have you encountered the Living God? Have you been completely taken over  with joy that you could not contain your laughter? Have you been so heavily wrapped in His fire breathing Spirit that your physical body could not sit up. could not stand up, or even move for that matter? Have you HEARD the voice of God tell you that he loves you, or is this just a little known fact that you have been told your entire christian lives? Last night, the God of the universe, the Maker of  heaven and earth, the one who created every star and calls them each by name, the Holy Holy Holy, God...

Our team split into smaller groups of about 5 and were going to do what God planned for us that day.  Before our team headed out into the barrios, we asked God to reveal something, an image, a word, anything.  Several of us confirmed that He wanted us to meet a family and develop a relationship with them, not just hang out with a bunch of kids. We headed into the barrios and started talking to a woman and a couple of kids outside of their house. Before we knew it, 3 other women and about a hundred more of their kids came out to talk to us. They were all related and lived in the...

the title of this blog is irrelevant…i think april decided that He probably did, though.   We went to the market in Masaya today. When we arrived I began my search for a Nicaragua flag. There were many flags, but I was being cheap and tried to haggle them until I just quit. There were souvenirs galore and I did not find anything I wanted. Every person I passed asked me if I wanted to buy something. Literally, every person. I began to not even answer. After thirty minutes, I had seen everything. Jenny and I decided to venture off to another part of the market. We ended up in a...

For Your Amusement: The kids call me Lindy. It´s easier to pronounce and it stuck with everyone, truth be told, I kinda like it. They love screaming LINDY! when I walk by in the barrios. After an afternoon of playing soccer with some kids, I came inside and was sitting by the guitar. Several kids followed me in, and one girl shouted ¨Lindy, toca la guitara por favor!¨ If you know me at all, you know that I do NOT play the guitar, nor do I have any musical talent what-so-ever. But hey, when in Nicaragua, go for the gold and live dangerously. So I picked up this silly guitar and strummed...

One of the things that we´ve been talking about quite frequently here in Nica is that God cares more about our character than our comfort. Though He is never going to put us into situations we can´t handle, He does put us in situations that stretch what we know, and help us, if not force us to grow as a person. How can a person ever grow if they´re only doing what they know best?   I was pretty stoked to find out we´d be doing a lot with kids here, because that´s what I´m good at. Kids are kind of my safety net. I don´t really need to strain myself when I´m with them. Matt and I were...

I have been learning so much. First off God is everywhere. In every little back corner bush house. He is there. I don´t know why it took me coming here to realize that. That he has people working for him everywhere. He talk to people here a lot more then he does in the states i think anyway.  There is a womens group that meets once a week and we wen once. It was just in someones house and they invited us. They sang sounds and praised God and told their stories. It was great. They really have a heart for their people and want to see a different life for their children. God is using them...