Author: Adventures

week 4

This week has been a steady one. We have finally equalized and set into our routine from day to day. It felt good to be back teaching class and bible study. I still have had a bit of writer’s block when I sit down to write these blogs each week but am trying to power through them. I’m really hoping to dig in more this week. I would love to work more with the street children around the city. We’ll be moving tomorrow so it will be nice to have a change of scenery and get to know new surroundings.   All in all this week was good. Bible study has been amazing. The week...

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WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS FREEDOM!

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”  Colossians 2:6-7 This week started off a bit rocky…Friday morning I woke up with severe sun poisoning and 2nddegree burns all over my face. This equaled 3 days stuck in the house. But praise God I am back to normal! In Puerto Barrios, Guatemala the Christian culture is extremely closed off. Grace is lacking and the “Christians “are very legalistic. The pastors teach...

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Super Awesome Praise God Story!

Hello Everybody! I hope all is well in your lives! Life in Cambodia is awesome! This past week we got back into ministry and back on a schedule which has been great! I just wanted to share a story that has been in the making ever since our first day of English classes. The first official week of ministry I found myself along with my teammates Kori and Emily teaching an elementary English class in the morning. The class consists of one hour of English and thirty minutes of bible. I explained in an earlier blog that I got to be part of a group who shared the gospel for the first...

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The rock candy’s melted, only diamonds now remain

I'm sitting here in a cafe in Cambodia, with tears rolling down my cheeks; tears of joy, tears from a broken heart and tears that have realized that at times, not knowing the answer is the best answer.  This past week was a struggle for me. I spent a lot of time contemplating the wonders of God and trying to find the answers to many questions that have evolved in my head over the last month. I feel as if my body went through every possible emotion spiritually and at times, physically. I battled believing the fact that God is good. I feel a bit hypocritical typing that, but truly...

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Week 5

  Jeremiah 29:11-13 11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. God is so good. When ever you doubt his plans for you he shines light onto your life and says… “Listen my daughter, do not doubt me. Regardless of how tired or sick you are. I have sent you here for a reason. You can not rely on yourself… for I...

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the legacy of prayer

So I realize it has been quite some time since I have blogged, so ill do my best to sum up the past month. My time here in Guatemala has been such a growing experience. We truly do experience the “highest of the highest” and the “lowest of the lowest” while on the mission field. The beginning of our ministry had to do with a lot of intercessory prayer walks and door to evangelism and individual prayer. When first arriving in Puerto Barrios we soon realized that it was a spiritually dark place in which prayer was a major tool used in the ministry here. The Lord has...

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Team Guate!! Whoo hoo!!

You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s getting cooler here in Puerto Barrios!!! It’s been pouring down rain! There were times when I shower in the rain when God directly speaks to me and tells me to feel His strong beauty and passion through the storms and thunders. (I have showered more in the rain than in the bathroom!!) I love the rain but our clothes haven’t gotten dried!             It seems like time is flying by so fast. This week, we started 2 new ministries – orphanage & break dance ministry at the...

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Culture?

Today, I've felt like I'm in the middle of a really deep, really big river, about to go over a waterfall. Without a life jacket on.  I made a mistake yesterday. Not just a simple "oops, brush it off" mistake. A Big, Scary, Team Changing, Cultural mistake. And in the aftermath, I find myself in a mix of emotions. But then, while I was having my little pity party, God brought to my attention two things. 1. If there ever was a river, and if I was flailing around in it, my teammates would be standing on both sides, throwing life jackets and jumping in after me. Because...

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Seek God and He will come

Hola! This past week has been amazing with the lord just speaking to me in different ways. there is no words to describe it really. I am just really striving to keep christ close and its been a constant battle but i have never been this willing and ready. The ministry is still going awesome and the team and i are growing each day together and with the lord. What an amazing thing. I hope you all are doing great! love you guys!

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James 1:27

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” –James 1:27   I have never taken this verse literally before. I know that our religion is not complete by simply believing, we must act on that belief; but I have never felt convicted to literally go out and visit orphans and widows in their affliction. This Friday we went to an orphanage for the first time. When I walked in there was a little girl standing on a bench, she looked at me with the sweetest...

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Do I Have To?

We went to the children's hospital this week. I was strangely excited. This was our third trip, and my first with no apprehension. Those that know me well know I am not the biggest fan of hospitals, so it was strange for me to look forward to such an event. My group went to two rooms, praying for the children and their parents. The latter room was the "preemies" room, or the premature babies room. There were no parents present in this room, and the children were the smallest babies I have ever seen, yet infinately the most precious as well. I walked around the room, stopping...

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