The women...
The men -- this was their most serious photo!
The regional council of LifeWind's Latin American missionaries was last week in Miami, Florida. Turns out that's easier and a lot cheaper for most of us to get to, despite the higher hotel cost. It was great to meet people whose pictures I've seen, and also really inspiring to meet people who have been doing this kind of work for years and have facilitated a lot of individual and community change.
Tania and Jose Luis from Venezuela, Sandy and Bibiana (my supervisor) from Canada and Argentina.
It was an interesting group, as it was composed of Haitians, a Costa Rican, Venezuelans, Guatemalans, a Nicaraguan, Argentines, Brazilians, a Canadian, and only four "sets" of Americans (our International Coordinator, me, a pediatrician who's in Mexico, and a couple in Costa Rica). The first two days of the conference we had guests from organizations with which we work, like Samaritan's Purse, Compassion International (from Canada and the Dominican Republic), Medical Ambassadors Canada, International Justice Mission, and an American who works exclusively with CHE in Panama with FocusBuilders International. I think that mix is wonderful, as it shows that LifeWind isn't "all talk" with it's goal of building up national leaders and not creating dependency.
Solaina from Compassion in the Dominican Republic, Jody, an American pediatrician in Mexico, Hugo and Myriam from Guatemala (he's the Central American Regional Coordinator)
