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Travel Information
(please click
here for a printable PDF version)
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Label all your bags with your name and address on the outside
and inside. It quickens collecting baggage at the airport if
all team luggage has identical bright colored name tags. You
might use a different color tag for your personal suitcases
and your ministry suitcases. This will allow for quick sorting
once you arrive in Leon or Matagalpa.
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Sometimes luggage is delayed, and you will only have your
carry-on. It is important to have all the necessities in this
bag. You can carry one carry-on bag and one personal item –
such as a backpack. You are allowed 2 checked bags. Many team
members carry all their personal items in one carry-on and
backpack and use the other for ministry supplies for the team.
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Check with your airline to get dimensions and weight limits of
carry-ons and checked luggage.
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In flight, prior to landing in Managua, each team member will
be asked to fill out a “Customs Declaration Form.” A pen and
passport number will be needed.
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After going through customs in Managua, keep the customs forms
in your passport.
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You will need $5.00 for the entrance fee at the Managua
airport upon arrival. To make it easier, have this money set
aside before you leave. Remember, crisp bills with no tears,
marks, or writing.
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Upon arrival in Leon, you can put team member’s passports and
valuables in the team house office safe. Upon arrival in
Matagalpa, passports and valuables can be placed in the hotel
safe.
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While in Managua the afternoon before you return home, two
team members can take all team passports with customs forms to
their airline’s ticket counter at the airport to obtain all
boarding passes for the next day’s flight if desired.
What to Bring
- T-shirts (no
inappropriate slogans, please) / Shorts / Pants / light rain
jacket or poncho
- Casual
clothing for church (men - long pants and nice shirt, women -
skirt and blouse, dress (below the knee), or Capri pants)
- Tennis shoes
or boots / shower shoes
- Hat or
bandana
- Sunglasses /
Sunscreen / mosquito spray with DEET
- Work
gloves
- Toiletries
and personal items
- Water bottle
(with shoulder strap)
- Bible
- Camera /
Film
- First Aid
Items / flashlight
- Do not bring
jewelry or valuables of any kind.
- Linens
(sheets, towels) are supplied. There is one day set aside to
wash clothes at the team house in Leon. The hotel utilized for
Matagalpa teams has laundry service available at a low cost to
the team member.
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Prescription medicine must be
in original bottle with pharmacist’s label. Please advise your
team members that if they are asked in customs whether they
have prescription drugs, they are asking about prescription
drugs to be used for ministry. If your team is not a medical
team, each member needs to answer “no” if asked.
Absolutely No Tobacco Use and No
Alcoholic Beverages
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