Author: Adventures

Healing!

This is what started our trip.  ðŸ™‚  In Clarissa’s own words:                    Oh my goodness!! God is sooo good all the time! And all the time, God is good! This trip changed my life in so many ways. I think everyone knew going into this trip that our lives would be changed forever, but none of us realized to the capacity that they would change. Those kids in Jamaica touched each and every one of us in different ways and I saw every single person on the trip change and grow so incredibly much! God worked through...

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Mrs. Pansy

While the majority of our team spent more time working at and around the School for the Blind, the mornings usually found me and a few of our team at the home for the aged, a nursing home/assisted living facility for 20 or so women in varying conditions of health.   One morning, I was playing my guitar outside on the small porch by the sick bay along while Elijah played his cajon and Sam sang along.  Ms. Malcolm and Ms. Taylor (or Ms. Florence if you go by first name) were in their usual chairs and Ms. Taylor was gleefully clapping along with “I’ll Fly...

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Clown Costumes and Pancakes

Highlights from the last few days: Watching half of our team hop around at the last VBS dressed in clown attire- complete with white faces and blue noses.  Volunteering to help wash dishes and getting attacked by the cook with pancake batter and flour.  Enjoying the scenery in this amazing country! Learning 5 skits in 3 days. 🙂 We’re pretty much acting professionals. The kids have loved it! Perfecting the spanish language via children’s songs.  Intense volleyball tournaments with the Monteblanco staff.  We can buy two liters of pepsi, candy, and new earring...

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A Long Awaited Welcome Home

Hey everyone! God is good! We had an amazing trip. We went through a lot and worked hard. We had some hard conversations, but good. God did a lot of amazing things during our trip. To the Parents: Thank you! I, and the other leaders, could not have asked for 13 better students to be on this trip. I was so blessed through the interactions that we had and I will never be able to explain the lasting impact that each of these students has had on my life. They truly are an amazing group of kids, and I miss each one of them dearly. To our supporters: thank you for your paryers! Many of times we...

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Laura’s Story

Earlier this week I was doing door to door ministry. At the beginning of our walk we met a man who was cleaning the street.  He told us to come to his home later that afternoon after he got off work so we could tell him more about what we were doing.  When we arrived at his house later that afternoon we started talking to him and his two sons that lived with him.  We decided that we would pray for them. Afterwards, we noticed that the man and one of his sons was starting to get emotional.  One of our team members decided to step up and ask if they were wanting to make...

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My Trip to Nicaragua

Hello everyone!    This trip has been AMAZING! I´m a little bit sick but that´s okay.The people here are amazing….but God used a two mile hike (uphil at an unforgiving elevation) to let me shed my expectations, personal desires, and the way that my life was before this trip. At the top of the hike was the most incredible waterfall I have ever seen! There was a pool of water at the bottom to swim in. I layed flat on my back in the water and stared up at this magnificent creation the made me feel so tiny. I litterally felt like I was laying in the arms of God. He...

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