Delegation to Jiñocuao
Delegation to Jiñocuao
In June 2001, six members of the Community of Christ visited our sister congregation in Jiñacuao, Nicaragua.
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| The delegation in front of the canteen behind the hospedaje. Back row: Margaret Hoven, Celeste Kennel-Shank, Phil Wheaton; front: John Stewart, Joy Kauffman, Bob Pohlman. | This is a mural in the center where we stayed in Managua. It depicts Mary meeting her cousin Elizabeth and celebrates the role of women in building Nicaragua. |
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| Maria has selected these chickens for dinner. She will wring their necks and pluck them for someone else; the delegation is about to leave. | We met with Father Uriel Molina, who is an important leader in the Christian base community movement, which revitalized the Church in the 1970s and 1980s. |
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| This is the tomb of Carlos Fonseca in Managua. | Here is the bakery, one of the community projects, where women make a variety of baked goods, some of which are sold in neighboring communities. | This is the oven in the bakery. After the fire inside the oven heats the stones, it is cleaned out, and the bread is put in. |
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| Celeste at Pasqual's home in Jiñocuao. His front room is used as a meeting hall as well as a polling place. I didn't ask if he kept his banner up during voting. | Every time we travel with Phil Wheaton, we run into old friends. Here is Phil with our old housemate, Lee Miller, whom we found looking for lost luggage in the Managua airport. | Kenya, shown here with Celeste after church on Sunday, works as a teacher's aid in the local school. |
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| We are being shown one of several solar ovens provided by German doners. The mirror is used to accurately orient the unit and position the lid to direct the sunlight into the box. | This shows the pots of beans and rice completely cooked during our meeting. Solar cooking is a big win because of the scarcity of wood and the constant air pollution from burning it. | Gumercindo is pumping water into the supply tank for the hospedaje. He is wearing a plastic apron because the water sprays from above. |
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| Joy is dancing with Celine, who came all the way from Miami to entertain us. Actually, we suspect that it is really Julio in drag. Some men seemed to be terrified, though most thought it was funny. | Samaria, we were told, is one of a troupe of folk dancers who came all the way from Masaya. | The delegates of the word serve communion. |
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