Juan and His Yankee Friends
I’m sitting on a dirty floor at Lenin Fonseca Hospital in Nicaragua trying to prove to boredom that I am stronger than he is with my issue of Conspire, an iPod and journal. I can feel the dozens of eyes as they stare at me and think, “Look at that crazy gringo with his iPod [...]
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Leadership isn’t something I’ve sought out in the past. I’m happier being a follower, and am at my best when I have a leader I can trust and job duties that are easily checked off a list. Because I’ve seen ineffective leaders, I avoided leadership roles out of fear. –>warning, rabbit trail ahead. Proving, once [...]
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A couple of months ago a man that we will call John visited Granada with a short-term mission team. John was very wise and he took a special interest in Solo Por Hoy. During one of our weekly meetings, John gave his testimony. Lots of pain and struggled marked his path but it led to [...]
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It’s been a while since our last update and a lot has happened so here we go! Shortly after arriving, we started a small group (Solo Por Hoy) for people that struggle with addiction. The group has not only blessed me but many people from the community now have a place to come and share [...]
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“We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.” – A. W. Tozer I read this after spending the first hour of my [...]
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As I think back over the past 4 years and I look more intently at events and the result of those events, I am amazed at how everything has come together. Let me trace back some of these events for you: Down a broken road, I was led to this church. Down a broken road, [...]
Read the rest of this entryRed Worm Composting in Nicaragua
We started a worm composting (also known as Vermicomposting) corral at the mission base (El Puente) here in Nicaragua. The goal of the worm corral is to produce compost or fertilizer for the organic garden that the Novas Team built while they were here. Our nephew is here 6 weeks and he has been a [...]
Read the rest of this entryCelebrate Recovery Materials Needed
We are going to begin to implement some of the curriculum from Celebrate Recovery into our teachings at Solo Por Hoy. If you would like to help us with this, we have created a wish list at Amazon. Click here to view the wish list. We are very grateful for and humbled by your continued [...]
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A couple of weeks ago in Solo Por Hoy, we started to walk through the book of James verse by verse (click here to see last weeks’ lesson). [image source] This week we walked through verses 1:2-4. Here’s what we learned: Verse one is an introduction and James is telling his readers who he is and [...]
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I exhort you and beseech you in the compassion of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity of heaven; you must have it. Think it not easy; for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory; many are lying dead by the way, that were slain with security. – Samuel Rutherford
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