Jeff Flavin

My name is Jeff Flavin. I am the CEO of Team Hungry, and one of the co-founders of Team Hungry. I am in my 35th year of teaching. My goal in those years has always been to get students to realize that they have a purpose and a plan for being here on this earth and that God is the author of that plan. Team Hungry is a vehicle to help us make young people realize that. We do this by getting them involved in our community, both locally and globally, to help those in need, feed the heart that hungers, and serve others.

I have a pastor friend who says, 'Things happen when we pray that don't happen when we don't pray." I also believe that God reveals Himself clearer to us when we position ourselves to hear from Him. Our time in Nicaragua is strategically set up to position each member of our team in a place where we hear from God, Experience God, and allow God to rest upon us. We walk away with an experience with God that earthly words are not worthy to describe.

This is our seventh year taking a team to Nicaragua. When people ask me what we do in Nicaragua I tell them, "we play with kids." We may build something, paint something, but our goal is to strengthen the living temple of the people in Nicaragua. That building is eternal. So we build up the living temple one hug at a time, reinforce the walls of their lives with smiles, and fortify the foundation with love that has no language barrier. What we have learned when we give our time, talent, and energy to loving others, we walk away more blessed than the one's we came to love on.Please join us in praying for our team this year and follow our journey while we are in Nicaragua.