New MCC team members

The last month has been a blur of activity for our MCC Nicaragua team. In July we welcomed Vanessa, a Goshen College senior doing a practicum with the MCC Peace & Justice commission. A few weeks later, we welcomed 1 YAMEN and 3 new SALT workers for 11 months of service. Melissa, Amanda, and Diana are working in and around Managua; Abby is working in the countryside of Matagalpa, helping out the Forry family on their MCC project - check it out...they're doing really cool work. They've all adapted very quickly to Nicaragua and are doing a great job. Here are a few pictures: the first is from our visit to Abby's host family outside of Matagalpa (Colleen and Amanda enjoy a soup lunch). The others are from our visit to Diana's host family on the southwest side of Managua.