the U.S., and since I will be traveling to the U.S. next month, I am looking for some women, or maybe a group of women (a Bible study group?) who might want to help fund or even shop for some special things to bring back for the women here in Nicaragua.   As women, you know that sometimes a bar of dark chocolate, a sweet smelling candle or a good book can erase all traces of a bad day.   If you would like more specifics about this, please shoot me an email!  I’m excited to partner with some of you to encourage the women that I know and love here in Nicaragua.

A part of our retreat group enjoying the sunset on the beach.