Jesus didn't have that tension
Hey all! Long time no post, eh? Sorry about that - I hadn’t intended to be this quiet during our in-between times, but there you have it....
Pure & Faultless
The careful students of my blog will remember a statistic I cited earlier - that Nicaragua is the second-poorest country in the Western...
Complete Joy
What would make your joy complete? Did you know Nicaragua has the second-lowest GDP in the Western Hemisphere? Higher than Haiti; lower...
Darkness & Light
I’ve been thinking this week about darkness and light. Partly, this involves my misconception about the daylight hours in Nicaragua. For...
Pre-Departure Thoughts
There’s this phrase: just like riding a bike (Meaning: “Don’t worry, you’ll pick that skill back up, no problem”). This week I was...
Of Gallo Pinto and MacBook Pros...
As we enter our final days of Nicaragua prep, we're sorting out the last of the technical issues -- like what computer should we bring?
Jehovah Jireh
When Joel and I got married, I did very little to plan our honeymoon. I’m not sure exactly how the arrangement got started, but it was...
The Cost
Hi all! Here's a slide deck and audio from a little message Joel and I gave at our home church (New Life Community Church) in July. Watch...
This is actually happening!
A few things happened this week that have made this whole project seem so much more real! First: We started the application process for...
