November 18. Day 15 at Cicrin Children’s Home Ometepe, Nicaragua Here’s the deal. I know that many of you have been wondering what my ministry looks like this month . . . I know. I am overdue for a blog. The truth is that I haven’t wanted to blog because I have no idea how to express my heart about Cicrin. I want to let you into my world, but honestly no words or pictures could fully relate my experience this month. So here is my attempt to depict my time spent thus far in Nicaragua . . . For the past 3 weeks, I have been living life alongside my squadmates, teammates, and the workers and kids here at Cicrin. It has been a beautiful journey. One night during my team’s feedback session [our daily meeting with one another for accountability and prayer], I expressed that my heart feels as if it is being pulled in a million different directions. My days are full of opportunities to build relationships with my teammates, my squadmates from Team Lovebound, and the workers and the kids at Cicrin. My days are unstructured which requires great wisdom in how I spend my time, but each day has been full thus far. I cannot express enough how much the Lord has blessed me this month with opportunites for intentional conversations and to use my talents for the Kingdom. Last month, I learned over and over that ministry is found in moments throughout the day. This month has been a continuation in this lesson. I am learning daily how to listen to the Lord and obey. Today I had planned on going into the main town to post blogs and respond to e-mails. During my team’s time of prayer, I felt the Lord tell me to stay back for the day instead of going into town. Today was a day full of intentional conversations that encouraged both others in their walk with Christ and me in my walk with Christ. It was an interchange of wisdom and encouragement- the way life should be. Tonight I am overwhelmed with the cause and effect of decisions. Obedience to God’s small still whisper leads to unexplainable peace. Each day we have opportunities to walk in obedience to the Lord’s voice. My experience thus far on the race can be summarized in 3 words: God is good. He keeps revealing to me in all circumstances that I am exactly where I need to be in this stage of my life. As I composing this blog, I am laughing and crying [tears of joy] about how Sovereign my God is. My deepest desire is to live life intentionally and fully committed to God- not just on the Race but beyond. Over the next few blogs, I want to give you a glimpse into my life on the island of Ometepe throughout these past few weeks. They have been full of beautiful memories. For now, here are some photos from the past weeks.
[Team Pneuma and Team Lovebound after our long 2 days of travel. 4 countries in 2 days. 7 methods of travel.]
My heart explodes with love for Cicrin’s staff and the kids!
[My dear friend, Julietta, one of the girls at Cicrin. During one of my first days at Cicrin, I spent the morning painting, dancing, and drawing with Julietta. We had a grand time. She often sits with me during meals].
[Fun day with the girls from Cicrin.]
[Deuna, Amalia, and Julietta on Sunday].
