One Month in Nicaragua
One month ago, my plane touched down in Nicaragua and me and my three suitcases I had packed up my life in passed through customs and security to meet my new team on the other side. It was all a…
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One month ago, my plane touched down in Nicaragua and me and my three suitcases I had packed up my life in passed through customs and security to meet my new team on the other side. It was all a…
Georgia on my Mind. You see the lyrics posted as soon as you enter the state. I moved to Georgia three years ago, and outside of my home state Montana, it is the only place that has felt like home.…
I have been living out of my suitcase since April. I don’t have a job. Most of my friends are in a country that seems a world away from here. I have said more good-byes than I can…
Change. I’ve known it was coming for a while. I just didn’t know when. Since I was a little girl, I’ve always had my eye on the horizon looking to the future, dreaming of faraway places and great adventure.…
Last week I saw my first dead body. I attended a Nicaraguan funeral. The 21-year-old boy and had died the day before. When I looked at his devastated family, I could see the pain twisted across their faces. I will…
Joy. This was the resounding theme to the recent relief trip I lead in Nepal. Joy amidst the rubble. It was a hard trip. Logistically, spiritually, and emotionally. After 70 hours of travel my co-leader and I arrived at the…
I lay awake that Friday night knowing an international flight was waiting for me in the morning. A whirlwind of uncertainty tore my sleep to pieces. Did I pack everything? How will I find Pastor Juan at the airport? Will…
By nature I am a dreamer. My head is always in the clouds making it hard focus on what is in front of me. Sitting still is my worst enemy. I remember trying to sit still during church services as…
SO…you know that feeling when something is ripped away from you? Something you love, something you fought for, something you thought was yours? Then…it’s gone? You don’t realize how much it meant, how much it was a part of you…