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Saturday, April 5, 2014

POST by STIVEY: Misguided Melvin

The Stivey we Know and Love - Deeply Feeling and Contemplative

Hi everyone! I’m going to share a friend’s story with you…

One day my friend, Melvin, shared with me that he was being mistreated by his parents. He explained in detail that they were using and abusing him. Melvin was ordinarily a really cheerful chap, but his parents ruined his life by making him live sinfully. Melvin’s parents ordered him to steal in the streets and supermarkets so that they had the means to satisfy their cravings for alcohol and cigarettes.

Well time went by and I lost contact with Melvin. He quit school. Two years after learning about Melvin’s lifestyle I ran into him on the street. He looked really different and was sporting several tattoos. We started talking and he told me that he had become a thief. After talking for a while we went our separate ways. 

One year after chatting with Melvin on the street I saw his older brother.  I asked how Melvin and he were doing. Melvin’s brother began to cry. He explained to me that Melvin had died. I asked what had happened and listened as the story unfolded.

Melvin was robbing the son of a police officer and viciously stabbed him. He ran away leaving the son on the street. The Police soon arrested Melvin for his violent crime. The arresting officer was the kid’s father.

He took Melvin into a secret room and shot Melvin five times in the head and six times in his torso. He then proceeded to chop off all of his toes. I was shocked by the way that he had died and thought it a terrible shame, however I realised that the parents were also to blame as they had never taught him any manners.

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4

This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily by Nestor, and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story makes more sense.

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Hola les voy a contar un poco de mi vida,pasada sobre un amigo!
Un dia mi amigo melvin era maltratado por sus padres y el me contaba lo que le pasaba en su casa, el era un chico muy divertido pero los padres le hacian la vida muy mal a el lo hacian aser muchas,cosas mal lo mandaba a robar a los supermecados solo para los visio de los padre porque ellos fumaban bebian y le mostraban a el cosas malas,
Al pasar el tiempo yo no sabia nada mas del porque el ya no asistia a clase entonces al pasar 2AÑOS un dia lo miro a el pero cuando lo miro estaba muy diferente porque tenia muchos tatuajes en su cuerpo entonces cuando el me mira me saluda y comienzo hablar con el y le,dijo como te va no se nada de ti ya, y me responde y,dice ahora me dedico al robo le digo porque sos eso porque a mi no me importa nada entonces de repente se va sin decir nada a mi,
Al pasar 1 año despues desde esa ves que lo mire, un dia mire a su hermano mayor y le dije como estas y dijo bien y le pregunto como esta melvin y dijo no sabes no se nada que paso con melvin y dijo con lagrimas en sus ojos respondio el ya murio y dije como fue, pues un dia el le estaba robando a un chico pero lo que no sabia el que era hijo de un policia pero el chico no le dio nada a,melvin cuando le robaba a el entonces melvin lo apuñalio y se fue corriendo dejando al chico tira en la callete de sangrandose entonces al pasar un tiempo no mucho lo agarro la policia y  hay estaba el padre del chico que le habia robado entonces el policia se lo llevo a un lugar y le pego 5 disparo en la,cabeza y 6 disparo en el cuerpo y tambien le corto los dedos de los pies, cuando me,conto todo eso el hermano de melvin no lo crea yo pero dije que mal como murio mi amigo por culpa,de los padre que le enseñaron muchas,cosas mala a el…

Stivey Performing as Father God in "Created"

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

POST by LEIKI: Livin La Vida Leiki

Leiki on the left, with  his half-brother on the right

Hi! I'm leyki. I want to go to America to visit many places and also to be with my group and to perform our Gospel Centered street production and visit beautiful places with my group. I want to go to America with my friends, so that we can teach the people there about God. We want to show them that God can help you have a better life and move forward.

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Hola soy leyki yo quiero ir a estados unidos para conocer muchos lugares y tambien para estar con mi grupo e ir a exiviciones y lugares preciosos con mi grupo y yo boy a estados unidos por que con mis amigos bamos a ensenar quien es dios y como el te puede ayudar para que tengas una vida major y puedas salir adelante.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

POST by ORLANDO: Growing Up Nica!

