Helloooooooooooooo I would like to take this opportunity to put a little something out there about my FANTASTIC team, who BY THE WAY helped finish the roof of one of our beautiful cooks, Antonia, in two days. Today was our first free day, and we spent it at a beautiful beach. It was so nice to have a little break, and just spend the day having great conversations and a lot of fun. Soooooooooooooooo:...

Thanks to the Google Earth, I had a fairly good idea what my new home in Chinandega would look like. It's one thing to look at a map. It's another to see it in person. Arriving late last night, after flights and a 3 hour ride in the back of an open truck, we couldn't see much of our surroundings. So this morning, I got to look out my window and see…a volcano! And then another volcano! Two volcanoes within sight, the nearest one smoking. Nicely placed 30 miles between the ocean and San Cristobal Volcano, I figure my team and I have a pretty good escape plan in the case of...

What. WHAT?! This is my life?? I can't even begin to explain how amazing it is to be here in Nicaragua. Beautiful people, beautiful sunsets, beautiful VOLCANO IN OUR BACKYARD! God is so good. He blessed our team with not losing any luggage, and having safe and uneventful flights. Ok, maybe they weren't quite uneventful. Nay-nay and I certainly had a grand time on our flight from GA to TX in the way back seats of the smallest plane I've ever been on.  BUT, getting back to our current ministry… We are with Vision Nicaragua, an organization that is just saturating the...

Thank you, God, for the promises that you have made!  I haveThank you, God, for the promises that you have made!  I have learned that all I have to do is open my mouth with faith that the right words will come out.  The right actions will happen.  The right people we be prayed with.  The right children will be talked to.  The Spirit is always speaking but am I always listening?  He is ever present but am I ever responsive?   Brooke, Catherine and I were drawn in to a  thrift shore the other day by a huge basket of clothes out front with a...

Lately I have really been learning more about the power of prayer. Not to say I didn’t ever know how powerful prayer was, but lately God has really been showing me His faithfulness through the small things I pray for. Although they seem small to me, they are just as important to Him. Through seeing him answer all the small prayers, I can’t help but be ashamed that I do not pray for more dangerous & miraculous things to happen. I should be praying for the people I see every day, for health, & for needs to be met. Sometimes praying for big things is hard for me to do. Is...