You know that one song that talks about African plains and Asian believers? Most people who listen to Christian radio or watch inspirational slide shows about missions have heard it. Since K Love plays in my house in Bozeman and in all the Keena cars, I have had my fair share of this song.  I remember listening to it in fourth grade with a friend who was a missionary kid in Tanzania. That was eight years ago so I assure you, I know this song well. In fact, I've kinda grown numb to it.  A lot of songs we sing in church or hear on the radio are overplayed and then we often...

If you know me I’m sure you wondering why it took until my third post to talk about food. But I’m here now and that’s all that matters. We’ve been in Guatemala now for three weeks and had too many food adventures to recount. I will tell about some of the highlights of the trip so far. We cook for ourselves which has been interesting but really rewarding. In order to do this we shop at the outdoor market for fruits, veggies, meats, and eggs and in the supermarket for the rest. The market is an amazing maze of colors and smells. As we run through the narrow spaces in...

 Something I couldn’t comprehend, I would get more upset seeing the stray dogs roaming the streets and the baby kittens that were waiting to be adopted then I was for his people. Seriously?! I truly thought there was something wrong with me! Yes it saddens me to see how some people are forced ro live but I was trying to convince myself to be upset. It bothered me beyond belief that I wasn’t heartbroken over the sons and daughters of Christ. So I started pursuing the Lord and praying “God would you break my heart for what breaks yours”. On September 13 we went to a hospital right up the road...

The past few weeks we have been teaching students in their teens about the importance of abstinence before marriage. We teach at nine different schools through out the week which makes it slightly challenging to build relationships with individual students. We start each class by reading Genesis 1:27-28 which says: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, And God said to them 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the...

We have only been in Antigua about a week, but some things have already become normal and routine. Here are a few things that we are used to already :   1. Having PB&J for lunch daily.   2. The three alarm clocks we don't have to set: squirrels dancing on our thin roof, the neighborhood rooster, and the church bells that ring every hour.   3. People peeing in the street. Yes, women too.    4. Nutso driving. Our host informed us "Cars are not your friends here." We are learning that statement is 100% accurate.    5. The pouring rain and...

Can I just say one thing?  The bugs in Georgia? No thank you. They are large and in charge. Wasps nests in the showers, spiders dropping down during worship, and the various winged ones flying every which way. Besides the pests, training camp has been such a blessing. Spending four days in Gainsville's woods was such a necessary time just to meet the team and prepare our hearts. Besides all the brilliant speakers we heard and tasty food we ate, there were a few activities. One that stood out for me was the surrender hike. Before the hike started we all wrote on pieces of paper...