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Back in Nicaragua, and happy to be here! Rainy season and all!!!

It is so beautiful, lush and green. I am in awe of your wonderful creation LORD. The words from Isaiah 55 v 12 come to mind; "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." I join Creation in praising you LORD.

Thank you to all who made my time in USA so fruitful and rewarding. I love you!!

I made several interesting contacts while I was in Florida and plan to follow up on them here over the next couple of weeks. Please pray for God's direction for my meetings with: Food for The Poor, Angels of Hope Orphanages, ANF/American Nicaraguan Foundation, Arms of Love Orphanage and La Vina (to name a few.)

"See I am doing a new thing! I am making a way in the desert, and streams in the wasteland." says The LORD in Isaiah 43

And indeed He is doing a new thing in my life.

God has provided me with an opportunity to work as a teacher’s aide in a local Christian school here. It is a missionary position that pays a basic living stipend. This will help me to take care of some things that my previous budget did not allow. Mostly health & dental care, maybe also a car, and at some point a home of my own. I have been hitching rides and taking public buses, which I don’t mind at all but it is getting increasingly dangerous, especially as a single female.

The Nicaraguan Christian Academy (NCA) is dedicated to raising up a new generation of leaders to bring this country out of the darkness it has been entrapped in for so long. This matches my vision for Nicaragua.

It will be quite different for me to be ministering to children at the school, a new responsibility in a totally new environment.

I feel strongly about continuing to work with children in need, in orphanages and in the streets, and I pray that God will make it known to me how He wants me to do that.

One of my future visions is to be able to provide a safe place, a home for children in critical need, and I press on with that goal in my heart.

I appreciate your prayers and invite you to stay with me as we go forward to the next scene in the Epic Adventure of Life.

The John 1:14 Challenge!

Right on target!! Go Gainesville, Go Gators! Got your attention?

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No doubt God’s heart is broken for the lost and abandoned, the needy, the orphans and widows. The Bible makes it clear how God feels about missions. Jesus Christ is our model of how we should reach out to help. Jesus ministered through loving people and building relationships with them. He encouraged and discipled people then empowered them to go out and do the same.

The Missions conference at The Vineyard of Gainesville a couple of weeks ago was a rich time of unity. I was blessed to be among like minded people from so many of the different churches in the area. Many thanks to all who helped with the conference, it was very rewarding to share our hearts for missions with our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

Thank you LORD for all the seeds that were planted, may The Harvest for Your Kingdom be great! May this become an annual event and continue to stir peoples’ hearts for missions. May we bring Glory to Your name Father as we go out and do the work you have commissioned us to do.

I fly back to Nicaragua June 24th. Check back for more updates :)

"Mercy, Peace and Love be yours in abundance." Jude 2