Author: Adventures

God gave us food from the earth. He gave us trees and plants that bear fruit so we can sustain ourselves. He made them as a good thing. He made the vegetation and said it was good. He made the sugar cane plant and said it was good. Here in Nicaragua, sugar cane is one of the biggest exports. To work in the sugar cane fields is a job occupied by many poor and uneducated Nicaraguans. When you don't have the money or resources to go to school, there is no hope of an education. When there is no hope of an education, there is no hope of a safe, well-paying job. There is one option: to work...

Let me spin you a little tale…. This morning I got stung by a scorpion. Always an interesting experience. It is extremely unpleasant to get woken up by something stinging you in the arm.  At first I thought it was another one of these stupid bees that are always flying around that I have gotten stung by numerous times already. I didn't see one though so I looked on my arm and saw what I thought was a big spider. I jumped out of bed, screaming, and then realized it was a scorpion scurrying away. This, unfortunately, woke up all the girls (I'm really sorry guys!!) who then...

Matthew 11:12 “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” As I was reading the word of God today God spoke to me through this verse. All of the sudden a light bulb went off in my brain and I captured a revelation that God gave me. The revelation is that we should be forcefully advancing the kingdom of God every day that we are living. We are running out of time. Jesus could come back tomorrow. I hope and pray that the kingdom of heaven forcefully advances through me. On this mission trip in...

If you guys are on Facebook, I'm sure some of you heard about my little misadventure with my foot two weeks ago.  If you haven't, let me fill you in…..   BEFORE     AFTER     For those of you that know me, it may come as a shock to find out that this exceedingly graceful and coordinated girl should break her foot playing soccer (I hope you caught the sarcasm there).  The story really isn't that interesting, suffice it to say I will be more careful when trying to learn new tricks next time I'm playing...