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Namaste

July 18, 2015
Adventures
India

India is hot. It is really hot. The hottest place I’ve ever been. And we eat curry, which is spicy. Bottom line, my team and I are always overheated and dripping in sweat. The heat drains our energy and drive, leaving us lifeless and exhausted. More than ever, I have relied on Jesus to give me motivation and charisma, because by body is so spent. India is also Hindu. It’s really Hindu. Driving through villages we pass so many Hindu temples, and sculptures. Even Christians in India are influenced so heavily by the Hindu culture. It seems to be everywhere and inescapable....

Numb

July 18, 2015
Adventures
Guatemala

Numbness. It’s a feeling we’ve all felt at some point or other. Recently, I fell asleep on an exceptionally bumpy bus ride and woke up feeling as if I had lost a leg. Sometimes, when I was a diligent young student, I would be rudely awoken in class only to find out that I in fact could not take notes because I had laid my head on my hand and this rendered it periodically fuzzy feeling. In my walk with Jesus I have also periodically noticed this same feeling; sometimes my spirit feels numb. Sometimes my heart seems to be put of commission, slave to an alien sensation or no...

What Compels Me.

July 18, 2015
Adventures
Uganda

Rain falls strong on the tin roof of our little home here in Africa. I’m looking out the window from the rest of my mosquito net enveloped bed. The pitch black sky and rolling thunder suddenly reaches a crescendo and the sky breaks into gentle shades of pink. Not 50 feet from where I now sit is the iron gated entrance to the little primary + kindergarten my team and I have had the privilege to work at/with for the last week. If you were to enter the gates with us in the morning, you would be greeted by an assembly of 50 young children in front of the school, stirring up the red...

The Weight of Glory

July 17, 2015
Adventures
Jamaica

10 days, only 10 days I was able to spend in Jamaica, but wow did God make the most out of that very short time. He stretched me physically emotionally and definitely spiritually in ways I have never been stretched before. 2 Corinthians 4:17 says “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison”?? these past two weeks have definitely been another step in preparing me for that oh so sweet weight of glory.Me, tyler, and over 20 girls, makes for a pretty crazy experience, and I had no clue what to expect. I decided that I was...

Over the Airwaves

July 17, 2015
Adventures
Guatemala

Sometimes, doing kingdom work looks like shoveling loads of gross, muddy, pig slop, sweating so much your eyes burn, and working until theres no strength left in your fingers to hold the shovel. However, there are other times where ministry looks like being invited into a Christian Radio studio to sing, speak and share. For the ambassadors of God’s Kingdom to Guatemala ministry Wednesday was a super fun time of being on the radio! God has been blessing us, and using us to bless this nation–in the streets and over the airwaves.

Searching For Love In Darkness

July 17, 2015
Adventures
Philippines

As I look over my right shoulder, I notice a tall white man, easily over the age of 60, pacing rather quickly towards the now closed mall. While I watch him move amongst the locals, I have trouble not feeling ashamed or even a little hate towards what he is about to do. This man, who could possibly have a daughter of his own, is going to purchase one of the hundreds of young girls standing outside the bars displaying themselves as “products”. However, what I didn’t realize is that he is probably staying for a couple months and each night will...

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