Make a difference

I have learned a lot about myself in this new environment. I have learned that I sweat all throughout the night as I sleep and immediately after taking a cold shower. I have realized by stomach is not strong enough to handle the different bacteria prevalent in this country. I have also learned that the closeness of this culture is something I do not like. On the bus, it is common for a crowded bus to have people hanging out the doors, looking like they are holding on for dear life. I have seen people drunk from the night before, passed out on the curbside not even woken up by the busy hustle and bustle of a brand new day. I have realized the loudness of this culture and embraced it thus far, (as much as I possibly can) still jumping every time a firework is shot off in the middle of the day. I have learned to love the acceptance of people who don’t know me and allow me to give them a shot, take their blood pressure, or explain their medication regimen for the next 30 days. Since getting moved to the pharmacy I have learned that a lot of the medications are donated to the patients from a special organization (Mennonite background) called Christian Aid Ministries (https://www.christianaidministries.org/programs/19); you can read more about this organization and the places they donate medicines. I have met many other Mennonites down here. I have been blessed knowing that people have done work such as packing medicines, making soaps, and sending them all down to Nicaragua where they get distributed to more than just the clinic I work at. I have learned so many new things since being here. I have learned more about me, the family I live with, the team I work with, but most importantly; the God I love and I am here to serve. I have learned how faithful and true he is in times where I need him most. I felt very homesick lately and missing my family terribly because I have never missed a Christmas at home. I was talking with other missionaries from different countries (United States and Costa Rica) and they helped me understand the differences and the feelings when they first moved here. They shared some stories over a great American meal (burgers and fries from Burger King). I have also been challenged to pray and fast for the CFCI organization. On December 17th, all CFCI missionaries worldwide will be fasting and praying for our organization. How cool is that?! I am so excited! We are praying for the upcoming year and praying that God blesses us immensely and showers each country with funds, teams, and people that can help add more blessings to the specific teams located worldwide. I recently returned from a medical brigade and I absolutely loved every second of it. I made many new friends and I learned a lot about the clinics and churches started around the area we helped. This place is called Somoto and located in the northern part of the country. It is located in the mountains and the atmosphere is very refreshing after being in Managua all the time (where it is still 85 at night in December). I had the opportunity to be on a trip that was a memorial for a couple men who started coming down to Nicaragua in the late 70’s and preaching the gospel and planting churches. These men listened to God’s voice and were obedient to his word. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” The first day of the brigade I got to give de-worming pills and vitamins to all the people who came to see the doctor, dentist, or eye doctor. If the patients needed to see all three, they had access to all three. The medications we gave were free and so were the consults. The number of people we saw on the first day was about 125 and on the second day we saw about 100. Thirty five people gave their life to Christ on the first day and seven on the second day. I made home visits on the first day in the afternoon. I was the only medical person in attendance. I was seeing patients, giving them meds I think they needed and I even got to dress a wound. We prayed over every person we saw and that was probably the most influential part of the home visits for me. Every one prayed at the same time and it felt like I could hear all the prayers and what everyone was saying. I felt surrounded by God’s presence and his guardian angels. On the second day, I did home visits in the morning and helped pack vitamins later that day. I may have come in contact with TB (please pray that all people in our group are safe and do not have any health complications with TB). The last day we were there, e went to a missionary school in the morning and then we spent our last day at a place called “Los Pipitos”. This center is for children with disabilities and they got consults with the doctors. These children go here and do rehab and get help with tasks needed for everyday living. I loved this part of the trip, these kids blessed my day! I got to know this group really well and they invited me to go with them on Friday to zip lining in Granada and shopping at the Masaya market. Of course I said yes because I made such good friends. I am truly blessed to be here and doing God’s will in my life. I could not imagine doing anything else right now. I know this is exactly where he wants me to be and what he wants me to be learning. This weekend is our church’s fundraiser. I ask you to partner with me in prayer and keep the property of the church in your thoughts and prayers as you end this year and enter into a new one. I know that prayer is very powerful. I believe that it changes lives! I have been getting into the word and reading Sun Stand Still by Steven Furtick. I am reading and finding out ways to challenge myself to believe in the things I think are impossible. Nothing is impossible for God. If you think you should be somewhere your not, give your requests to God and He will guide you to where you need to be. If you think you are not spending enough time with God, Get in the word, pray diligently, and love mercilessly. You only have one time on this earth, one chance to make an impact, one time to shout his name. How will you spend the time you have occupying the land he has blessed us with? Are you going to sit in America (where your comfortable) and live day by day like you normally do? Or are you going to listen to his command and be obedient like it says in Matthew? “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19 This life is the only one you’ve got; make differences, not excuses; change lives, not your cheek; give your life because He gave His son.

