I am in awe of the people we got to spend time with. It's amazing to see a different world besides our "American" world. When you walk down the streets of La Carpio, you see poverty, run down homes, unpaved streets...nothing like we are used to. Our church, Community of Faith, strives to establish relationships rather than go in and try to fix everything. I like that.
In our American culture, we strive for bigger, better things...materialism. There could be more happy people in La Carpio than some of us here who are consumed by debt because we have to pacify our need to have material items. Sure we may have it "all", a nice car, nice home, nice wardrobe...but who are we to say that we live better than people in La Carpio. They may be more spiritually rich...which is what ultimately matters.
Here are a few pictures of La Carpio:
Dawin, the little boy in this picture, taught us 1st Peter 2:17 in Spanish. Respect everyone, and love your Christian brothers and sisters. Fear God, and respect the king.
This is a picture of my new friend, Ruth. She lives in La Carpio and lives with 2 of her kids there. She has 3 other kids who live in Nicaragua. After spending a little time with her, she came back to the community center where we were at, and gave me two handmade headbands for Baby Alise. What a generous heart!
A couple of pictures of homes in La Carpio.
2 Corinthians 6:10
"Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything."
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