Author: Adventures

  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...

Week 3 of our mission in Cochabamba was crazy — and I´m not trying to be dramatic when I say crazy. After a day–long delay, the Georgia mission team finally arrived late Monday evening. For the next 5 days our new family of 19 christians ate breakfast at 6:30am, began the day with a devotional, went out into the field, ministered God´s will, ate delicious food, pursued fruitful conversations, and ended the day in a 6-7 hour coma. All the while we captured experiences that both stretched and blessed us. Along with going to orphanages + small church communities and doing vacation...

  So yesterday four of us had the awesome opportunity to visit the women’s prison and to participate in a bible study with the women there.  I have to say that everything about that place was completely different than what I was expecting. I thought that it would be an oppressive, bleak and depressed environment, but that thought was completely blown away. We found ourselves walking into an open-air courtyard filling with plastic tables and chairs, clothes hanging on the line, women cooking and chatting with one another. Surrounding the courtyard were three stories of rooms...

   On Tuesday I was so pumped to have the opportunity to go with our team to La Casa de Amnistad. La Casa is a school for children whose parents are in prison. We walked in and I have to say I was nervous for what we were going to encounter. The old chipped tile and chunks of paint missing from the walls did not offer much comfort. After a quick orientation Anna and I ended up in the ¨Pre-Kinder¨class aka the 3-old class. They are ADORABLE. As soon as we walked in we were met by 15 3-year olds screaming ¨Tia, Tia¨ (which means Aunt for those of you who don´t speak Spanish!) I...