Countless blessings!

Wow, it has been a really long time since I have written and I am completely and honestly so sorry! I am going to give you a run down of the things I have done since my last post. I did a two-day medical brigade at a school located close to the clinic I work at everyday. The doctors were asked to come and see kids and prescribe medicines if needed at no cost to the children (the school paid for it). I was so touched by this experience. One of the small ministries the doctor is involved in is giving away free mini bibles at his clinic. He brought two boxes (each box holding 100) and was giving them away before the short devotion we had each morning before the brigades. The kids loved receiving this small gift. Even if they couldn’t read, these kids loved receiving something they could hold and grasp and call their own. It touched my heart. The children were also obsessed with the fact I could speak English. They asked me to talk in English and I was asking them to speak Spanish! It was such a wonderful trade off and I was so blessed by each child I came into contact with at this mini medical brigade. I loved every second of it! I also got a ticket; yes, for being in a car, but I was not driving, so it was not for speeding!!! Ha. I got a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt (shame on me). But in the end, it was literally a blessing. When you get a ticket here, you get your license taken and have to retrieve it later at the department of transportation and if its anything like in the states, you wait for way to much time than necessary. The doctor didn’t pick his license up for the remainder of that week and I am so blessed because he didn’t. That Friday at the clinic, a patient came in and he was consulting her and went to go look for a medication in the pharmacy and left his wallet in the room with the patient. He came back in the room to find his wallet and the patient who was previously in the room gone as well and a new patient siting in the chair waiting to be consulted. He told me that he had the two checks from the medical brigade in his wallet and if he would have picked up his license and had it, the person who stole his wallet could have easily cashed the checks and been off with the money. It was about $400 total (including a check for the consults and the medicines given at the brigade). I was so thankful to hear this! I thanked God! He is awesome! Another blessing to be thankful for is a little girl at the medical brigade named Diana gave me a bracelet and she seriously had holes in her shoes and clothes on her back and nothing else. She literally gave me everything she had to give! I was so overwhelmed, I will admit, I did tear up. It was so touching and I was so blessed! I thank God everyday for the little things that literally take my breath away. On a Tuesday at the clinic, I saw a febrile seizure take place. I have never seen a child have a seizure and it was hard on me. I tried praying for the mother of the child who ran into the clinic screaming shortly after she left with her sick child. She was terrified and I would imagine anyone who has a child could relate, but I surely can’t. I was so shocked as well, but all I could think to do was pray. Pray for peace, healing, comfort, and love. The things I thought would be the most important at that time for that woman and her child. I looked up two bible verses to send off with the mom as she was headed to the hospital because her child had a really high fever. I wrote down Isaiah 41:10 and Psalms 103:1-5. I was not able to give them to her because she left before I could talk to her and give them to her. This month, my friend from Omaha Nebraska left to go back home after her four months here of teaching and being a blessing! She was so important to me and I really confided in her as a true friend. She was so encouraging to me and gave me hope that