kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see
(Ron, Mario, & the truck that we traveling in everyday!)
Nicaragua is coming to an end and with that so is month 2! How is that even a thing? It is mind blowing to me how quick this trip is happening. I am grateful for all the moments that I have had, all the adventures I have gotten to do, but more importantly I am grateful for the people that I have had the honor to get to know. I have truly met some of the most amazing people with the biggest hearts for others and it’s humbling to be able to work beside them and see the way the Lord is working.
Two months and I have met a lot of locals who at times I don’t think understand anything I am saying but we connect and still laugh and share life together. I have seen them, like just really sit and see them, enjoy who they are for everything that makes them, flaws and all. Then you have the kids; I have had the joy of getting to run around with children in fields playing soccer and running in the dirt roads. Last but surely not least you have our host! Ron, Mario, Tony, & Rosita, these people are the most servant hearted people I have ever met they loved and prayed for us before they ever met us while also giving everything to make sure we are okay. Mario is constantly making sure we get from ministry to ministry and then waiting on us. I can’t find words to explain how much this man serves us all the time and he always the biggest most genuine smile on his face! I am not one for goodbyes nor am I good at short conversations which is one reason I was asked to be a story teller I am sure J I have had some simple conversations just getting to hear their stories of how they came to know the Lord and how He led them to the ministry that they are doing. I can say Nicaragua would never have been the same without Ron & Mario. Ron is our Host and as much as we are not supposed to say it, he is a teddy bear. A man that when you hug him you get that instant fatherly love, and yet his “strictness” is always in a manner that you can tell is only to keep us safe because he doesn’t want anything bad to happen to us. I can’t help but be filled with joy knowing that I have had moments with this man just bonding over football and little things and then to think that I am going to have the pleasure of getting to meet other host similar and different in so many ways!
As we wave goodbye to Nicaragua and move into Honduras I know that I am not just leaving part of me there but I am leaving part of my heart. I trust in the Lord, I know that no matter what, He will continue to guide us, without Him we wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t be funded to the point that I am; Heck I wouldn’t be here at all! I am continuous grateful for the love and encouragement I am receiving from home. I seriously miss you all but I am confident that the next 9 months are going to fly by before I can even blink. Please continue to pray for safety as we travel but also as we go into month 3 and the ministry that we will be doing that we would have soft hearts and be willing to learn and love just as much as the people are learning from and loving us.
