Hi there! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Kathy Pacheco and I am an 18 year old Nicaraguan. I’ve had the privilege to translate for this mission team for 2 years now, thanks to David Russell who introduced me to the Lillies. It’s truly been a blessing to have this [...]

This morning began another early morning for the Woodcreek 20′s.  After our devotional time our team had breakfast and headed out to La Chureca (the dump). Today was especially challenging for us; partly due to the fact that the majority of the team was not feeling well, but also because of the difficult things we [...]

Greetings from Nicaragua! As Matt mentioned in the last post, last night the Woodcreek team went to Camino de Vida to help out with the neighborhood children’s program. The One by One staff expected around 30 children to attend, but we were blessed with over 80 kids! Jeremy (a member of the One by One [...]

Work was on the menu today. We went to House of Hope today which is a safe house and rehabilitation center for children and women that have been trafficked and involved in prostitution. When we arrived we were told about the history of House of Hope and given a tour of the facility. The complex [...]

Today, like every day was made by God. I woke up to light pouring into our room and birds chirping outside my window feeling very rested. The fact that I was rested was an answer to prayer because we all had a long day of traveling yesterday and I went to bed exhausted. Then I [...]

This morning I was able to help with the children’s service at Camino de Vida! This is the main ministry that Chase and Julie Russell are in charge of and it was an exciting morning to say the least. We began the morning helping set up and spending some time playing with a few of [...]

This Saturday the Nicaragua Mission Team is hosting a garage sale at the church to support the upcoming 20s trip to Nicaragua!  All proceeds will go towards the trip and ministries the team is going to support.  Come by, help out, and shop around!  When: This Saturday from 6am – 12pm.  Where: Woodcreek Church parking [...]