A Year Later
How do I even begin to sum up my year here? Iteams Nicaragua bought a rehabilitation farm for recovering addicts, donated 7500 eggs to preschoolers, and increased our Nicaraguan and American work family. All the short-term mission groups who visit us are astonished at what we’ve accomplished and how much we’ve grown. In the mist of all this great progress as a team, it was personally the hardest year of my life. I feel as if my imperfections and flaws are bubbling to the surface like the lava in the Masaya Volcano. I am strong-willed and confident, but I have been asked to mold, change… Read more >>
Oceans
Nearly four years ago, on a cool, misty day in a forest outside of Pittsburg, a friend approached me with something a little odd. You see, it was a Sunday of my first summer with Southwestern Advantage, the crazy, character-building, book thing. Every Sunday our whole team gathered and started our meeting with worship. This was also the time when the song Oceans by Hillsong came out, and after a long hard week and with the sweet yet powerful voices of the Elle and Anne, it just hit right down to your core. It was during this time that a fellow co-worker, whom I only knew on the surface,… Read more >>
December Newsletter
Feliz Navidad! We celebrated our 4th annual Beto's Christmas Party and had a great time together!Looking around the room we realized we were twice size from last year. Very thankful for the gift of growth and the opportunities God continues to provide for our team! Interns-It's Summer Break in Nicaragua and 10 incredible students chose to give up their vacation to help our team in Masatepe. For their 2 month break, instead of sleeping in and relaxing these teenagers jumped at the opportunity to work for their community. During this internship the students… Read more >>
Our Strengths and Weaknesses
I might be the most extroverted person you will ever meet. Like I need 0 alone time, 0 down time. My whole life I have jam packed my schedule to always be going and doing something. My mom was ecstatic when I got my driver’s license so she didn’t have to shofer me around. I guess God is using this period of my life to test that. I have been living alone for almost 3 months now, something I never dreamed would happen. And while I’m being honest here, I have been having a hard time making friends. As a recent college grad, this is the first time in my life I am not surrounded by people of the… Read more >>