Jamie and I were in church a few weeks ago and during the announcements the speaker started talking about the new mission trip to Nicaragua being planned for October. Teams have gone before and worked with El Ayudante outside of León, Nicaragua. I wanted to go the last time they went, but the finances and timing just weren’t right. But sitting there in church, Jamie and I looked at each other and you could tell the gears were turning. Afterwards, we talked for a it about the possibility of going. It didn’t seem that we would have enough time to plan and execute the wedding AND try to raise funds for a mission trip. The deadline was fast approaching for making a decision and we didn’t have any answers.
Well, we could have stopped there, but I decided to send an email to the coordinators. Who knows? Maybe we could work something out where we could pay later, after we get back from the honeymoon. It was worth a shot. We received a terse reply asking to speak in person. Sunday after church we raced across town to meet with the coordinator, Scarlet Smith. They were willing to reserve our airplane tickets now, and allow us to fundraise when we had time. We’re going to attend the next meeting in a few weeks and start the planning process. But we’re on the team! I’ll write more when I have a minute, but now I have to find my passport and start figuring out where the cheapest place to get immunizations is in town.