Author: Adventures

Purple Couch

Yesterday, we had an ATL ministry morning. For those of you unfamiliar with this (me being one), it stands for Ask The Lord. You literally pray and ask God what he wants you to do and where he wants you to go during the time set aside. With that introduction, we split into groups and began to pray. My group started with individual prayer. Ok God, I said. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm sure hoping you do. Nothing. Really God? Something? Anything??? And finally, randomly, completely unexpected, God told me "purple couch." Well, really more burgandy....

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Hospital Honduras

I can’t help but smile every time I think about my time in Honduras. For a short amount of four days that we stayed in Puerto Cortez, i felt so much love and joy from these wonderful people. From the moment we met the Burgos family to visiting iglesias to finally going home with a little treat at the beach, we were all covered with the generosity of the Honduran people.                Some of us were sick before the trip and even though the thought of going to another country sounds really good, some were still not...

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Change of Plans

This weekend we took a four day trip to Honduras! This trip served two purposes: to experience ministry in Honduras and to renew our visas. While there we visited elementary schools, about four different churches, and visited house-to-house praying, evangelizing, and inviting families to church. While we were there, we were told a lot of information that was incorrect; plans were constantly changing and we never knew what was going on. One day we were broken into three groups and were sent to three different schools. I was told that each group would be hanging out with a different age group...

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Saving the Best for Last

This last week has been my favorite week of the trip, beginning with our mini mission trip to Honduras.  I don’t think anyone was really looking forward to Honduras-they told us we would be out doing ministry from 8 in the morning until 10 at night, and then sleeping on the floor of a church. And considering the fact that the Honduras border is only 20 minutes or so away from Puerto Barrios, we were expecting a similar cultures and the dark spiritual climate that surrounds our own port city. But Puerto Cortes was completely different than any of us expected. First of all, everyone...

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IT’S NOVEMBER!!

This month has been great! We went to Honduras on Thursday and stayed five days. We worked with local churches and I fell in love with Puerto Cortez, Honduras. The people welcomed us with open arms and showed us so much love. It was great!  A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MY DEVOTION JESUS CALLING…. "Sit quietly with Me, letting all your fears and worries bubble up to the surface of your consciousness. There, in the Light of My Presence, the bubbles pop and disappear. However, some fears surface over and over again, especially fear of the future. You tend to project...

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So Many Churches, So Little Time

Before this trip, when I would ask what kind of church someone attends, I only thought of answers such as Methodist, Catholic, Mormon, Presbyterian and other answers of the sort. Little did I know that varieties of churches expand far beyond denomination. So I have decided to dedicate this blog to tell you about all of the different kinds of churches I have attended here in Guatemala (and in the last 4 days in Honduras). We attend El Calvario on a fairly regular basis. For the most part, this church is like a lot of churches back at home (However, not air conditioned…) except for...

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Baptism Video: Fulfilling The Great Commission

Hey, thank you guys for all your support and prayers! The last weeks of Oct have been amazing and God has shown up in so manys. This week's blog will be a video clip of a baptism that I was able to assist the center's youth pastor, Sothea, in performing. The girl, Strapow, is one of the girls that I mentioned in a previous blog that accepted Christ when I first came to Battambang and shared the story of the gospel. It has been amazing to see her growth and her desire to know the Lord. I am honored to be a part of this baptism, and it will be something I hold in my heart forever....

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Combating Fear: The First Step Towards Justice

There are many things at the heart of injustice—but fear is definitely at the root.  Think about this: How often is fear the motivator of our actions?  So often, we have anxieties—big and small—that prompt the way we act and react to everyday circumstances.  How often do we choose our words or our actions according to what others will think of us or according to what may happen to us?  If we answered honestly, each of us is tempted with this—from the girl looking at her closet deciding what to wear in front of her peers, to the legislators who...

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My God is Unchanging and Eternally Beautiful

After coming home from Siem Reap and spending time there observing their night life and the interactions occurring between the people there my mind was paralyzed. Hannah and I found ourselves physically drained from the night for days after and not in a natural way. Our bodies and minds were run down from the spiritual heaviness.  Hannah is a woman of grace and she seemed to handle it better than I (That is something about her I always sit back and truly appreciate.) I on the other hand did not. My mind became a maze of thought trails that began to tangle with each other. Instead of...

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Once More

"Everything is beautiful, even when the tears are falling. I don't need a miracle to believe." There are days when all you see in life simply seems like more than you can handle. You feel so alone in your struggle, and all you can muster up among the tears is a weak mental cry to God to take away the pain in your heart and wrap his arms around you in the midst of a broken, loveless world. In these moments, the Holy Spirit comes, in ever his ever so gentle manner, and holds you close and renews your strength once more. Once more, he assures you that you are loved. Once more,...

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Giving Huah A Bath

Earlier this week I was sitting in our morning devotion and the little boy Huah who normally hangs out at the center came and sat on my lap. I was unpleasantly surprised by the stench of Urine when he sat on my lap. Huah is a typical dirty boy, always playing in the dirt and running around but that day was different, no kidding he smelt like straight urine. We decided that he needed a bath so my teammate Sarah and I got a towel and some Shampoo and then I picked him up and we headed for the shower area. Little Huah took his shirt off then being a modest mouse refused to take his pants off...

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