Last week we celebrated Easter at El Puente and those memories are one for the books!  We started with an overnight vigil to lead up to a sunrise service.  So, everyone who wanted to come came at 9pm and was…

I’ve had a hard time journaling lately and keeping up with everything that’s going on, everything that God is doing in me and around me, and for me, that’s hard.  I like to have words to make sense of what…

Normally, I don’t particularly love Valentine’s Day.  I don’t dislike it, but it’s also not one of my favorite holidays.  But in Nicaragua the focus isn’t so much on the romantic love between two people or a couple, as love…

I think I’ve hit a new record on time between blogs…I’m sorry!  I’ve wanted to sit down several times and send out an update, as my last one told of many changes, but until now I’ve still been adjusting to…

December 8 was my 6-month marker for being in Nicaragua and what a 6 months it has been!  I remember in the first few months, when I wanted more than anything to be out of the heat and sitting with…

Lisa was here last week!  What an adventure it was too – hiking waterfalls, catching buses, walking all over town, falling into ditches on a scooter, riding/driving motorcycles around a volcanic island.  She spent a week with me and got…

Wow, time flies!  Since my last post my parents have visited, there was a talent show, we had our next parent meeting, several birthdays, and 14 more classes! Having my parents here was really nice.  Part of living here comes…

Lots of new, fun updates from last week!!  They have been in the process of starting construction on a bathroom, closet, and kitchen for the pavilion and as of last Tuesday, the construction has begun!!           …

I didn't realize just how much time had gone by since my last post!  Things have definitely picked up and we're in more of a routine, which is nice, but also makes the week fly by!  Since my last post we…