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Hi Folks,

Well, thanks to some very generous people in South Carolina the Avion travel trailer will soon be on its way to Nicaragua!

We have already relocated the trailer to a friends house in San Antonio, in preparation for the move, ... a "staging" process.

Carolyn and I are going to attend the General Assembly this year in San Antonio. We were kindly invited by Brother Aldana from Guatemala, and since I grew up in San Antonio the temptation to revisit my "home city" was irresistible. Carolyn and I have some very good friends that live in San Antonio and in the surrounding areas as well. We are excited about being able to spend some time in one of our favorite cities, and the chance to renew some good friendships.

The journey to Central America (Nicaragua) while pulling a 32' Avion trailer will be a new experience for both Carolyn and I. I have had occasion to make this trip before, but only in a pickup truck, and never pulling a trailer. I wish I could describe for you how I foresee the trip taking place. The roads between Brownsville, TX and Managua, Nicaragua are really not terrible...with a few notable exceptions in the southern part of Mexico and Honduras. We will be traveling slowly,and carefully. We expect this part of the trip to take about 3-5 days.

It is the road from Managua out to Puerto Cabezas that we expect to take the longest. It is only a distance of 301 miles, from Managua to Puerto Cabezas...but we fully expect it to take up to four days to make this segment of the trip. The road is more like a riverbed than a road really. The buses take 20 hours to make the trip. I have made the trip on numerous occasions and typically will take between 10 and 11 hours in my Tundra. It is a punishing trip. I have NEVER made the trip without SOMETHING breaking down on the truck, or a flat. So my knowledge of the road, leads me to expect the trip to take three days, but we are NOT going to be rushing it...so we think it may take as long as four days to cover that 301 miles of bad road ("bad road" doesn't really describe it though...it is more like a teeth jarring, noisy, barrage upon your vehicle).

Keep us in your prayers as we begin this journey folks, we can use the Divine Help. We are expecting to leave following the Church of God General Assembly.

Anyone wishing to come with us, let us know and we'll see if we can work it out.

Dios le bendiga grandemente a su familia y ministerio.

Casa de Servicio, International
Missionary Aviation, Medical Evacuation
Church of God, World Missions Project #: 065-0497
http://www.casadeservicio.org/

Richard & Carolyn Becton
1135 Ponderosa Dr
Cleveland, TN 37312
210 392-9574 (for dialing from the US, and for messages)
011 505 613-5824 (Our number in Nicaragua)

flight@flash.net
http://www.myspace.com/rbecton
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ADDRESS IN NICA:

Iglesia de Dios, Central
Missionero Richard Becton
Barrio: 19 de Julio
Puerto Cabezas, R.A.A.N.
Nicaragua, Central America