Author: Adventures

how do you say goodbye to the carepoint that made you feel at home,to the smiles you saw everyday,and all the hands you shook,and the kid whose picture you took? how do you tell someone that this is it,your van will not keep coming around the corner,that this will be the last time they can wrap their arms around,that this will be the last time for you to hear their singing sounds. when the only word they know is hi, how do you teach them the opposite,do you use your hands and wave,do you form out syllables on their foreign tongue,or did you just sit in the dirt and kiss every hurt and...

An “uncharted adventure”. That’s what God has been speaking to me as I’m preparing to go home. This experience is one that only our Heavenly Father could have orchestrated together. The many laughs and the shedded tears our team shared is something I will never forget. This next chapter of my life is uncharted and that could be daunting to some, but as for me I’m ready to chase the adventure, to experience all the highs and lows that come with the risk. That’s what this trip has shown me: that when we let the Holy Spirit lead our lives into the unknown we...

   Hi everyone!!! It”s Cristina here reporting from Costa Rica. These past few weeks have been such an amazing experience, from playing with kids to visiting elders at a nursing home, God has been showing up in such miraculous ways throughout this trip. He is teaching me to be vulnerable with others and opening up my heart to the plans he has in store for me. This is important for me to take home, as I get to share all of the wonderful experiences and plans God has for me.         God started showing up on this trip from the very start. At training...

The last day. This is our last day is Africa. As we drive to the joburg airport, looking at the mountains and trees that suround us, my heart is full of thankfulness. It still blows my mind that I am in Africa, that i’ve been in Africa for the past month. I can’t believe God let me come here and that He put me here on this team, in this comunity, in my family. Its crazy. All the people I’ve met this month have influenced me so much, taught me so much, loved me so much. I cannot comprehend what God has done for me and in me this month. To my team,You guys. I can’t. I...

Well, here we go, out of Africa. My experience here has been amazing, but not at all what I expected. I normally hear people say that, but what they say they didn’t expect is exactly what I expected. For example (and this isn’t anyone on my team), they didn’t expect to get wrecked by talking to locals, but I did. However, in that example is what I expected. I thought I would become attached and best friends with some people here. I did become friends with some beautiful Swazi people, but my expectations and reality did not line up. I expected to be heartbroken to leave...

 Greater lessons (As our time in Swaziland has come to an end I keep on trying to think of the lessons I’ve learned and how this trip has changed me, honestly I first came to a blank but then I looked at the small things that turned out to be greater lessons. At the carepoints there were so many amazing little personalities that we hungry for love and attention and I find it amazing that I was able to give that to them but honestly I took back so much more from them than I could ever give. They taught me to be joyful and live in the moment, being kind is so valuable to other...