I'm preparing now to travel to Nicaragua, July 6-14, 2009. I'm grateful to be able to make this trip with the Nicaragua team from First Congregational UCC of Indianapolis, and with the financial support of two scholarships from two groups at Broadway UMC, the Pierce Memorial Fund and the Wheaton Fund.
The Nicaragua connection with FCUCC is long-standing. FCUCC participates in a partnership with a congregation, La Iglesia de Ríos de Agua Viva, in Wiwilí, through the work of CEPAD.
These two experiences, immersion language school in Xela (described below) plus the congregational exchange visit to Nicaragua, will be invaluable training for my ministry in chaplaincy here in Indianapolis. I have long-range plans for chaplaincy and teaching for community ministry and congregation-based training for students (seminarians, university, college students) who are in ministry with Hispanic and Latino families.
My efforts to map the exact location of Wiwilí found two, very near each other: here and here. They are across a river from each other, in different departments of Nicaragua, one in Nueva Segovia and one in Jinotega. According to the CEPAD photos, our Wiwilí is in Jinotega.
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- IndyAnne
- Living in love and joy in Indianapolis, IN. Learning pastoral care, becoming ordained in the United Church of Christ, seeking meaningful conversations and relationality
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