Yesterday, we were working on the youth center. Some were painting it and some were praying for it. I sat down and looked toward a freshly plowed field. Carlos, a local kid, started walking on it. Scipture came to life and I heard His words, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into the harvest.¨   It just might be significant as to who was in the field…

I am in Nicaragua! Life has been full of all sorts of newness and change. I am learning more and more every day of how little I am on my own and how great God is , alone!   Toay I went with a few teammates, to walk around the city and pray. Praying specifically that God would show us where He wanted us to go. We had the most awesome opportunities and situations today,  Amazing “only God” planned incounters.   The people here are so open and welcoming. They invite you graciously into their home, feed you, and are eager to try to understand English. ...

To all of you wonderful families and friends of the Nicaragua team we have made it to Jinotepe our home for the next few months.  Everyone is settling in tonight and currently getting ready to get some ice cream (something many people didn’t expect to have).  Hannah wants you all to know how beautiful it is.  Your students will contact you soon so stay tuned.   Blessings from Nicaragua!!!

Now we have a short break before dinner so I’ll say what we’ve done since this morning.  We did a little experiment with learning how to interact between different cultures.  Some hand gestures that are okay in America might not be all right in other countries and they want us to be aware of that.  How people show affection, how men and women are treated and associate with each other, how children are treated, etc. is all different everywhere.  The teams split up into one group that were “foreigners” and the other was the mission people stepping...

Our time at training camp has been a lot of preparation for traveling and ministering in different countries as well as just growing closer together as a team.  One afternoon as a team we were given the word “build” and told just to go with it.  Our group quickly decided to build a human pyramid, with relative success.  Although we didn’t get an exact pyramid we were able to make some sort of human “pile.”  After given the word “improve” we moved on to other human buildings.  It was amazing how after only two days...

Today is the second day of training camp.  Last night we went out on the streets of downtown Atlanta and ministered to three homeless people–Erick, Charlie, and Otee.  They were precious.  Erick was from Connecticut, told us he had several siblings and nieces and nephews.  It was hard to get more than a few word answers from him.  His heart seemed so hopeless, broken, and sad.  He said he went to church and knew that God loved him.  His eyes still were so disconnected.  Charlie’s story was heartbreaking.  He told us his mom died two...