there are positive people in this world. We also celebrated thanksgiving. It was different than any Thanksgiving I have ever had. I know it was improved because they normally don't celebrate it here. We had huge tamales that I could not even finish. Then there was dessert. You may think thats small and not enough food, but no one finished the main plate of a single tamale. They were 1.5 times the normal size! I had a great time and I have so much to be thankful for! I also went to the oriental market; the biggest market in Central America! Mom and Dad, get ready, we will be going there! It is a once in a lifetime experience and I won't let you miss out! I was grabbed this way and that being screamed at to buy the things from different vendors. Heard "mi amor", "chelita", "que bonita", "ven aqui", "que buscar". These all have different meanings, but they don;t matter. It was funny and entertaining. I walked in looking for a pair of shoes and left with a Barcelona jersey. It was a great deal and it was Nike! $8.00 for a full nike jersey; who wouldn't buy it?! I love it! My brother and my nephew here and I all have the same jersey! Picture below :) I have also been watching sermons and keeping up with keeping my spiritual cup filled. I know that sometimes after all my giving and doing, I feel drained at the end of the day, but I watch sermons from Highlands, Elevation or Life church to keep rejuvenated. I have been encouraged; I recently understood a whole sermon in Spanish, I have also been showered with blessings from the ultrasound doctor about how good I am getting at locating and identifying certain organs with the ultrasound machine. I have felt so blessed and am relying on God everyday to keep me encouraged and filled to do the work he has called me to do. I love what I am doing and would not change ANY of it for ANYTHING! I have never been more spiritually and mentally satisfied than I am down here. This brings me to my next point. I have recently finished reading the book “Radical” by David Platt; a preacher at a mega church in Birmingham Alabama. I am challenging you guys to read it (if you haven’t already). If you have read it, please join me in the radical experiment. This includes: praying for the entire world, reading the entire bible, sacrificing money for a specific purpose, spending time in another context, and committing yourself to a multiplying community (either a church body, a small group, etc.). This is am awesome adventure I am so excited to have started and loving everyday of it! I recently got moved to the pharmacy at the clinic, because it was re done and it is double the size and hold a lot more medicine. The former pharmacist needs assistance, so I moved over there for a little to help her out. It has not been as fun as triage was because I don’t get the special interaction I used to with some patients. I am still blessed to see the people I do and help with the specific doctors when they come to the clinic, but I hope to get back into triage and seeing and interacting with patients one-on-one. I love the personal relationships and smiles and just rapport that is developed over taking down a persons name, age, and heart rate (sometimes blood pressure depending on age). I feel so much more important when I get that personal interaction, but I know God has a purpose for me whether I work in the pharmacy or in triage. I am going to do another medical brigade with the doctor from the clinic on the 8th of December to the 12th with a team from Georgia. I ask for you to pray for me during this time. I heard this is a colder part of the country (finally!). I am so blessed to be able to be here and forming relationships that will last a lifetime; with the team I work with, the family I live with, and the people I work with. I thank you all for your support and keep a close watch; my next blog post will have a video included. Miss you all!

