The Night Before

So only a couple more times of repacking our bags (which include a mere 300 pounds of clamps for our bridge) and a couple buzz cuts stand between us and our way down to Central America. It’s hard to believe that in just a few short weeks we will see all those long hours of fundraising and designing this bridge materialize before our very eyes – and yes, under our very hands as well! We depart for Nicaragua tomorrow (Wednesday, May 25, 2011) afternoon and will arrive in the capital of Managua later that evening. The first night we’ll crash in the “Backpacker’s Inn” in Managua, where we stayed for the entirety of our week-long trip during fall break in October. After that we’ll be traveling to the bridge site, which is about an hour from Managua and only about 11 km from the Pacific Ocean … and for the next five weeks we’ll be staying right near the ocean and working on the bridge 6 days a week. We’ll be working alongside the villagers and several other Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) volunteers. Thanks so much to all who helped make this project a reality for us, but more importantly for the villagers of San Diego, Nicaragua! We’ll keep you updated with the progress of our bridge (as well as to our safety, dear parents ;-) ) Please keep us in your prayers, and know that you will be in ours!

2011 NDSEED Team
Tony Ayala, Jon Barry, Quique Descamps, Mitch Kochanski, Garrett Quick, Brittani Russell, Megan Smith