d   Living in community is a great thing!  We have fifteen people between the ages of 18 and 24 living very closely.  It took a few days to get used to it but now I can’t imagine living any other way.  When we go home I know that I will feel so lonely.  I will be in what will seem like a huge house with only three people.  Anyway, one thing that comes with living in community with other people is that delegation of duties is necessary.  To make this more fun, we created committees.  This came about  as a sort of accident but now we...

We started off our day on Wednesday July 4th by asking God what we should do that day.  We lately have been asking God to direct our steps and lead us to where we need to go.  The results thus far has been great.  So our leaders had some things to take care of and told us the night before what we would be doing and had us pray about our groups and where we would be going.  I was praying and all I saw was Hope’s face.  Hope is one of the better Spanish speakers we have in the group and she is really great.     The next morning I woke up and we...

From the time I started getting ready for this trip there has been a word in my head that I, especially now, feel explains our desire for Nicaragua. Rain. In Nicaragua right now it is their rainy season. I found this out as I was trying to figure out what kinds of clothes to pack for this trip. There is a song called “My Soul Longs for You” by Misty Edwards that has a line it in that says, “I believe You will come like the rain.” I love this song, so in the weeks before the trip I heard it a lot, and my prayer became, “Lord, I believe that You will come in...