Two weeks ago, 10 Canadian high school students came to learn about Nicaraguan culture and economics. Their teachers and fellow-learners were 10 Nicaraguan young people. Together they explored the ups and downs of Nicaragua's past and also the present social realities, as well as the question of what to do when we see people in need. While wrestling with these things, they helped a local church to begin putting a 2nd floor on their feeding/education program for children in the community of Anexo Villa Libertad. 
Anexo Villa Libertad is one of the areas on the outskirts of Managua in which people moving in from the countryside to work in the maquilas (sweatshops, tax-free zones--they have various names) set up temporary homes that became permanent, but with no basic services of water, roads, sewage, schools, etc. The Brethren in Christ church there has a vision for making the gospel more than just words for this community. One of the sisters there, Margarita, preached one of the best sermons I've ever heard about the way the Spirit moves when we are always looking for ways to meet needs of those around us instead of our own.
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