Managua Missionary Home

Hey,
It's been a while... we have done quite a bit in the past couple weeks... so now it's time for the breakdown...

The day right after we painted the home of Lagos, we packed up a bag and headed straight down to Managua, the capital.  Earlier in the week, Dennis Hallahan gave Jordan a call, asking us to help out with the painting of the Managua missionary home where they live.  This was gonna be our third or fourth painting job during our three and a half months time here in Nica... who would have thought we would become such a beastly paint crew...

Dennis and Michelle were assigned to Nicaragua I think 5, or 6, years ago, after being in our previous congregation of Eastport.  After that, many people came to visit them and see the country, including the Gomez family... and eventually Jordan decided to come here after some visits, to stay for nine months last year... and now, here we are, need-greating all together.  So... it was really nice spending some time with them... but during those 5 days we were there, we had a lot of work to do... so here are some pics...

Here was the core paint crew... Phil, Jordan, and I came, and these two cool guys you see here.  Andy Jordan (on the left), is an awesome brother from Sacramento, California, who is long-time friends with Dennis, and led the crew... He was visiting Nica with his wife and daughter, and was previously involved with international construction... he's basically the man... he kept the operation organized, well-thought out, and fun also.  Michelle's parents were visiting as well, and Poppy (on the right), Michelle's dad, was an integral part of the operation.  You can say he was like a silent force, that helped Andy make sure everything got done haha.  I don't even know his real name, but everyone just calls him Poppy, so that's cool... 

The whole first day was just for prep... which was probably the most work... the project consisted of painted  the entire outside areas of the missionary home, including the outside wall barrier, and the kitchen and living area.  I didn't take many pics... but here's one of Mista G blasting the wall with a power-washer, which was a huge help for the prep work...

At the missionary home, when we weren't working, we were enjoying the company of the missionaries and the visiting friends, tons of great food that was prepared each day, and morning worship.  Here is a pic after a day of work to compare mustaches... Apparently, I had the weakest stache, so I was the lowest on the progression you see here.  That's Tim, one of the missionaries living there, his stache has no comparison, so we all looked like juveniles compared to him... but lining up to take the stache pic was good stuff...

This was the last day... the dining area after the fresh coat of paint...

I didn't really take too many pics, so I just took a couple of the finished product.  Here was the dormitorio side of the missionary home after being freshly painted.

Poppy led the kitchen/living room painting crew, which we were a part of.  The kitchen looked so much brighter after we were done.  I always like people in my photos, so here's Dennis.

Group photo time: All the missionaries, except Michelle who was taking the photo, some visiting sisters who helped, Michelle's parents, and us three...after lunch on the last day of work.

Here's the crew and Dennis and Michelle, right before we left the missionary home.

So, after four full days of work, we gave the entire outside walls and kitchen/living area two coats of paint and it turned out great.  It was a great, fulfilling experience to be a part of and it was a blast to work along-side Andy and Poppy.

So, continuing on with the story... Phil and I parted ways with Jordan, who was heading back to Esteli to meet up with some family... and the two of us were headed to Costa Rica...


... to be continued...