Memorial Stones

Originally published September 30, 2012 Sometimes I forget that I am in a third world country. It is easy to have days where you forget between our home being behind a fifteen foot wall, internet access, skype meetings, and social media. Even being driven around, at times I get caught up in what the kids […]

Originally published September 22, 2012 Every once in a while my old self takes over and I think ‘What was I thinking coming to live in Nicaragua for six weeks?!’ But then I have to take a deep breath and remind myself why- my life is not mine, it is not for my comfort, it

Originally published September 15, 2012 Yesterday was Independence Day in Nicaragua. The patio of our house is shared with a church building that is directly in front of the house, so when they are having a service they have the doors open leading to the patio. I am sure we would be able to hear

Originally published September 11, 2012 Everything here requires me to trust God. Trust that, although the walls of the house do not meet the roof, some animal is not going to come into the house or my room in the middle of the night. Trust that there is not going to be some natural disaster

Originally published September 9, 2012 Well, I found something I don’t like about Nicaragua. Actually, I guess technically this would be the second thing.  Rainstorms. Ironic that my first day her there was an earthquake, second day we ran out of water, third day there was a dead gecko on top of my mosquito net

Originally published September 7, 2012 A child laughing. Sitting in a rocking chair, amongst tropical flowers, watching little girls jump rope and compete as to who can jump the greatest number of times. A little girl calling my name throughout the house to find me, then entering my room to show me pictures that have

Originally published September 5, 2012 First blog post from the mission field. Yesterday was my travel day, which went better than I expected.  Goodbyes were emotional, along with the first leg of the trip. It was symbolic that as we took off from my home airport, I could see a family member’s workplace and as

Originally published July 27, 2012 I recently visited the beach that my family frequented when I was a child. I saw a house that I remember admiring as a little girl, which is now for sale. Part of me thinks how amazing it would be to live at the beach, in this beautiful home. Serene,

Originally published April 16, 2012 A parse error when working in computer science and code programming is basically when code, that is imported, does not translate to the receiving program. Just like when we, as Christians, try to witness to someone about the Gospel, about a mission trip, about a path God is leading us

Originally published April 8, 2012 One year. So much can change in one year. One year ago today I was three days away from leaving on my first mission trip. I feared the flight. I feared being in a third world country. I feared being out of my comfort zone. I could go on and