Day 5 Nicaragua

This was our last day and we went to spend it with the children from La Chureca.  At least this is where we spent the morning.  It was a lot of fun, but also so much pain. God is amazing in how He decides to mold us.  We fight and claw for what we want almost all the time, but rarely do we think of others and their pain.  Today we did, we said goodbye to those children and you could feel and see the sadness because we were leaving.  We made an impact because Christ wanted it to happen.  In the afternoon, we went to swim in the pacific ocean with some middle school and high school kids from La Chureca. We had a great time. Gods beauty reigns so deeply here.  We finished the night off with a bonfire and some worship and reflection. It was awesome, these kids are so amazing.  God spoke through all of us this week.  Whether we choose to listen or not God will chase us without rest.  He is called the hound of Heaven and He desires for us to feel His peace. Selah!

P.S.
I went to La Chureca at night to drop some kids off after the beach.. I will write about that as my day 6 in Nicaragua since we are leaving tomorrow.  Unmerciful, unrelenting and totally evil place.

Day 4 Nicaragua

This was hands down an amazing and pure God day.  We came together at a local house and it was a house of prayer. So we walk up to the second floor and everyone takes a seat. We are a large group and nearly took up every inch of that place.  We started off with a word from God by a 82 year old man named brother Alvin and followed up with some worship music.  This is were it changed.  I mean the Holy Spirit took over. As we were praying I would look around and God started to put on my heart who needed prayer.  We started praying for our team and in an awesome way, we anointed them with oil and laid our hands on them.  It was beautiful to see Him work. Words cannot express the feeling of seeing these young teenagers surrender themselves and the adults.  They allowed God into their brokenness.  It was so an experience with the one true God, He allowed healing and satan had no influence in that room.  Praise God for what He is doing here in Nicaragua, we as His Beloved are so taken care of.  It has placed a fire in my heart that needed to be refueled from so many years ago.   Now, the last part of this day was so healing for a small group of us.  There were 6 of us who stayed after our devotionals and for whatever reason, God wanted us to laugh and did we ever.  It was so much fun, the kind of laughter that hurts your jaws and your gut.  He was so amazing because I seriously feel like that moment was for the young little man who struggles with fitting in.  Well for this moment in his life he was King and you could see how happy he was to make others laugh.  It was also for me because that was the first time I have laughed so hard and so unhindered since my mom passed almost 3 years ago.  Surrending to Christ is very humbling, healing, powerful and peaceful. God is showing up everywhere we go and He is persistently telling me that He loves me and wants my cup that He has given me to begin to overflow so that the love he shows me may touch others that Jesus places in my path.. Selah!

Day 3 Nicaragua

Today was amazing as we made that turn into La Chureca the darkness was there but bound.  We prayed for God to bind the evil and strongman of La Chureca and He did, you could feel a peace that was not explainable.  As we are here for these kids God is allowing us freedom to let these kids experience Him through us. As we entered the school the kids erupted again, just wanting us to hold them and play.  It was awesome to see these highschool kids love on these young children from La Chureca. They do not know any other kind of love except for the love of Jesus. Here in the darkness of this horrible place is the light of Christ. It says in Psalms 91:2 ” My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust” Collegio Cristiano is exactly this verse for these kids in La Chureca.  He will always provide for His Beloved.. Selah!