One of the things that I have learned sense I have been here in Guatemala is how much I need to trust God. Now, that is something that God showed me a while ago. He taught me that it doesn't matter my circumstance and it definitely doesn't matter if I am comfortable. But trust in him with EVERYTHING!   That's easier said then done.. so that's what I did. I would say that I trust in The Lord and not actually 'trust in him with everything.'  There was nothing testing my faith though. I was very comfortable and kept myself...

To define unrequited love is unreciprocated or returned in kind. This love is purely worldly and not to be anywhere near the throne or mere hem of the robe of Christ. But, sadly this is what I fall into sometimes. I choose solace and solidarity apart from enjoyment of people's company. Now, this kind of love I have not practiced 100% here, but I have fallen into it. Especially when I have one of my emotional spats or I wake up groggy and not realizing that life is to be lived. I was brought to such a vast realization of this when I wasn't releasing a friend of mine fully to the...

I was sitting on the bench just outside the women's and babies room, enjoying the fresh morning air after a bitter cup of instant coffee, when the young children began poking their heads out the door, curiously gazing at this gringo with holes in his ears and oddly styled hair. Like most people when they're around babies, I made strange faces and noises in an attempt to get smiles and giggles out of them, and actually managed to be successful. One child in particular caught my attention. He poked a closed eye outside the door and peeked with his open eye through the crack between...

     The first time I saw her I cried. We were at the dump and had just gotten all the kids to sit down on the wooden floor of the open shelter where we serve them lunch. Alyssa, who was standing next to me, discretely pointed out one little girl who was sitting rather sheepishly on the wood plank wearing a pink shirt and muddied little skirt.      I hadn't noticed her before this week. As I looked at her, she leaned over a little and the swoop neckline of her pink shirt fell just low enough to see that her chest was covered in bruises, burn marks, and...

A couple days ago, we went to see the something of the past.  Mystifying, the Mayan ruins of Tikal stood above us as silent sentinels of a lost world and fading culture, that when imagined urges you to question why you were born into the time and the place you were. But as we left the ruins our journey happened to intersect the course of another body of people, still alive, but in some ways quite as lost. That again stirred up questions of fate and destiny and what names of character and culture those forces place on us. Questions like, “When I lay my head on the same mattress as an...

We apologize for the disruption over the holiday weekend, from this time forward you will be able to access the Passport Emergency line by dialing 770-983-1060 and informing the receptionist that you need to be connected to the Passport Emergency line.   If calling after business hours, press #5 to be connected to the Emergency line panel and then select #6 to be connected to the Passport Emergency line.   Blessings,   The Passport Department

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved.        One of the most shockingly ugly yet beautifully life changing realizations I've had on this trip stemmed from one instance at the dump. My teammate Victoria and I were sitting on the far side of this open wooden structure where we serve the people lunch every week. There was a group of boys probably from ages 12 to 23 standing below just outside, as...

     That funny moment when you have your own agenda for your life and God does completely opposite of what you planned to happen. This seems to be a normal occurrence in my life and especially while on this trip.  Just when I think I got it planned out “perfectly” God throws a GIANT twist on the whole situation.      Take this trip for example; I came here wanting to find MY calling and MY future plans, but the problem with that is they were MY plans not HIS. Those selfish reasons I had for coming on this trip weren’t wrong, but they...

There seems to be some problems with the AIM phone system, affecting the Emergency Line, this weekend as the office is closed for the Easter weekend. Please note the following change to how to access the Emergency Line, if you should need it.    Call 770.983.1060. When the recording comes on, dial Extension 393. This will connect you to the Emergency Line.     – Passport Field Support