Sorry, this is from the end of June, I just forgot to update it. Hahaha:)   “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ Jesus clothed yourselves with Christ.” -Galatians 3:26-27   God has been teaching me SO many things while I’ve been in Nicaragua. He has set many things on my heart, and one of those had been baptism. I was baptized when I was a baby, but it my parents decision and not mine, I had not made that declaration of faith. I had seen many of my friends get baptized, but I wasn’t ready for...

Last week I saw a little boy drinking mouthwash from a dirty little plastic Scope bottle he found in the heaps of garbage at the city dump… When we told the story of Jesus calming the storm (Mark 4:35-41) to a group of children by the road, my teammate Chris asked the kids what happens during a storm, expecting to hear the familiar terms of “trueno” (thunder), “lluvia” (rain), “rayo” (lightning).  Instead, however, one dusty, shirtless little guy blurted out: “Your home washes away!” All around fences were made of rusted,...

  I now know what an ant feels like (Proverbs 6:6).  For the past few days we have been serving at the finca (farm), which is an extension of the orphanage of Casa Betesda for the older pre-teen and high school girls.  The guys loaded up a huge truck full of rocks, from a broken wall at the orphanage.  When the enormous pile of rocks came thundering down on the driveway at the farm, I was more than a little overwhelmed.  We procded to then haul by hand the rocks down a wooded path to a small cliff, where we then tossed them over the edge into the dry...

Hello! So, if you have not already seen it, here is our MTV Cribs: Nica edition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyRhaEYcD_A We'll have another video coming soon.      Today is the begining of our last week at Cicrin. It's been so wonderful being here and I wish we could stay. I love all of the people I have met and the experiences I have had. I will miss the kids so much. I can't imagine them not being a part of my daily life.       What's great is that I have seen these kids being loved and provided for. I know God is using Cicrin and...

Hey all!  Sorry for the long pause in blogging, but traveling certainly makes typing difficult. Long story short, we left the Island of Ometepe after 2 INCREDIBLE weeks of ministering and sharing God’s love. We had some difficulties with the church that we were partnering with.  The pastor was teaching a gospel message that: we are saved by grace, but our Christian walk is characterized by works, and if we sin, we lose our salvation and need to be saved again (become a Christian again).  The pastor and other church leaders kept stressing that we need to strive...

When I was younger, I was obsessed with the computer game Carmen San Diego. She traveled all over the world and no one could ever find her! (Until you beat the game and found all the gold treasure, but that is beside the point.) As our trip has progressed these last two weeks, I like to think I am channeling Carmen as I have been in three different cities in the last fourteen days. Thus, I am not in Ometepe anymore. Carmen San Diego’s slogan was, “Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?” Fittingly, I guess you could ask, “Where is the Nicaragua is Katy...