Friday, February 8, 2013

Nicaragua '13

Good Morning from Managua!  We have had some difficulty getting to this point of being able to post so bear with us.  Tryng to navigate through all the questions, problems of e-mails in a 3rd world country is frustrating.

We arrived in Managua last evening around 8:30 with good connecting flights the whole way.  Our totes arrived with us (sigh of relief) and then we got through customs after 3 were searched (another sigh of relief!).  They were looking for drugs and since we didn't take any medications with us, we were OK.  We had pretty tight connections so didn't have time for meals yesterday so were glad to hear the restaurant at our hotel was still open.  We gathered for a late evening meal before going to bed.

We have just had breakfast at the hotel and will be going across the street to the airport to catch our last leg of our flight to Puerto Cabezas.  We will have 2 doctors from Nicaragua joining us and the rest will come later with the California group. 

This afternoon will be very busy going through totes, trying to organize things for our clinic tomorrow, getting surgical trays made up, etc., etc.  And hopefully the sterilizer will run after a year of idle time.  Lots to do and hope we will be able to continue to post.  Continue to keep us in your prayers.       Carolyn

1 comment:

Ashley Carstens said...

Glad you got there ok! Missing the warm weather there. I'm thinking of you guys. Have a great trip