Orlando Huembes

Hello my name is Orlando Huembes and I am from Managua, Nicaragua. I want to tell you a bit about my life.

I used to live in a workshop for smashed up cars. In this workshop they’d straighten out the cars’ bodies, painting them and repairing their engines. I used to live with my father, my mother and my brother.

In this workshop there were many incidents where I suffered an accident on my fingers and knees, due to the carelessness of the car mechanics. However, I was a child and I didn’t know what I should and shouldn’t be grabbing.

Ond day, when I was just 7 years old, a large metal bus part fell from many meters above onto my head. I was immediately hospitalised for the injury I’d suffered on my head. I had to stay in hospital for fifteen days.

Through all of our trials my father, from the sweat of his brow, continued to work and make our lives better.  Regardless, it was not sufficient. My father wasn’t able to provide enough of an income for our family and because of this he was rarely able to spend time with us.

And so I saw the need to work and help my family, irrespective of the job requirements. I decided to sell water at the traffic lights and beg for money. My Mum thought I was at school, but mostly I wasn’t. I needed to study but I left school to go and get money because sometimes my dad spent his earnings on liquor.

It was a very difficult time for my mother, as we didn’t have food to eat, and providing meals is the first priority for a mum.

My friends told me to come with them to where the busses stop. There people would give us money if we begged. And so we went, praying that God would help us. If we went and begged for money, God would help us. I will always remember this moment in my life.

I want to learn and to do things better each day with God's help. We all have a purpose in this life and at times we need to sacrifice for each other.

Thanks, it was a pleasure being able to share this moment with you. Thanks for taking the time to read about my experiences. Regards, from Capital on the edge, on the Old Road to Leon,  in Nicaragua.

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To learn more about our street theatre production, "CREATED", please visit our page,NICAVANGELISTS: "CREATED", North American Tour (2013)

If you would like to see a video of some of our Nica-Youths practicing, please CLICK HERE

We are not up to budget, and travelling with 14 people is very expensive. We need an investment from Christian people for our next evangelism tour to the Midwest. To support us or make a once off donation, please visit our page,ContemplatingSUPPORTINGsomething significant?

To learn more about our home Church in Australia, please CLICK HERE

This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable. 

Yordy & Orlando at Capital on the Edge

Hola mi nombre es Orlando Huembés soy de Managua, Nicaragua.
Quiero contarle un poco  de mi vida, yo vivía en un taller de enderezado, pintura y mecánica.  donde los automóviles son reparados por choques o por daños en el motor , y ese mismo lugar vivía mi padre mi mama y mi hermano y yo, y en ese lugar muchas veces sufrí accidente en mis dedos  en mis rodias por causa del descuido de los trabajadores y yo por muy niño sin saber que asía, y un día de tantos al redor de 7 años me cayó un paral de un bus en mi cabeza y tu ve 15 días hospitalizado por que sufrí una lesión en mi cabeza, y a pesar de todo eso mi padre  con el sudor de su frente así a que nuestra vida sea lo mejor pero sin embargo no era lo suficiente, al pasar el tiempo yo veía en mi familia la necesidad y decidí ir a trabajar en lo que sea , a pedir dinero en los semáforos vender agua, y así estudiar pero por la necesidad me salía de clases para ir a conseguir dinero ya que a veces mi papa gastaba dinero en licor y era muy duro ya que mi madre no teníamos para comer lo mas importante, y muchos  amigos me decían vamos a pedir dinero a los buses y yo pues sin decir no decía si, y pues es algo que uno quiere pero es la voluntad de Dios de que nosotros pasemos una experiencia algo inolvidable para así aprender y poder hacer las cosas cada día mejor con la ayuda de Dios, y por un propósito tenemos que hacer tantas cosas por sacrificio a unos por otros. Gracias fue un gusto haber podido compartir este momento con ustedes gracias por su atención saludos desde Capital on the edge león, Nicaragua

Thursday, May 16, 2013

POST by RENZ: Cooking up a STORM!!!


