These last few weeks, our team has been working with a church called New Song, located in the nearby village of Candelaria. A few weeks back, I decided I wanted to learn more about prayer, specifically intercessory prayer. So when I was given the chance to lead a Bible study, I decided prayer was the topic to teach on, and in teaching I learned much more about prayer for myself. God has a way of exceeding expectations, of going above and beyond what I could have hoped for when I decided to learn about prayer. The greatest lesson in prayer came from observation, experience, and being in the...

WordPress was a whole lot easier to upload photos to so here is a link to the actual photo blog that I made: http://haillekrieg.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/a-massive-collection-of-long-overdue-pictures/

When I left on this trip, we had 11 young adults varying in age from 18 to 22 years old.  I pictured myself as a youth group leader, hopefully with slightly less of the "ssshhhhhhh"-ing during a church service.   I never pictured myself turning into a MOM.   I didn't realize it was happening until I had already begun the transition.  I mean, as a leader you are answering questions every day about every subject, so that started day 1.  Travel days, making sure everybody is together and accounted for and nobody gets lost.  But it was...

Proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among the peoples.     (Psalm 97:2-3) The other day I posted on facebook telling you to read one of my friends blogs about a healing that happened through our prayers. I said that I was not going to write about it but I have been nudged by God to share this story with you so here it is… A few days ago I went out into the village of Candelaria to evangelize. Those who went with me were Allegra, Lisa, Rosa, and Coni. The first house we visited was Rosa’s...

Monday and Tuesday Lindsey, Naomi, and myself had the amazing opportunity to spend the day and night in Bethel with our dear friend Conny! She works at the doctor’s office on the property where we live, and the more and more we have gotten to know her the more we have fallen in love with her. She is a woman full of so much life and joy. She has a gift of making you feel like the most special person in the world. She always hits her heart and says mi corazon , which means my heart, anytime she talks to you. We are all considered to be a part of her “mafia”, because you...

Step 1 –  Ask how old she is. A difference of 2 or years or less is an acceptable age range. As in, if the girl is 2 years older than you…nbd.  Bien? Move on to step 2. Step 2 – The next question is if she has a boyfriend.   If the answer is No, you are all set to move on to step 3. If the answer is Yes, you can STILL move onto step 3 …because it really doesn't matter one way or the other. Step 3 – (The key to this question is not to actually ask, but to TeLL …so it's not really a question ) Let that...