The week before coming to Nicaragua, I was in Grand Rapids for pre-service orientation. All the people who would be going overseas through this denominational organization in the next year were at the denomination headquarters to recieve training on everything from the definition of poverty to how to go to the bathroom in the bush. In this picture are all of us " young people" -- five of them from Dordt! I got to know everyone here pretty well in the four days we had together, and it was a huge blessing and encouragement!