Lorenzy with her cute little cousins in Rochester, New York

Right now, I am in Rochester, New York. I am staying with some friends of mine and my family’s, the Seaburgs. I am also here to visit my uncle, aunt, and their kids. I love being here. The people are really nice.

Sometimes when I go places like church, or to someone’s house with the Seaburgs or my uncle or aunt, I almost always have somebody say “LORENZY!!! How are you? I haven’t seen you for so long! I think the last time I saw you was when you were like two years old!” And most of the time I’m thinking in my head “I have no idea who you are but I’ll just act like I know you.” So I’m like “Ohh yeah.. Hey… What’s up?” It is horrible. However, sometimes the people start out saying “You probably don’t remember me…” and that doesn’t make me feel so guilty.

About a week after staying in the Seaburg’s new house, Josiah (the Seaburg’s oldest child) and I decided to make cookies. But not just any type of cookies, chocolate chip cookies.

We had so much fun making them. Izzy (the youngest child of the Seaburg family) helped us by pouring the ingredients into a huge clear bowl that we were using. She accidently dropped some of the brown sugar on the floor but no one seemed to notice much.

I mixed the ingredients together and Josiah did pretty much everything else. Once the cookie dough was all done, Cora and Aidan  (Their other kids) came over to us and asked us if they could have some cookie dough. We obviously said “no” since we made the cookie dough and also we are just really mean!

One of the best parts was next. We got to grab the gooey yellowish coloured dough and shape it into not so perfect circles. We watched T.V. whist we waited and when the house started smelling of wonderfully baked cookies, we took them out and set them on a tray to cool and put some more on trays to go into the oven.

We did that about three times until they were all done. Then, Jenny told Cora and Izzy to go and take some cookies to the neighbors. After the cookies had been delivered to some of their new neighbors, we got to have a few cookies each. Only a few of the cookies that we made were burnt, besides that they were absolutely PERFECT!

About two days later, we decided to make more cookies since the ones we had made before were so good. We did the exact same things as before so that they would be as awesome as the last time.

However, Izzy did not help us this time. At the end, after we had made a bunch of normal sized cookies, Josiah and I decided to make one big cookie. We did not have too much dough left over but it was bigger and fatter than all the other cookies. When it was done we split it between ourselves (Josiah and I).

Lorenzy with the Seaburg kids, Josiah & Izzy - Renzy is having the time of her life!


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Saturday, May 11, 2013

POST by RAF: At home in VILLageWOCK!



Rafman with the dogs in Colorado

Alex and Elizabeth’s house is maybe two small houses on top of each other and two small houses next to each other. They have 2 floors and then the basement, the first floor had 7 rooms and the second floor has 5 rooms. There are 2 bathrooms or maybe 3 bathrooms one of them are in the first floor and in that bathroom you can’t have a bath neither a shower because it is filled with buckets and the buckets are filled with cloths!


Elizabeth is a teacher and Alex is a math teacher in high school and a sport person. I think Alex and Elizabeth like there house. I played sorry with Alex and Elizabeth, I played guess who with Elizabeth, I made jokes with Alex, I played hop scotch with Elizabeth.


Alex and Elizabeth’s pets like to wrestle, fetch, lick, make squeaky noises, and swim. 

Raffy with one of Elizabeth and Alex's dogs...
 
Why I like this house? I like this house because it is big and my room is too. My favorite part of the house is the living room because I like to watch TV.

The FUN backyard at Alex and Elizabeth's house in Colorado

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

POST by SEZ: Just LOVIN Legos...

Photo: Sezni Brien loves his present from his cousins..thanks auntie Bindi Brien and co. Xoxoxoxox
Sezni turning 11 years old - sporting new lego toys from cousin Kias


On Thursday it was my birthday and my cousin Kias gave me a big ship. It has like three hundred lego bits to it. It has a sailor, a soldier, a patrol, and two aliens. The ship has missiles, rockets, and guns and it has a machine at the end of the ship. It has a tiny boat and the machine can grab the boat in the ocean and pull it back up. The ship also has suits for going in the water. It has two wacky tokay’s and gas and more! It took me six hours to build one big ship and with five people and a tiny ship.