2 month video!

Living a life of transcendence

Today marks two months since I have been in Nicaragua and my faith has grown tremendously since day one. I have been intrigued to learn more; more about God, His grace, His love, and His word. I have been watching sermons in english to help get my fix of biblical teaching because I still only comprehend about half of a message in spanish. I have come to the realization that I am here because God has granted me the grace to live beyond myself. None of this would be possible with just human dependence, that is why God is in control. One sermon recently touched me because it related to me on more than one level. Many of you know I was studying for my nursing test before I came here; and I eventually took my test three times before passing. I now know that is was all a blessing in disguise, in God's plan. It bought me perseverance, patience, and to lean on his understanding and knowledge. As you prepare to take the NCLEX, you must think about questions based on hierarchal needs. Fellow nurses know the importance of Maslow when it comes to human needs. In nursing school I learned his five levels of needs starting with physical needs and ending in self-actualisation. Chris Hodges (pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham Alabama) added a whole other detention and that is my aim for my life. The last need he added to the pyramid of importance is transcendence needs. Before I came to Nicaragua I wish I could proclaim my life was this unique and radical. As I have lived here, I have learned that without God, none of this would be possible; so therefore I am nothing without God and I need him to be vibrantly present in EVERY aspect of my life (finances, work, relationships, character, etc.). Living a life of transcendence means looking beyond yourself and what you discover about yourself; using it to help others. Dictionary.com defined being transcendent as "going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding", "superior or extreme", and the best one yet "transcending the universe, time, etc.". If you don't understand why the last one was the best, your missing my point. Read Proverbs 9:6 (leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding) to comprehend my point. The difference between your life now and the life of many people here is for you tomorrow will be a regular day *you most likely will get up, go to work, eat lunch, walk about politics or whatever occupies your thoughts during most of the day, home come, prepare and eat dinner, go to bed, and perform that routine all over again the next day leading up to the weekend). I am not pointing fingers, I was doing the same thing and I left my certainty for un-certainty. That life is so different to the ones lived here. People here think about what they will have to eat tomorrow or how they will get to work tomorrow. Will they be able to afford the C$2.5 (cordobas) for the bus (5 cents it would cost in American dollars)? Will they be able to purchase lunch for C$60 ($2.54 American dollars)? Getting back to my point; live a life with meaning, beyond yourself and rely on God for everything possible! Walk up a street to a life of meaning. Bring God along! Don't leave him behind because without Him (the creator of the universe, night and day, time, etc.), you cannot live a transcending life. My point, live life intentionally; love God passionately, and serve others selflessly. These things are ONLY possible with the help of our Lord Jesus Christ. We can live a life beyond ourselves if we solely rely on Him. I am so excited how my life is changing because everything I do comes from Him. Try it for yourself at home and see how your life changes! I challenge you; pick up your cross, give it all away, and follow God! These past few weeks,I was was sick with some sort of virus and did not go to work again for a week. I woke up one morning and threw up what I thought was my food from the day before. I then layer down and everything I tried to consume that day came up. The doctor visited my house and told me to stay home that week and rest. I received a shot (in the butt) and oh how I will never complain about getting a shot in the arm again! I got well as the week progressed and my stomach took some time to adjust to a regular intake of food. I was able to spend a lot of time with God that week and this is where my thoughts and ideas generate from. This past week at work, I was able to make a home visit to an older lady with a very infected foot. The skin (or lack thereof) I had to clean was white and I could feel the tendons and bones beneath the white substance acting as skin for the time being. I was able to pray over her and just spend time with the family after. They blessed me with papaya and gave me my very own pineapple! (In Nicaragua it is normal for families to bless you with food) I also got to see a polycystic kidney and lithiasis in the kidney (kidney stones) during ultrasounds this past week. I am so blessed to be here today. I thank God for giving me everything I news as I am here (Philippians 4:19, Luke 6:38, and Deuteronomy 8:18). He has fully resources me with everything I need to further His kingdom and without your prayer and support, I wouldn't be able to keep going. So thank you ALL and keep praying! God is the biggest and most powerful provider. There is so much more here for me to do; and it excites me knowing God is in control! Thank you all for everything you have done and continue to do for me! Love you all!

