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Just Give Them Love

I look down, and see smiling faces.  Faces that hide stories, and have seen things that I can’t even imagine.  I look down and see malnourished bodies and dirty hands reaching up to me, wanting to hold my hand, and…

Keep Running

5 Months Ago… I line up with about 60 other people.  We all take our stance, and wait.  Eagerness and excitement fills the air as we all wait for the gunman to pull the trigger.  Finally, after the long and…

Learning to Surrender

"Hey, what's your name?" "My name is Alvin, but you can just call me handsome."  That was the first conversation I had with one of the boys that God placed in this Children's Home on the first night that my…

Releasing Expectations

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Enjoy family, food, football, and Black Friday! Today was our day off, and our day of rest.  We flew in yesterday with some serious jet lag.  God blessed us with a day of rest, and also a…

Walking Out Love

The other day, I was able to talk to someone really close to me on Skype.  This person has been a huge part of my life and has encouraged me so much as I continue this journey not only on…

Ask the Lord

These past 2 weeks, our ministry looked very different for us.  We spent a lot of time with The Lord and with each other.  However, we also did ministry outside of our time with The Lord.  We lived next to…

Photo update

Zip lining! Did it guatemalan style, by hiking up a mountain, zip lining across a mountain, and landing on a platform where you have to repel yourself down…with you in charge of the rope and how fast you go.