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My Enemies All Around Me

November 2, 2011
Adventures
On the Field

I feel pressed on every side. I hear the loud whispers from my enemy: "You can't do it! You suck! You are a loser! You have been forsaken! Go home! Do it, go home! You have failed! Your passion is gone! Nothing you do is good enough! Your Father doesn't want you! God doesn't love you! Look around! He's not even here!!" And on they go. They sound so real; so true at times. I think about who God says I am and lately they seem so farfetched. I feel like David in Psalm 31: "Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eye wastes away with grief,...

Top 5 Moments of the Week in Pictures

November 2, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

1. Tennis! During sport's ministry, our Pastor knew I liked tennis so he talked with the tennis instructor at the complex, and he let me play. It was a very unexpected treat! 2. Outdoor Church Service on Friday and Saturday At the church service, I met these two adorable and sweet girls. Cesia, the girl on the right, was patient with my Spanish speaking skills, and we are able to have a good and long conversation. They bought me a lollipop and Cesia gave me her bracelet. 3. (Little) Cliff Jumping and Swimming in the River Friends of the pastor we work with wanted to bless us,...

Somos Hijos del Rey

October 29, 2011
Adventures
Field Support

Quiero contarles de una nina que me ha roto el corazon. Se llama Fatima. Tiene 5 anos y la conoci en el orfanato. Es lo mas divino que hay en esta vida. Es toda rellenita, timida y super tierna. El primer dia que la conoci no me hablaba. Pero habia algo de ella que me fascinaba, y todavia me fascina y me encanto poder tratar de conocerla y esperar a ese dia que porfin me hablara. Hace una semana porfin me hablo Fatima! No se imaginan la alegria que me trajo al corazon. Ese dia fue increible, pude porfin hablar con ella. La miraba y le decia, “ Eres divina Fatima! Eres Divina.”...

Pitch Black

October 29, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Last week, we climbed a volcano. As much hard work as it was climbing up, and as much fun as it was roasting marshmallows and climbing into steam geysers at the top, I want to focus on the terrifying, heart wrenching descent. That we completed in the Pitch Black Dark. We realized it was getting dark. But it didn't really click that we still had an hour and a half climb down still, until we began. "Don't worry," our guide told us. "The horses have better eyes than you." Well, that's good news for those who actually rented horses, I thought a tad...

Isaiah 55:8-9

October 29, 2011
Adventures
Reflection

For me, ministry this past week was pretty much nonexistent…another little parasite decided to make it's home in my tummy, and so I've spent a good chunk of this past week in my room and in the bathroom. As a result, I've had quite a bit of free time on my hands. With the halfway point behind us now, I've been thinking more about what the furue holds. It's still a little frightening, knowing that I'm not in control, and the posture of being in full surrender is still new and uncomfortable. But I rest in the comfort of knowing that He knows me...

The Small Things in Life

October 29, 2011
Adventures
Field Support

WIthin the last week we have been able to work with organized minisrties almost everyday. What I didn't take an effort to do until today, was to step outside of the Casa Verde and intermingle with the local little girls who live right across the street. I don't even need to be doing an organized ministry. God has made me realize that even just taking sometime to hang out with little girls is worth your time and means a lot. They were so filled with joy and I even got to work on my spanish a little more. It was mostly spanglish, but I like to believe, it is...

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