A Little More Details

Well, I have a couple minutes to share with you what has happened so far...

The trip to Nicaragua was a bit of an adventure. I flew from MSP to Chicago to Atlanta, but due to bad weather in Atlanta, we had to circle the airport for about an hour. We almost had to fly to a different airport to fill up on fuel because of all the circling, but we ended up being able to land right before we ran out, Thank you Jesus! So I was very thankful for the 2 hour layover because I didn´t miss my connecting flight to Nicaragua.

In Atlanta I met up with a Pastor and elder from a different MN church who are in Nicaragua meeting churches/pastors to see about partnering with them. So we flew together down to Nicaragua. In Nicaragua, Chuck was at the airport to pick us up. We brought the pastor and elder to the hotel and I stayed at the guesthouse. Friday morning we went to the airport to pick up the team. The team is about 27 people, 4 of whom are men. The average age is 40/50ish, but there are also plenty of youger people who are my age! The team will be doing medical missions in 3 or 4 churches, as well as a children´s ministry and construction ministry.

The rest of Friday was relaxing so the team could rest since they met at the airport at 4:15 am. The hotel we are staying at is the nicest I have ever stayed. There is a POOL! So we don´t need an afternoon shower, it cools us down enough to wait until later! Today, as I mentioned before, we did a couple prayer walks. We visited the churches we will be ministering in throughout the week and prayed over the communities. This is the first time I have ever done that on a mission trip. I think it was a really great experience, to pray over and claim the area for God before we actually set to work. To make sure the devil knows we are there and God will be doing a mighty a work! It was a huge blessing to each of us on the team. This is something I would like to do in future trips. It was great being guided by someone from the local church who told us what that particular area needs most as far a prayer, then praying in multiple languages all at the same time. Talk about the nations coming together and pushing back the darkness. We were able cover many parts of the communities since we split into 4 groups. The north, south, east and west all received prayer.

Continue praying as we start ministering on Monday. I am excited about what God will do with the team, the communities and churches. Thanks for partnering with us in prayer!!!!!!!