Author: Adventures

  This past week we had the privilege to visit three different orphanages, each with their own style and blessings. The first was way out in a rural area and had the dream to one day be self sustaining by producing products such as pigs, ducks, honey and flowers. Although we played games, sang songs, acted out a bible story my favorite part of the day was simply talking with a group of teenage girls who simply wanted to ask us questions about life in the United States. Rachel was even able to share her testimony and Margaret followed with the gospel and one of the girls accepted...

  emily and amanda waliking with the children on the top of the mountain     calie and hannah looking hottttt on the last day of training camp in Georgia (sorry its kind of out of order haha)   tamara, she is so sweet josue- he´s like my little brother, I LOVE HIM!   our view we see every morning!   bearnabe, andres, and daniel (I teach andres english, spelling, and art!) bearnabe, josue, and daniel love these boys!   hopefully more to come next week! love you all!  

Blog from Week 1: No taxi trufi ride into Cochabamba today! The last time I posted we had come to la ciudad (the city) via public transportation, i.e. taxi trufi – a van with 2 yellow lines on the hood and a circular insignia. This being our first week in Cochabamba, I can say it has been quite an adventure. Aside from not being able to flush paper down the toilet (which I´ve done 3 time so far), eating delicious traditional Bolivian food, and exploring La Cancha-the HUGE/busy/outside market, God has been very present.   Day 2 of being in Cochabamba, Thursday I believe, our team...

  Hola! I hope you all are doing great and that you have been blessed this week! I have had an incredibly busy week, but God has stood beside me in all of it and has opened my eyes to see him in a much bigger way. This past week we have been blessed by joining with a team from Georgia. They have stayed here the past 7 days and we have done all of our ministry together. The president of Helping Hands was here as well leading our new extended team members. He took us to a handful of wonderful ministries all over Cochabamba. Oh and side note, Helping Hands is the organization...

              On one of our first days in Cochabamba, we were told that an American team from a church in Georgia would join us. We were filled with excitement and questions. Would we get along with this team? How old is this group? What will we be doing for the week? Who is this infamous Richard that people keep on talking about?             The day of their arrival seemed to go on forever. They were supposed to arrive around lunchtime on...

From Week 2:    In Luke 19 the Pharisees told Jesus to rebuke his disciples for praising God loudly for the miracles he had done and Jesus responded, Ïf they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.¨ God will be praised regardless of whether I do it or not, but I really am glad to be praising Him right now. The ¨theme¨ of this trip is ¨The easiest thing to do is nothing.¨ And, that´s what I´ve been learning this week. This week a woman asked that 4 members of out team would go with her to the women´s prison here in Cochabamba. After praying about it I was given a word to speak to...