Fresa

Hey everyone! I know I have not written in a while! I have had such a busy week! Last week, I was sick and did not work at all. I was diagnosed with pharyngitis. It was so different for me to be at home everyday. The first couple days of being at home, I seriously laid around and rested. By Thursday, I was able to attend the normal devotion the CFCI group has every week. I arrived late, and was able to listen and pay attention in between the couple episodes of coughing I experienced. We discussed the planning for the next year and I am so excited! I get to work with at least 3 medical brigades next year! People, CONTACT ME, COME ON, HELP THIS COUNTRY OUT, ANY SUPPORT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! I have been reading a lot of interesting passages in The Bible and picking up more spanish here. The verses and stories I have been reading have been about following God wholeheartedly, gladly, with your whole spirit, soul, and mind; with your whole life! I am listening to God's plan in my life and I have never been so sure that I am doing what I am called to do! Loving on the people at the clinic daily, and just smiling and waving at every little child that enters the clinic is what I live for! I was reading this passage in Philippians 3 that says "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus...our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body." These couple of verses give me such a good feeling about God, how He loves His children and how in the end, we WILL surely be rewarded. I have also been reading about God's grace in a book titled Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges. If you really want to read a DEEP book, please read this! God's grace is always and forever. The only thing that allows you to receive His grace is to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will naturally be given God's grace. I truly believe that you cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's love for you is unconditional, based solely on the excellence of Christ, not on your performance. One of the main reasons I am here on this trip is because of God's grace. He has given me chance after chance and time to renew my mind through His son Jesus Christ. I have failed, sinned, and fallen short of His glory like every other Christian(it is human nature). I always think my sins are much more condemning, but then I remember the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I remember when we ask for forgiveness, our sins are remembered no more. I have been through many different situations where I thought, "I messed up big time", or "God probably hates me". But I am here, in Nicaragua, serving Him! I have been renewed and I feel like a new spirit in Christ! I have turned away from the world and listened to God! Some people have called me crazy, others say they would like to do what I am doing. People, the opportunities are there. You must take the leap of faith. The opportunities are in America! I can see my audience and where they read from and they are ALL from the USA. I know you think, you don't have the time, the money, or desire to do the same thing I am doing; but let me tell you how lucky you are to be in America (sitting in an air conditioned house, with running "clean" water, and food probably spoiling in the refrigerator). These blessings can be demonstrated as a curse by some Americans who exercise their rights to the point of exhaustion of their self, and make the rest of the world, look homeless. Homeless people in America have it luxurious compared to the average Nicaraguan here. The average earning a day is $2.00. I am blessed to be from America. You are probably wondering what the title of this blog post means. It actually means Strawberry, but here it is referred to people who have a "lot", usually Americans who match everything they have, or have things that are unnecessary. I am referred to as "fresa"(not an insult). I have either pink or zebra things and it is one thing I get made fun of on a weekly basis. I was discussing this with my mom today and she said "I don't know if we should take is as a blessing or a bad thing". I totally agree with her in the aspect that if we have things that aren't used, and would be used daily here, it's a bad thing, and that it is a blessing because we are answers to some people's prayers here. I realized how many things I do not need since being on this trip and will probably leave most, if not all those unnecessary things behind when I come back. This trip has allowed me to see more of my life unfolding right before my eyes. I desire and so badly want to live with people who aren't born in America and given freedom, but who grow up in countries where their life is worth being impacted by mine. I desire to learn about peoples hearts who live in areas where I would never think would exist in this world. I desire to especially reach out to women and help those who are hurting from physical, sexual, and verbal abuse daily. My soul desires to lift up those kind of women and just hold them with the love God has given me. Show them His grace and His love, and lead them to the best life ever; Christ driven. My verse for this week is "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will" Romans 12:2. It has really made me think of how awesome it is to be here and experience all that I have thus far. This week in the clinic, it was a very busy week. We had one lady that came in Monday, who had an infection on her foot that was so bad, skin was being peeled off by the doctor who cleaned it and the wound was then opened and bleeding and pus and white eroded skin covered the rest of her foot. The next day, the ambulance came to pick her up and rush her to the hospital. I think she probably had diabetes and didn't think to take care of it until now. It looked like it might end up as an amputation. Yesterday a man came into the clinic with a blood sugar of 380. He had all other normal vital signs, and a normal EKG. We had to hook him up to an IV and NS 0.9%. I laid my hand on him, prayed for him for about 5 minutes and 15 minutes later, he was up walking around and praise God! I had to give about 10 injections yesterday and clean a little girls wound on her inner thigh from a rusty park bench. I had a pretty eventful week after not being in the clinic for a week. I also went to Granada with my family this past weekend. We went on a tour of 30 little islands. There is a hotel on one island and it costs $200 for 24 hours (yes, American dollars). It is ridiculous! There is AC, cable, and internet. But there is nothing else on this island. No food, you must take a boat to reach anything else you might need besides a bed. And I am saying this meaning, you don't need AC, cable, and internet to survive. Those are just luxuries. I had a great day and ate the typical food from there that is shown below, on the huge leaf! It is a very touristy town and was the first place the Spaniards founded when they arrived in Central America. Thank you all for supporting me and keeping me in your prayers, I feel so blessed and loved! Keep up prayers for more money to come into support our base here in Nicaragua, for the man I mentioned who wants to go to college and my church I attend here to reach their goal to buy the property of their church. Thank you all!

My one month video!

One month has gone by and it was WAY to fast!

