Adventures in Missions

Team Guate!! Whoo hoo!!

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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...

Worrying and Complaining… no mÃ¡s!

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

I was unsure of what to blog about this week. If you read my other blogs, you already have a feel for what ministry looks like here. I don't want to bore you with my emotional states the past few days or say the same thing I did last week, so this week I decided to write about what I have been learning, both about myself and about my God. God has convicted me of two things this week: complaining and worrying. I know that the Bible specifically says not to complain and worry, but for me, it is so unnatural not to do those things, especially when it comes to worrying. Sunday was a...

Culture?

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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...

Seek God and He will come

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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!

James 1:27

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

“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...

Do I Have To?

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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...

World Racer Launching from Catalyst Conference: Be Present

October 6, 2011
Adventures
World Race

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...

Lo siento. No entiendo.

October 6, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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...

Caught in the Crosshairs

October 5, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

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...

A Day of Affirmation and Realization

October 1, 2011
Adventures
Adventures Updates

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...

Diving Into Bottomless Waters!

October 1, 2011
Adventures
Adventures Updates

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...

More of HIM less of me….

October 1, 2011
Adventures
Adventures Updates

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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