I have heard it said the the beginning of a journey will set the tone for the enter trip. So I hope that is  true because I had an amazing first. After walking through the pouring rain  from the Marta to the Safe House ( a homeless shelter in Atlanta), we put out wet stuff in a room and headed out to have our first big group meeting. We worshiped and got an encouraging word and then were sent out on to the streets of Atlanta with a mission. Talk to people and share God’s word. Simple enough. By this time it was 8:30 pm and I was bubbling with excitement. We broke up into...

Trainings been sweet! My team is super legit and I’m stoaked to go to Nicaragua tomorrow morning! The first night we stayed in Atlanta and roamed downtown with instructions to distribute a dollar, start convos, pray for people, and other randomness. It was sweet, we got into some cool convos and Hannah and I met this guy named Ruben. Turns out his wife was in the hospital having their 7th kid which is stinkin ridiculous; as we talked to him it was soooo apparent that he loved his kids a ton. We prayed with him about his family and his wife, and it was really encouraging. He told us...

Excited. Soaked. Cramped. Invigorated. Sweaty. Community. Ignited. Those are just a few words that describe the past 3 days at training camp. It really has been such a blessing to spend this time together as a team before going to a new country. To see how God has hand picked all 22 of us to fill out His plans for the people of Nicaragua. We have only scratched the surface of each other but I already know that we are starting to become a family. A support system and brothers & sisters in Christ all thriving for one purpose — to show and teach people what it means to have a...

Our first night of training we were given $1 each and challenged to go out into the streets of Atlanta and allow the spirit to lead us to specific people who really need to be loved and listened to. After much prayer and slight hesitation Jenny, Katie and I were being drawn to a homeless man laying on some stairs of a near by building. As we walked up and started talking to him it became very apparent that he was most likely strung out on some kind of drug. His name is Sherman and the spirit just allowed our attempts to talk to him go smoothly and after 10 minutes he was telling us his...

It was completely pouring.  A torrential downpour. Our team was getting off the marta station coming from the airport and our only dirrection was to find a homeless shelter in Atlanta called Safehouse.  Our entire team was caught in this unexpected storm, yet everyone was smiling and laughing as their suitcases and clothes were getting drenched.  From then on, I could tell thatt there was going to be something different about this trip, this team, this mission.  After arriving at Safehouse, we were split into teams and were told to venture out onto the streets...

My life is being completely wrecked for the ordinary. I haven’t even left the country, and I am already different than when I came. Life for me has taken on a different meaning and purpose and I am beyond thrilled at what God’s gonna be doing in my life personally, and as a team in the next two months. It’s gonna be epic. Real life, (and RealLife, too ) for me started Friday night when God began to rock my world for the things of Him. My heart was ripped apart for the needs of my very own country – and city much like my own. We spent the first night at the Safe...