Invest in a Great Need

We can feed all the knowledge and wisdom we want to into our kids but we are only promised that the Word of God will NOT return void (Isaiah 55:11). Our kids can be educated all we want in book knowledge and education but the reality is the reality. If we aren’t investing what really matters into them now then the chance may be lost forever. I recently saw some statistics at my church:

•A person’s moral foundation is generally in place by age 9.
•Most Americans make a lasting determination of Jesus Christ by age 12.
•Lifelong behaviors and views are generally developed before children become teens.
•85% of children who do not receive the Lord before age 14 will never accept Christ as Savior.

This goes to show the impact that we have on kids and how they must be reached young. What we say, what we do, what music we listen to does matter!
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 This is from the very Word of God, so why do we push this aside and think, “Oh they’re too young to understand or oh we’ve got time.” That’s not the truth, the Lord speaks through us and His Word is able to penetrate any heart at any age. And time?!? It sounds cliché but it is precious and valuable. So should we rethink and take advantage of what little time we have to invest in kids? Speak truth into their lives and don’t waste the moments with them. It may be a conversation in the car, songs before nap, stories before bed but it is these times invested in their life that will last into their adulthood. Let each child know their value in Christ and that they are His.

A cry waiting to be heard

How can my heart not cry out for the defenseless? Who will show compassion? Will we continue to look on and see the need but just walk away like we have seen nothing? Will their cries fall on deaf ears even with the next generation?

Sonya, a young mom who is not even able to lift herself from the wheelchair, who relies on her four year old daughter to help her go to the bathroom, and isn’t even able to brush her own hair; is she the one? Will her cry go unheard as she watches her own body waste away? As she looks in the mirror what does she see? A vivacious, spunky 23yr old or a skeleton staring back at her? A few steps in the sun brings happiness, one pound gained brings joy and hope, and knowing that a Father in Heaven who loves her dearly brings life into her body. She allows herself to become vulnerable just to be refreshed by the cooling waters of a shower. She is unable to allow her own daughter to sit in her lap because of the pain that it brings to her fragile body. Is she not the one that Christ has called us to serve? Is she not an example of the weak, the naked, the hungry? Lord, I pray for your healing hands to touch her body, make her legs able to run, straighten her fingers so that she is able to lift her arms in praise to you! You are a merciful and loving God. Bring patience and comfort to Sonya; that she may feel your presence strengthening her each and every day.

My life that I miss in the Nic!!!

My family in Las Sanchez, Nicaragua

The kids of Citalapa, Nicaragua


Baby Dylan :) El Cañón, Nicaragua


Dylan and Christopher de mi barrio en El Cañón, Nicaragua

The following videos are of my little boy Israel from "Puente de Amistad" Orphanage where I live in El Cañón, Nicaragua




Las Sanchez, Diriamba, Nicaragua


Citalapa, Nicaragua

A prayer for the girls of the streets!

"Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:19-20

Lord I wonder how much longer we will continue to turn a deaf ear to those that are crying out! All they are asking for is ONE chance, hope! We see the need, so why do we turn our heads and pretend it doesn't exist. Lord you are not asking us to give these girls material things but you want someone to show them and proclaim to them that they have value. They are YOUR daughters! Daughters that you have deemed as beautiful and precious. Lord make their cry so loud in our ears that we cannot sleep until we take the leap. May we rise up and be your heart by being their voice. Lord let us turn to you for guidance. I pray for the girls of Nica working on the streets. I can't imagine the things that a four year has seen or experienced, things that I haven't and may never. This is the SAME age as the little girl I take care of. It BREAKS my heart to imagine her roaming the streets looking for acceptance. Why do these little girls not deserve the same love that our kids here receive? I wish I could hold them in my arms and sing praise songs and pray over them just like I have done so many times with the little girl I take care of here. Make their need evident to all! I want to show these girls the love that You have to offer them. Lord protect these girls! Blind their eyes from the things that take away their innocence. Deafen their ears from the lies they are told. Protect their hearts and guard them from what satan wants to destroy them with. Lord, thank you for making me concerned for the things that concern your heart. You are my true love and my HOPE is in YOU.

"At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth." II Timothy 4:16-17