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...

This past week we had a team from Georgia come and do ministry beside us.  At first I was a little nervous because our team has developed a rhythem and we are comfortable with each other etc.  But the team from Georgia opened up so many oppurtunities for us.  Just talking to them and sharing what Christ has done in our lives was so awesome. Since this week was so packed with mini ministry oppurtunities so the GA team could get a taste of Cochabamba, I wasn´t really focused on our short ministry oppurtunities but  God taught me that He is a global God and he showed me...

This week we got another ministry oppurtunity, visiting La Casa de Amistad.  In Bolivia families are allowed to live with the family member that is convicted in prison.  So a whole family can live with the convicted parent in a tiny cell….what???  So La Casa de Amistad is a school for the children who live in the prison and they get fed two meals and are given somewhat of an education. My first visit to Amistad-Emily, Amanda, and I were in the 4 and 5 year old class.  The kids were so needy for love and any form of affection.  This little boy Jose was the...

   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...