Author: Adventures

3 Lessons From Mama Gracie

1) Relationships- Gracie has taught me so much about creating relationships. It is truly incredible to watch her go run “errands”, which involves, praying over a sick women, stopping to talk to a street boy, checking up on a house because she felt The Lord was telling her to, and many more things. She always says, “forget about the todo list, that’s all just stuff, forget about time, nothing is more important them talking to that one person in that moment!” 2) Boldness- Mama Gracie told us this story about how one day during Christmas time she was at Walmart...

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Simplicity

Live simply.    I know this is easy for me to say. I ‘m taking showers here at the will of the rain and our breakfast menu has a will forever consist of…cornflakes. Bear with me. There’s more to living simply than that.    Back home it’s easy to be so attached to comforts or people or feelings. So attached that you’re blinded by your dependency on these finite things that don’t fill us up. And the more we aren’t satisfied by these things that don’t fill us up, the more we run to more things.   And I didn’t really...

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It’s in the Little Things

Earlier this week we were sitting with Gracie in her living room doing devotions, our normal routine 3 days a week. She randomly stood up and walked to the other room. When she came back, our faces lit up with utter joy and we erupted with squeals of excitement when we saw what she had in her hands……….bite sized Hershey bars. It was by far the best two bites of chocolate I have ever had, literally made my day.   After we laughed at our ridiculous reaction to tiny pieces of chocolate, I was reminded what the Lord has been teaching me through a book I have been...

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Don’t cry over spilled…hot sauce

“Uhhhh…SIERRRRAAAAA…” is not really sound that I enjoy hearing as a leader. Immediately, ten thousand things of what could have possibly gone wrong crossed my mind and I hopped off my top bunk bed to rush to the small living area next to my room where I found two teammates with appalled looks on their faces huddled over a pile of dripping, red… Hot sauce. Yes, hot sauce.  Which probably doesn’t sound like that big of a deal, but after a week and a half of eating Honduran food (don’t get me wrong, we sure are spoiled here & it’s...

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Right Where I Need To Be

Ever since my first missions trip, I’ve always had a passion for serving in 3rd world countries. More specifically, I really felt drawn to serving in villages where the people are in their native environment. I never felt called to serve in an orphanage or women’s home. When I found out that I was going to be living and serving at a refuge home for abused children and women for 2 months this summer, I was taken back a little bit. That wasn’t what the description for the trip said and it wasn’t what I wanted at all. However, I knew that God was going to use me and my...

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The Lord is a River

Since we first arrived in Honduras, we have heard several times that the country has been in a 3 year drought. We talked about the importance of water conservation before we even arrived at Gracie’s. So, when it rained on us on our drive from the airport to La Ermita, I took that as a sweet welcome from the Lord. Since then, it has rained every single night. I’m not talking about a light sprinkle either, it has been a downpour EVERY NIGHT. I’m starting to question the Honduran definition of “drought” 😉 Also, rain on a tin roof is unexpectedly loud which...

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