by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog
We spent 3 days and 2 nights in the countryside of Nicaragua. After la Trinidad, we served in Los Lamos and San Jorge, small villages of several hundred people. They do not have a lot of materialistic wealth, and their cows and pigs and chickens are their food supply... 
by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Christian Veterinary Missions
We headed out bright and early Monday morning into the Nicaraguan countryside. It is called the land of lakes and volcanoes, and it is very pretty, but the soil is not so rich because it is lava based, and there are a lot of lava rocks. But people work hard and are... 
by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
We had a workday at our hosts home yesterday; Oscar and Tamy Gaitan live in Catarina which is about an hour from the capital, Managua. Oscar grew up here, and his father started a Christian church in town many years ago, and it is still going strong! And he knows... 
by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
Our first Day on the job involved a trip to Las Flores, which was only about 20min from Catarina. We pulled up to a home of one of Oscars church members, unloaded our supplies, and got cracking, I mean cutting and sticking. A steady stream of patients ambled up to our... 
by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 6, 2019 | Blog
The day started out too early with the 3:00 am alarm, but at least we had seasonal weather, 21 degrees, perfect for snowmaking; but I knew that wouldn’t last. When you leave at 3:30 am, the trip into Logan is actually pleasant, no traffic or horns or barking dogs, the... 
by Gardner Animal Care Center | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
It’s 1/1/2019, 5:51 pm and I am sitting at home at my desk with the wind howling and temperatures falling – perfect for snowmaking and skiing. However I will not be enjoying the fine weather conditions in New England but instead will be heading to the...