I love my cousin Kias!

Photo: Thanks Kias, Tali, Cael, A. Bindi Brienand U. Tim Brien xxxx love Sezni Brien
Sezni turning 11 years old, with his gift from cousin Kias

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Friday, May 3, 2013

POST by RAF: California!

Rafael, the GREAT!


First we all went to Sand Diego, then Sacramento, next San Carlos after that we went to Davis, which was where my favorite church was, because it had a Foozball game and lots of food and other fun stuff!

My family and I slept in the Sunday school place and the rest in the Sunday school for big children. 


After Davis we went to Alimo, where we went to rent a car because nobody picked us up. We rented two small cars for fourteen people! We arrived at the church in the night but they did not want us to be there so we went out to another church in the day and went back to the other church that didn't want us at night. 

We love traveling the world!

Here are the Briens with a TRICKING LEGEND (Brandon McCuien)


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POST by RENZ: My Birthday in BALTIMORE!!!



Lorenzy  with Jonny & Franny

Today is my birthday! I am now thirteen. Right now, I am in Washington DC with my dad, my sister, Francesca, and my brother, Rafael. My mum and my other brother, Sezni went back to Nicaragua. 

Lorenzy & Rafael, GREAT friends...


Sezni and I have our Birthdays really close. His birthday is the second of May and mine is the third.



We are staying with a man and his son in their basement until Tuesday. The day before yesterday, I spent most of my time in the basement on the couch, sleeping.


Franny, Mummy (Lizzie) & Lorenzy

My dad was talking to the man and his girlfriend about what we do and what to expect since they are going to Nicaragua on a missions trip.



Then my dad said about my birthday. However, he was so jetlagged that he got the days all mixed up and said “Her (Lorenzy’s) birthday is tomorrow.” Then they started asking things such as what kind of cake does she like? What kind of food does she like? He said that I like cheese cake (my dad LOVES cheese cake) and he said that I like all kinds of foods… I was not with them in that conversation so I could not correct him. 

Lorenzy on outreach to El Salvador

 The next day, right when I was going upstairs to brush my teeth, my dad said to me, “So last night I forgot that your birthday was tomorrow, so I accidently told them that your birthday is today. When they say happy birthday could you do me a favour and just go along with it? Like, act all excited?” I didn’t really care so I just said “sure” and went upstairs.



When I went upstairs, the man straight away said happy birthday just as my dad had said he would. I acted all excited and then went to the bathroom as my dad came up to join us.



At night, I was still downstairs on the couch sleeping and everyone else was upstairs. My dad came down to get me and so I had a shower and then we ate. After we ate, they brought out the cheese cake. Everyone was laughing and having a good time. When they opened the cake they handed it over to me.



They were about to start singing when my dad said “We don’t have to sing” So they did not sing. Whilst eating the cake, the man’s girlfriend said to me “I’m so glad you love cheese cake!” and then she went back to eating. I looked at my dad like “What?!” He just smiled an awkward smile at me and then kept on talking.


Lorenzy with GOOD FRIENDS in Nicaragua

Everyone was still talking and laughing. I guess my dad thought that the mood was right and so he said to everyone at the table “Well… I have a confession to make. Lorenzy’s birthday is really tomorrow. I told her to pretend that it was today. Because when I told you guys I accidently got the dates mixed up and you’ve gone to so much trouble to make this day special for her. I am so sorry.” They said that it was ok and we all started talking again like normal.



Today is my birthday and I am again on the couch in the basement but the thing that is different today is that I have to do school work. (doesn’t she just RADIATE SUNSHINE???)



Ten things I want/am going to do to this year:

1.       Go to new York

2.       See my family

3.       See my friends

4.       Study

5.       Go back to Nicaragua

6.       Practice piano

7.       Serve God

8.       Be in the play Created and go on tour

9.       Be away from Nicaragua for most of the year

10.     Be away from family for some of the year

Lorenzy, part of the core of our team...
      To learn more about Lorenzy, please visit our page, Our People




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