The main problem is water damage from heavy rains, washouts, rising rivers, flooding, destruction of bridges, highways, houses and the rains haven't stopped yet. Here in the Northern part of Nicaragua every ciy or community is cut off from every other city or community. It is a miracle that our phone line and electricity is functioning at least part of the time. How much longer that will be true, we don't know. In both Matagalpa and Esteli hundreds of houses have been destroyed.
Thousands are homeless.
Soon there will be no fuel at the gas stations and no food in grocery stores. The fresh markets are already closed, since there is no way for trucks to get in. Maybe two or three weeks after the rain stops supplies can enter Matagalpa again. But in the meantime, we are in for a long haul of suffering, panic, hopelessness, malnutrition and sickness. I suppose the biggest need we have is for prayer.