http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:26:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello from andreagburgess@Hotmail.com  Casa de Nueva Esperanza, Los Cedros, Nicaragua. May/June 2008 James 1:27: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” My dear and precious family and friends: I have found ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/andrea-burgess-newsletter-mayjune-2008/ Delhi Vineyard Citywide Leaders Mukesh Joseph, Shamim, Elisha, Rocky, Ramesh and Prashensha, Simon, Blessy and John, Mukesh Paul and Jaya. Amy, Lovey, and Ellen. Simeon and Rick. JUNE 2008 Well, we put Amy on the plane this morning, and Ellen and I leave late Tuesday night for six weeks in the ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/rick-ellen-coffin/rick-and-ellen%e2%80%99s-june-update/ Awesome April 2008 AndreaGBurgess@Hotmail.com Deuteronomy 15 v.11: “There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.” What a wonderful month April was! I was thrilled to have my youngest Granddaughter, Faith with me for ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/awesomeapril/ http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/loccedrospix/ Hello friends and family: Yes, I was back in Gainesville, but just for a minute.... or so it seemed. I flew back to Nicaragua last Thursday for another 3 months. I have been volunteering at the orphanage for over a year now, since March 2007. I gave up full time work ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/andreafulltime/ Hi family,and Vineyard family. I  got here finally.  We did not leave until 12:00. Got to Managua at 2:35 our time.  We got 5 hours sleep in town at a friends house and went to church at 8:00.  We are finally here at the orphanage and I have my room in the dorm.  It ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/kathys-arrival-in-los-cedros-nicaragua/ Hi everyone. I am leaving in the am for Boca Raton on the way to Nicaragua. I wanted to share something with my Vineyard family about Susan, a homeless woman I have met. I have shared with many of you my attitude about the homeless that I would get angry just ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/touched-before-the-mission/ , from Andrea G Burgess, Casa de Nueva Esperanza, Los Cedros, Nicaragua. I had fun this Easter being Easter Bunny delivering and hiding eggs for our older children to hunt here on property at Los Cedros. The children were so eggsited to find the candy filled eggs on their ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/easter-greetings-from-los-cedros/ MARCH 2008 Dear Friends and Family, A month or so ago, three different businessmen visited us on consecutive weeks.  What was so striking about Mark and Mike was that they were exploring creative ways of utilizing their business involvement to benefit the poor.  Their faith was driving them to integrate their beliefs ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/rick-ellen-coffin/coffin-march-2008/ Good evening to family and friends: It has been so hot here, and dusty and windy, and BUSY!!! No more fires close to home, but plenty in the surrounding neighborhoods. A quick update on baby Gabriel: his condition is stable, and he is still scheduled to have a check up every month. ... http://www.vineyardgainesville.org/missions/wp/burgess/news-from-los-cedros-nicaragua/