Everyday with a purpose

Since we have been here we have been feeling more and more blessed with how our trip has been turning out. We did not know what to expect for our first location here in Nicaragua as we didn't have as much planned as we do in the other locations. We both just knew that God had put Nicaragua on the list and so we were coming here. 

Hermosa beach - The place where Survivor Nicaragua was filmed

Since being here we have got to have a lot of time for rest and relaxation. Going from being so busy at home with work and fundraising, it seemed weird to slow down to where we can decide what to do as each day comes. Being now that it's been 2 weeks, we have been able to get into the lifestyle a bit more here. Although we don't have much plans, our days always seem to fill up. We took Spanish lessons last week, helped out with the mobile library program, went to the beach/surfed, and went to Masaya with our Spanish class. 

Making lunch with our spanish teachers 

we had beans and rice, avocado, and fried tortillas with cheese 

Laguna Apoyo

Great Spanish Teacher Yira :)

Our Spanish Class 

We are on our way!

Market in Masaya

Festival in Masaya

Heading to Maderas beach for Jocelyn's surf lesson

I think Jocelyn had a premonition about her cut! This picture was taken on the way to the beach where she actually cut her eye on the board! 

Maderas beach

Jocelyn surfing - her teacher is the small head in the back.

She is happy with her cut cause it has a good story.

As we are beginning to really live life here and meet people it has really began to make us think... Even if we are not outright volunteering or "helping" people, that for sure doesn't mean we are not supposed to be continually working for God's kingdom. Whether we are here, at home, or in an orphanage in Haiti, we need to be looking to God for his wisdom, mercy, compassion, and love in each situation we are in. There are hurting people everywhere. Sometimes it's just a friendly hello someone needs, or a person to listen to what they need to say. While we have been here we have met a lot of people, thanks to Jocelyn (I'm learning to be more friendly and outgoing), and have been able to go to the beach with them, out to dinner, and just to hang out. Although we haven't outright shared the gospel with them, we have been able to talk about what we are doing and a bit about what we believe. Our hope and prayer is that through interactions with people that we can both just live our lives just as we would at home, being confident in who we are in God and remembering continually to let His light shine through us and to give us the power to do anything he asks of us in each moment. 

Thank you all so much for your prayers! 

Specific prayer request - Prayer that we gain more wisdom and confidence each day so that we can step out and do what God asks of us.