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The power of your words…

March 1, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

This is a blog that I wrote close to a year ago. I share it with you today because I still believe that it holds so much truth that we can use today. Real quick, before I share it, please be praying for our team. We are about to travel Granada, Nicaragua for three days to debrief and after we are done there we are going to Costa Rica to get our passports renewed. Please let the Holy Spirit lead you into praying for us as we travel. Thanks! THE POWER OF WORDS! I know I have written something about the power of words before while I was in Kenya but I want to reemphasize this topic. Since...

blog numero 2…im catching up to everyone

March 1, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

Second blog of the trip, i didnt think i could do it! Alright so since i havnt blogged in so long i want to apologize, but i do not remember every single spectacular experience that has happened to the team and I since the last blog. So instead ill just go back and review what we have been up to. To start, we were working on building a house for one of our amazing cooks who hadnt had a house for her and her family for quite some time. We worked on that project every other day for about 2 1/2 weeks apart from weekends, and we are content with the end result. The building strategies are very...

My 18th Year of Life

February 28, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

A year ago today I did not want to turn 18. I did not want the inevitable change to come or the title of “adult.” I preferred to stay my 17 year old self, content to be a kid forever. Reluctantly, I accepted my new age, wondering what this new year would bring. Little did I know, God had big plans for my 18th year of life. I got to be a part of my church's Easter Pageant, one of hundreds working on the production…complete with live animals! (Trust me it's a big deal!) I graduated high school, and forever said goodbye to sitting in a classroom for 7...

Youtube Account!

February 26, 2012
Adventures
Team Update

Team Pies Hermosos of Nicaragua now has a youtube account! Catch up with some of our funny moments in Nica by watching some of our videos. We'll be uploading them when we get the chance, so stay tuned for new videos. Subscribe to our channel on youtube so that you never miss a new video upload! Our username: pieshermosos13 Below is a link to our channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/pieshermosos13?feature=mhee

Watching a Miracle Unfold

February 26, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

Last week in my blog, I mentioned Tonio, a man dying of a kidney disease that is very common here in Nicaragua. Like so many other men, Tonio contracted this kidney disease from pesticides while working in the sugarcane fields. Unlike any other man with the disease that I've met, Tonio was visibly sick, weakening in a bed by the day. In our world today, we like to think, as proud humans, that we have most things figured out. Finding a cure for this particular disease however, is not one of those things. Medicine can slow the disease's progression. It can grant a little extra...

no library big enough to hold all the books

February 25, 2012
Adventures
General Posts

As I write this, there is a bird flying around in our room and scratching along the metal rafters. Today, just like any other day, I killed more spiders than I can count. I just flicked a praying mantis off my bed and I’ve quit swatting the bugs off my computer because their guts just make streaks on the screen afterwards. I hear crickets, frogs, and fireworks outside. I hear roosters crowing every morning. I struggle to keep a smooth breathing pattern as I run through clouds of dust and smoke from burning trash piles. Sometimes, you could play connect the dots in between the bug...

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