Author: Adventures

You Know Your in Nicaragua When….

Hello Everyone!! Things have been going great! Spiritually challenging yes, but great! There has been so much going on and it's not easy to sum it up and describe to all of you back home what it is like living on the island of Ometepe, so I came up with a fun yet insightful list for you to read,  "You know your in Nicaragua when…" •you ride back from church in a half bed pickup truck with 15 other people. •you get to wash your clothes waist deep in the worlds largest fresh water lake , overlooking an active volcano. •your dessert after meals is found...

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Smiles, Plagues and Beauty in Nicaragua

Smiling faces and hosts of swarming gnats welcomed us to the beautiful island of  Ometepe, Nicaragua on Wednesday. After a straight flight from ATL to Managua and a two hour bus ride, we arrived safely to the port city of San Jorge, Rivas at 1am and settled into our hostel for the night [Shortest travel day ever]. At 7a, Kayla and I set out early to buy local SIM cards for our phones, breakfast for the team and find the ferry that would take us to Ometepe.  Several of our ladies speak Spanish very well, so one of them went with us to translate. It made the whole...

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5 Things About Life in Nicaragua

Hola from paradise! Here I am on the beautiful island of Ometepe soaking in the sunsets night after night asking myself, is this real??? We arrived two days ago and it's still sinking in. I sleep in a mosquito net, share a room with 10 girls, and pretty much eat more food than I ever thought I could. It's all so strange! So, in light of the multitude of new experiences and limited time to share them all, I have narrowed it down to five things I have learned since the beginning of this journey. You ready?? 1. Girls will always scream when there is a bug. Doesn't matter the...

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No Day But Today

"Jesus is most interested in our today." Last week, I was in Georgia at training camp, preparing to spend the next two months in Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. I was unsure how helpful this training would be and was anxious to get to Nicaragua and jump right in. Now at the end of it, if I would have just come to training camp and then came home, I would´ve come back with a changed heart more on fire for Jesus.  I realized expectations and things on my heart that I needed to let go of and give up to God. Our team got to bond and connect in a way that without camp, I...

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Life so far…

I can´t believe I am finally here! Nicaragua is even more beautiful than I imagined. Once the bus picked us up from the boat, I started to get very nervous and questioning how I was going to handle all of this. Once we pulled up to Cicrin, all the kids were standing outside waiting to hug us. That´s when I realized everything was going to be OK and I was in the right the place. I feel so blessed to get to spend everyday with these kids who are so filled with joy and happiness. The view of Lake Nicaragua isn´t so bad either. We even washed our clothes in the lake yesterday...

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He is faithful.

So, I could go into details about a lot of things. The gnats that attacked us. How precious the children are. How beautiful the view is. But I just want to write about how faithful our Lord is. At training, we went into our last night of worship. To put it simply, I was just burdened. I felt attacked and as if the devil was wanting me to experience all the hardships that have happened recently in one night. I was in tears and not in the mood to worship. I went off to the side and just sat on the floor of the chapel. I tried worshipping, but I could barely get words out. I just felt so heavy...

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