Jamba Juice

I really think that Jamba Juice should invest in starting up a store on the Island of Ometepe, Nicaragua.            Mangos fall off of the trees faster than you can imagine and the ground is always covered with the tasty fruit (until they let out the goats who eat up about half of them).
 

This really is not about Jamba Juice though. It's about actions. I have come to understand that actions really do speak… maybe even louder than words. There are a few ways that I have learned this.

I have spent the past three weeks on an island in Nicaragua at a protection home for 20 children. Since we speak different languages, I have picked up on a few things by just observing.

I have learned that hugs and kisses are universal and that there is not little kid who will refuse to be sung to in your arms.

I have learned that having one of the children see me read my bible or see our group sings worship songs can be what sets us apart from other groups who come to help out.  And those actions can say much more than me trying to explain God in my broken spanish.

I have learned without even asking him, that 16 year old Jimmy finds pleasure in throwing frogs at us and putting huge beetles in your hammocks. 

I have learned that that hand motions are a much more effective way than trying to repeat your words very slowly hoping this will somehow help get your message  across. 

I believe that even more so my actions count more than my words here.

Sometimes I think that 5 year old Jessel has a better understanding of God than I do, as I watch him at church close his eyes, raise his little hands in the air, and belt out songs to our Father God.

It's weird to think that you are always being watched, but i can feel the eyes of the children on me here. And it makes me want to show them the best possible way of live. I want to show them that Gods loves them and that their terrible pasts are not apart of them any more.

As i was thinking about this I thought of how God is always watching us. Not to say that He is judging all of our actions but that our actions make Him happy. He loooves when Jessel raises his hands towards Him and is overjoyed to hear songs being sung to Him. (Wouldn't you love if a single person,  whole group, congregation, or world was singing to you and only you?)

People remember how they are treated and respected by you much more than your words.

I feel like that is how it was always supposed to be, I  honestly have trouble explaining things to people. And it makes much more sense that I should be living my life as an example of God's love rather than only trying to explain Gods love which is almost impossible. 

I think that if everybody took one day and showed their love for each other and God, it would be way more effective than one day of everyone trying to push their opinions on to others. I want to live every day trying to change my actions, I think with that the words will come, because I think without example my words are meaningless.

The love of God is stronger than any words can explain.