What’s the deal with Nicaragua?

So a handful of you all are still like…so what’s goin on in Nicaragua? So I’ll answer a few questions for ya and see if this helps a bit:):)

Who are you with?

There’s Jacq and Lauren (our lovely leaders). Then the teammates: Kate, Alexa, Rachel, Jennifer, Miranda, Kori, Kaitlyn, Jenna, Tiffany and myself-Grace. We’ve all been thrown together from all over the states (+Canada) and have formed a mini family. And I adore each and every one of them.

*there is no significance to the order of the names, that’s just the order of our beds*

Then we have our wonderful Vision Nicaragua family who make everything possible:

Mario-driver

Juan Carlos-driver

Antonia-cook

Estella-cook

Thelma-house keeper

Lottie & Tigresa – our perritos (precious puppies)

Unknown names-guards (and saviors)

Carlos-parttime translator

+ more I haven’t had the honor of meeting yet

Where do you live?

Valid q,

We live at the Vision Nicaragua compound in Chinandega. It’s a wonderful program they have running here. You can find more information here on there website specifically what they’re all about: http://www.visionnicaragua.org/about-vision-nicaragua.html  . But anyways, my team and I live in a building they have on the compound. We have the luxury of having 24/7 bonding time because we all share one bedroom and have a community bathroom. And I’m not saying that sarcastically. It’s pretty great. We basically get to have a 3 month long sleepover which is awesome. Jacq and Kate love it because we are always cuddling in their beds:) Other than the monstrous spiders, lizards and other critters that occupy our living spaces, I can’t complain. We’ve been so blessed to stay here and live with the privileges that are available here. There’s running water, outlets, real toilets, a sturdy shelter, a loving community, our meals are made for us by our incredible second mothers, Antonia & Estella, and so much more. We are treated way too good here–so don’t you worry moms, your daughters are in good hands:) 

What’s it like in Nicaragua? What are you doing there?

Good questions… Well to answer, we are:

-Sharing the unconditional love of Jesus with all those we encounter

-Performing state-of-the-art dramas, skits and more

-Being tickle attacked by gangs of niños

-Filling prescriptions, weighing patients, and giving breathing treatments at the medical clinic

-Singing English worship songs for Spanish audiences–I mean hey, it’s all giving praise and glory to our same God, doesn’t matter what language it’s in

-Developing relationships with homeless men

-Expanding our Spanish lexicons (if you don’t know that word maybe it’ll expand your English lexicon 🙂

-Accepting the fact time is just a number

-Sweating buckets

-Discussing bowel movements

-Feasting on beans and rice (all day errrday)

-Practicing the great concept of abandonment

-Fighting evil (giant spiders)

-Dominating in sports tournaments…or maybe the opposite haha

-Expanding the kingdom of God

-Relieving stress with the aid of Lauren’s clavicle massages

-Diving into our Bibles to take our relationship with The Lord to the next level

-Dreaming of the days we ate Chick-fil-A on the reg. *shout out to all my cfa coworkers back home*

-Not missing exams/school work

-Distributing tracts while evangelizing in various villages

-Embracing dirt as the new makeup

-Befriending the locals of a village named Bethel

-Proclaiming the truths about God in front of audiences of all sizes

-Dancing like no ones watching…when everyone is watching

-Encouraging the youth of Bethel

-Praying without seizing

-Falling in love for the people of Nicaragua

I hope this gives you a little better idea of how a day in the life of the Nicaragua Passport team is. We are so grateful to be here and are enjoying the opportunity God has given us to further His kingdom in Central America. I can’t  believe month 1 is already coming to an end..it’s gone by so fast! But we still have 2 more months to go, there’s no saying how God will move in the remaining time we have here in Nicaragua:)