I cannot believe that today is our last ministry day here in Chichicastenango! This has been such a wonderful journey with my team, and it is hard to imagine that this mission is coming to an end. God has…

We have successfully arrived at our ministry site in Chichicastenango(say that 3x fast!).   The team filed in around 11am after most started traveling since the wee hours of the morning.  (Un)Luckily for them, we still had another 4 hours…

Photo by Connie Rock It wasn’t long ago and we were in our second day in Guatemala. Oh how I miss the beautiful town of Antigua Guatemala already! Yet, I’m sure that we will return as we build upon the relationships that…

The thing I enjoyed most about the whole trip was the SUNSHINE! The forecast had foretold rain and clouds the whole week but we didn’t see a cloud the entire time. I can’t help but think God changed the forecast…

April 19, 2015 (Arrival)  Since waking up this morning I’ve actually been calm. I keep wondering how God is going to use us and trying to figure out the details, as I do with everything else. The devil is in…

In January, I was diagnosed with severe ADHD and minimal anxiety, depression and paranoia. I wasn’t that surprised by these results of my psychological exam as I often experienced the symptoms of all of these diagnoses. Having since been diagnosed I…

with two orphans on the black sand beach in Monterrico       The first damsel in distress was at the Mother Anna Vitiello Home.  The Mother Anna Vitiello Home is a home for children with HIV.  Three super heroes – Batman,…

at the cross that overlooks Antigua DAY 1 After an afternoon and evening of getting to know each other and preparing for day 1 and then after a night’s sleep at La Nueva Generación’s youth center in San Pedro al…

          in Las Capuchinas ruins to live life as the Guatemalans do, how does someone do that?  visiting Antigua landmarks – like the ruins of a convent called Capuchinas that was ravaged by an earthquake in…

I left for Guatemala rushed and frazzled. There were deadlines to meet and my to-do’s seemed overwhelming. The world was rushing and so was my soul. Traffic roared by, my phone constantly beeped, and the American way of life had…