Author: Adventures

This is a short update about the family that has been the hearts of Jessica, Zach, Paige and I. We really felt the Lord calling us back there today. We prayed and read the word a lot about healing and whatnot before going. Generally the family (the father with one leg, and the girl Maria Gabriella) are sitting in the front of the house but today they were not. Another daughter came out saying that they are sick with colds and did not want us to come in and get sick. She said that we could come back tomorrow morning so that is what we plan on doing. The four of us plan on spending the next...

We had an awesome opportunity to go to a nursing home and get to know some of the Nicaraguans that are up in age. We got there and sat down and did the normal nursing home visits, ask about there story´s ask if they have kids, etc… But I noticed that one of the residents was choosing to stay in her room and watch from the comfort of her own chair.   We continued talking and had a chance to pray with the residents individually and afterwards the skeptical lady came out of her room. She was very hunched over to the point she is staring at the ground, and I go over to help her to...

Thus far we have been in Nicaragua for a week and before that we were in Georgia for a few days.  Here are some pictures to give you a glimpse into what we’ve been doing. 130 Real Lifers at the airport anxious to find out what this trip is all about.   Our first mission was to ride the Marta to the Safehouse where we would be staying for the night.   At this point some may be wondering if they brought too much luggage.   Training camp was full of street ministry, learning and worship and a little bit of creativity.   and some crazy girls…...

We split up into different groups the other day, the girls went to the barrios and the guys went to move bricks at the center. It was the first day that we went out to the neighborhoods around the center to just spend time with the people, play some football, or whatever our hearts so desired. There was a group of people hanging out on the curb outside some homes, so we stopped and began talking with them. Salvador, our translator was doing a fabulous job at helping us communicate… however there isn´t enough translator to go around!  The people were so friendly, they brought us...

I´ve been writting in my journal pretty regularly just so I can remember all the  wonderful experiences that I have while I´m here. One morning I woke up extra early to write and I went to the roof of Casa Mateo, the hotel that we are staying in for now. This is what I saw, at 8:18 am the4 sun is already high, birds chirping, the bark of dogs, the occassional crow of roosters echo, cars are buzzing and people working fills my ears. A cool breeze blows across my faceas the sun attempts to warm it. Some of the girls are runing laps around the roof before breakfast....

Yesterday we spent pretty much the whole day at our church, La Quinta, in Diriamba. We were told we were going to spend the morning helping out with the childrens´ service. I pictured my days as a child at Children´s Church, where we would sing songs, sit and watch a cartoon Moses talk about the Ten Commandments, and then get lollipops as our parents picked us up. Oh how different Nicaraguan children´s church is! Picture about 30 or 40 little whirlwinds between the ages of 6 and 10 with bubbles, little hands grabbing American cameras, and loud music blaring from the speakers on the...