Author: Adventures

Hola amigos y familia! It has been a fantastic 3 days so far at the orphange, I originally left for Atlanta, GA on May 31st for 4 days of training camp, and left June 4th for Nicaragua. We arrived at the orphanage; Cicrin; on the 5th. Thursday was our first full day of ministry and we were each assigned different places that they needed help at. I was assigned to work in the garden which I was beyond excited for. At Cicrin they grow squash, corn, tomatoes, pineapple, chillies, and cucumbers and also raise their own chickens and a mix between a sheep and a goat.   Our job that day was...

Today was a day like many other…I spent some time in a handstand. My friend Anna told the girls we were playing with, ¨Mira, mira¨(look, look) so I could do handstands for them. The fun began when one of the girls started ¨hacer estrellas¨(doing cartwheels). We were able to do handstands together and have joy in the universal desire to have fun upside down.   Another great moment was being joined by two young boys on my hammock. They just jumped on, so I brought out my Spanish Bible for kids. One of the boys was old enough to read to me, and I asked the other to...

Hello everyone! I'd like to tell you about Dunia.  Dunia is a little girl I have met here that has stolen my heart. She is one of the youngest girls here and she is sassy!  Matter a beautiful ferry ride across the lake, and a very "buggy" bus ride we arrived and were greeted by lots of hugs from the kids! We made it time for a fiesta they were having to celebrate "The week of the Child." The fiesta is where I met Dunia. At first it was just looks across the dance floor during the folk dances, but then she came over after the piñata was broken and...

                Last night during dinner I sat and listened to my beautiful teammates chatter about the day. Almost every evening here so far, there have been spectacular sunsets. After dinner while my team was still conversing, I decided to take a moment to really see the sunset.                 I passed a couple of girls on their way back from taking a photograph of the miraculous mural in front of me. As I stood there, I asked once...