Nature and Character of God along with earthy issues

Before I begin writing I would like to apologize to my readers for not spending more time on my entries. I realize that there are so many people at home who are supporting me prayerfully and financially and I feel convicted that I have not been putting in as much effort as I should. I have been trying to rationalize in my mind that we have been so busy, there isn’t much time to write but it doesn’t matter how much time I have I need to give my all in everything I do no matter how limited on time I am. So with that being said from here on out I want to make a promise that I will put my heart into this blog just as I did in the beginning. I hope you can all forgive me.

CHARACTER AND NATURE OF GOD

The character and nature of God is a huge topic to try to cover in just a week especially with only human knowledge. God is way bigger than we could ever comprehend.

Our speakers were the YWAM base leaders in Nicaragua and their style was much different then the previous teachers but I enjoyed the change.

At the beginning of the week my body began to feel a bit weak and my throat was scratchy. By Wednesday I was on bed rest. It was only a common cold but boy did it hit hard! A few people caught a cold a few weeks ago and I was so happy that it skipped right over me and then out of no where I caught a bug even worse than the one before! It slowly got better after that but while I was getting better I began to hear other people talking about the symptoms they were experiencing- the same ones I got, uh oh. Right now we have two people trying to get over the sickness I passed aroundJ ooops.

So last week was a bit difficult for me to focus but luckily a lot of it was scriptural reference so I got to go back and learn on my own. One part of last week that I really enjoyed was when they opened up a time we had for us to be completely honest and express our doubts that we struggled with about God. I hopped right on that opportunity. I am not the type of person to accept everything I hear just because someone says it’s right I like to experience and research on my own just as C.S. Lewis did- maybe I’ll become a world renowned author one day! Wouldn’t that be nice? So I explained how I had a hard time with accepting that the Bible is even a reliable source. I had read a book in the past that explained my question but I hadn’t kept a tight grip on that information and it slipped away from me. The speakers were electrified by that question and told me that they had a paper with a bunch scientific and historical evidence to prove that the Bible is true and not a complete different message from when it was first written. If you are interested in hearing about it let me know! I am so excited that I have that information I don’t want to just keep it to myself so please don’t hesitate to ask if you’re curious.

I knew that I was still fighting off the sickness so we didn’t do too much on the weekend. We watched a few movies and took a few walks but other than that nothing too exciting. Sunday night we had a few people from El Salvador make a typical Salvadorian food dish- pupusas they are like a thick tortilla with beans and cheese in the middle, it is delicious! I can’t wait to go out to other Central American countries and try their food. Speaking of other Central American countries…

Originally the plan was to do a mini outreach in Panama and we would leave this Friday, the 27^th but due to logistical things we will be going to Nicaragua instead. The reason behind this is because Panama is 16 hours away and we only had 7 days to be with the tribe and that travel time right there takes up 2 days of being with them. Plus it would take about a day to get to the actual tribe so we would only have 3 days to be with them, build relationships, meet their needs, and learn their culture- it just wasn’t practical. So what the new plan is, is going to Nicaragua on Thursday morning and staying until next Wednesday. We have a ton of connections in Nicaragua and if you guys know anything about Nicaragua it is a war zone so they need as much help as they can get.

Nicaragua is the second poorest Central American country with a huge unemployment rate and violence is very prevalent. We are all so excited to go! We will be staying at the YWAM base in Diriamba. This would have been a disappointment if we didn’t know that we would still be going to Panama. The way it is all going to happen is that we go on the mini outreach to Nicaragua which is 6 hours away. Then we come back finish the remaining lecture phase classes and on October 4^th we are going to go to NIKO camp. We don’t know anything about NIKO all we are allowed to know is that its 4 days in the jungle where you are challenged more than ever before! I’M EXCITED. Many hate it and many love it. Once you go to Niko you have to sign a contract saying that you cannot talk about NIKO to anyone that could potentially do it. The surprise is what makes it so good. From NIKO, which is located in the southern part of the Costa Rican jungle, we will be going to Panama for a week. After that we will be traveling up to the main base again for a few days and heading to Honduras. I can’t wait but I guess that’s not for several weeks so I will focus on Nicaragua for now.

We still need to raise $130 by Wednesday night but we saw $6,000 come in 30 minutes so we have absolutely no doubt that God will provide the resources! Yes we only have to raise $130 for the mini outreach but once we get back we really need to start fundraising for the outreach costs. I think right now we need a total of $14,000. If any of you feel in your heart that you are to donate our team would appreciate it so much. As much as we hate to admit it money is pretty important on the mission field. On the right side of my blog you will see a button that says donate if you are interested.

So that is where we are at right now. We are starting a new week on Evangelism which we are learning that Evangelism doesn’t mean standing on the side of the street shouting at people that they need to repent. I will tell you what it really is at the end of the week but until then you'll have to wait in suspense!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!