The thought of living with no hopes, no dreams of becoming anything important lies in the midst of someone I recently met. His father left when he was 6 months old and his mother passed away three years ago, leaving him with a grandfather who does not care what he does. He was ashamed to approach me about not being able to go to college. He knows I have my RN and went to college to attain my degree. He asked me to pray about going to school and a way to make this possible. I started asking him questions. He really desires to attend college and to learn english which is more money, but I found out the college he wishes to go to is $35.00 a month. How amazing is that?! I calculated the average my class was when I attended EMU and it averaged $45.00 per class! How ungrateful I have been for the wonderful education (desired by many) I have received and how blessed am I to have the opportunity to attend college?! I ask you to take this prayer request and add it to your list for this next year. This is a scholarship program with CFCI, but we need more money in the account at the Nicaragua base to make these available for people like this young man. I will give you some information about it at the end of this post. The thankfulness here in Nicaragua is outstanding. I offer to buy my family ice cream bars, not even totally $2.00 and they are so thankful. The price of food here has surprised me soooo much, considering it is all wonderful, fresh and not as greasy as American food. They don't have "value size" here; instead, since the food produced here is very desirable in the states and other countries and since Nicaragua is the poorest central American Country, we buy all the big fruits and leave this country with the smallest bananas I have seen and they take about 3 bites to eat. Being from the USA, and appreciate the fact that I obtain things I do, but my heart goes out to the people of Nicaragua as they strive to make a life for themselves. I average aged person here is a teen and the average person makes about $2.00 a day. Our minimum wage in America is $7.67 and we think we have it bad. The people living below poverty total about 48% of the population here. About 2-5% are middle class and the rest are wealthy. I ask you to consider what you have and how much you appreciate those things. I heard this past week a sermon from Church of the Highlands that Americans spend 137% of their income because we are consumed with thoughts that more and bigger is better. I was the exact same way, so I am not saying I am any better than people who desire these new, big, expensive things. Coming to Nicaragua has made me realize that I have far more than I need and I need to give what I have to others who lack even the necessary. I need to love unconditionally, no matter what disease or problem a person presents with, and most importantly, have a good attitude and God's word with me at all times so that I can refer to his ways when I feel lost. This trip has opened my eyes thus far and I can't wait for what else God has to show me. People often think that in this country, people can work, they just chose not to but rather commit crimes and rob others of what they have. But that is not the case. The fact is that people aren't given the opportunity or simply just don't make enough money to have the luxury of attending college, having a toilet inside their house, or having air conditioning. We all take these for granted each and everyday. Please take these things into consideration and if you consider you have a hard like, please come down and visit to take a glimpse at what these people experience everyday! I can't walk safely down the road without cautiously watching my surroundings because I could be robbed by anyone and at anytime. I am not scared though because I know God is holding me and I am right where I am supposed to be. Are you where you need to be? Are you doing what God has called you to do? Or are you making excuses because "it's not the time" or "I don't have enough money to do that right now. Maybe later." People there will never be a better time than NOW to take that leap of faith, listen to God's voice, and obey His word and do what He is calling you to do. He is your father and He will take care of all your needs like He has taken care of mine since I have been here. This week at the clinic I got to once again perform Leopold Maneuvers, listen to the FHR (fetal heart rate) with a doppler, perform ultrasounds, assist with a surgery, and do dressing changes to some pretty intense wounds. I decided to hand out many hair barrettes to the little girls this week and give little boys lollipops to the young boys. This week was so eventful. I went to the zoo yesterday and it cost me $100 cordobas which is about $4.50 here and my family each had to pay $20 cordobas which is less than a dollar. It was because I was a tourist. They can tell because of my blonde hair. I am so close to dying it! Thank you all for keeping me in prayer and supporting me during this trip! I love every second of it! I am home today because I am sick with a fever, cough, runny nose, and soreness in my ear. I am resting a hoping to be able to get back to work tomorrow. I ask you to consider the man I mention in the first part of this post in prayer and if you feel the desire to help support him, please let me know by shooting me an e-mail (mismiller08@yahoo.com). I will let you know more about him and some of his dreams. If not, there is another way you can support us here in Nicaragua doing God's work for His kingdom. This year, as an organization we have formed a partnership with a company called Liquid Highway. Through this partnership you can buy dark roast coffee, medium roast coffee, decaf coffee, gourmet double hot chocolate, creamy mint hot chocolate, original homestyle lemonade, or strawberry lemonade with a Christ for the City International private label. For each bag sold, $4.00 of the sale will go directly toward supporting CFCI Nicaragua in the area of administration (covering monthly expenses like rent, water, electricity, telephone, internet, and security for our office and hospitality house). Any money CFCI Nicaragua receives beyond those expenses will be used to provide scholarships to local elementary, high school, and university students. Last but not least, we are also hoping to be able to purchase the building that we currently use for the CFCI-Nicaragua office and hospitality house in the near future. Any extra money received through Liquid Highway will be put into a fund for that purchase. God has shown us that the time has come for us to buy a facility for our organization here in Nicaragua.And so, if you enjoy coffee, hot chocolate, or lemonade, we would like to invite you to support us by purchasing these drinks through Liquid Highway! You can click on the label below and it will take you to the CFCI online store where you will be able to order any of the items listed above. Shipping within the United States is free if you purchase over 10 pounds.If you are not interested in buying any of these drinks, please support us through prayer! We as an organization know the power of prayer and the effect it can have on our ministry. Please pray for God's continued grace and provision for CFCI Nicaragua and that His kingdom will continue to be advanced in 2013!May the Lord bless you greatly! http://app.ecwid.com/jsp/127219/simple-store#ecwid:category=0&mode=product&product=4632004 Christ for the City International app.ecwid.com