Author: Adventures

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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World Racer Launching from Catalyst Conference: Be Present

Yesterday, Brandon Boyd, of the October 2011 World Race, flew from LAX to ATL. From the airport, he headed straight to this year’s Catalyst Conference where he spent two hours meeting and greeting folks (did any of you get to meet him?). This morning, Brandon takes the stage at Gwinnett Arena before the thousands of future leaders.  He will join the rest of the squad, who begins their Race in Guatemala. I’ll be on the stage talking about the World Race, my story of redemption, and how they have become one.  I have been straying from...

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Lo siento. No entiendo.

            This is a phrase I have become very familiar with here in Guatemala.  “Lo siento. No entiendo.” Translates to “I’m sorry. I don’t understand.” I haven’t had one conversation with a local that does not include me saying this at least once. The communication barrier has been a huge struggle for me. Like I said in my last blog, how am I supposed to share Jesus with the Guatemalans if I can’t communicate with them? I just keep thinking to myself, “If only I could ask...

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Caught in the Crosshairs

Last week, our team visited the children’s hospital twice: once to pray and once to put on a special program for the Dia de los Ninos (day of the children). The children’s hospital in Puerto Barrios is one of two in the whole country, so people come from all around for treatment of their precious ones. The first time we went, I wandered around from room to room with a small group, praying for the mamas and their babies, using my meager Spanish to inquire what had happened or what they were sick with, and encouraging them with a smile or a quiet song. Yesterday, I had a little...

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A Day of Affirmation and Realization

This week has been a week full of laughs, home sickness, realizations, and a week of affirmation. It has been a holiday all over Cambodia this week so we haven’t had normal ministry this week. Everyone goes home for holiday so most of the girls at the center are gone and classes are cancelled until Monday. So instead of doing our usual classes on Monday we visited an orphanage that we may be working with in the next few weeks during our free time. We spent a some time there with a few of the kids, playing duck ,duck, goose and musical chairs. Which by the way we owe the orphanage...

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Diving Into Bottomless Waters!

Hi guys! What a week! This past week was a holiday for Cambodia so my team and I didn’t teach at the center and instead got to visit and experience some other local ministries and have some amazing and stretching “team time.” The first ministry we visited was a small and poor orphanage run by an amazing older couple. There were about eight kids and teenagers there and we had a blast playing games with them and getting them to laugh and smile. Pray for God to miraculously provide for them and pray that they would come to know and love God as Father. Pictures are...

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More of HIM less of me….

  Hello everyone. So this week in Cambodia was pretty amazing, so fasten your seat-belts and get comfortable. I have always believed in people hearing from God in visions and him also speaking to them right away when they pray, but it was never something I was really gifted in. Our team always does something called "feedback" everyday. It's basically just an encouragement time speaking truth into our teammates. This week we did feedback a little different. Our leaders challenged us to pray for the person to our right and give them an encouraging word that God had...

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Redefining the orphan

On Monday we went to an orphanage out in the sticks.  Though, I think ‘out in the sewage’ would be a more accurate phrase.  Because of the rain, the orphanage turned into an island surrounded by nasty standing water shin deep.  The outdoor bathrooms had flooded, causing the bathroom water to spill in with the flood water.  Further, the backyard of the orphanage is a small farm with dogs, pigs, chickens, geese, and other animals that poop.  This all melded into one in the water.  We just hiked up our pants and trudged through it, motivating...

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A new beginning

Hey everyone! Well to start off, my blog this week will be sweet and short. It has been amazing.I am finally here 100% emotionally and physically. what a change that had been. the ministry picked up and my team and i have just been getting closer and closer and just being united in christ. all i can really say is we have an awesome god and he has all of the members of my team and i  here for a reason. he chose each and every one of us. even the leaders 🙂 praise be to god!!

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Un dia especial con un nino especial.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 started out just like any other day. I woke up and listened to some worship music, prayed a little, read my devotional and got ready for the day. We were headed off to the Special Kids' School. Our students had visited Monday and really enjoyed it. I myself was a little nervous. God is really challenging me in this season to lay aside my preconceptions and personal challenges to minister to His children. First at the elderly home and now at the school. I have always struggled with knowing how to interact with special kids. At the core, I knew in my head...

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Demanding Results

This past week was a Cambodian holiday. Everyone that is able to leaves their schools and jobs and returns to their villages and families for the week. Due to the holiday, most of the girls at TransformAsia left the center, and our classes were postponed until next week. So this week, instead of teaching English and Bible classes, we visited an orphanage and a place called Rapha House, which is a home for girls who have been rescued out of the most intense sex-trafficking cases. Rapha House provides these girls with a home, trade training, counseling, lawyers, and resources they will need...

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Nothing to Lose

The whole country of Cambodia went on holiday this week.  Woo hoo.  That means my team didn’t really have any ministry to do.  As a result, I’ve spent the whole week reflecting. Oh, the joys of reflecting.  After several days of gruesome wrestling and struggling and searching, I finally feel at peace. It all started when I asked God what He wants from me specifically on this trip.  There is so much to be done here—we have five weeks of English classes to teach in Battambang, then a month of working at an orphanage in Phnom Penh.  After much...

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