I hope you all have someone special in your lives that would "Catch a grenade for you..." I know I do!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
35- $20
So I found this wonderful orgnization called Ordinary Hero yesterday. It is seriously AMAZING to see what they did in the last year alone of their existance. Check it out for yourself, at OrdinaryHero.org. I was blown away, and of course immediately wanted to help! So I was reading their website, and came across a Project 61. Apparently in Africa there is a "dump" of trash. Apparently lots of children are LIVING IN TRASH. I couldn't imagine even seeing that with my own eyes. Well I did some more looking around the site and found a great video that shows Project 61 in action. Basically it is similiar to World Vision or Compassion, just much smaller and more personal. Read this..."Currently, $700 per year removes a child from a city landfill and places them into a private boarding school. But, the altered living conditions are only the beginning. The relationship your family develops with your sponsored child is vital. Project 61 begins with altering their physical conditions but understands that emotional connections are the key to a healthy child."
Now after reading that I thought, man $700 is a lot of money, I can't do that. However, I pulled out a handy dandy calculator and found that if 35 people gave $20 we could literally get a child out of the trash and into a home. Just 35 people!
Ryan and I were recently blown away before our mission trip because in about 2 days we raised almost $600, just by asking our relatives. I am POSITIVE I know 35 people who have $20 they could give to help save a life. So in the motto of Ordinary Hero, I am just throwing this out into cyberspace and if you feel like you could spare $20, we can together save a life.
Just throwing it out there....
Now after reading that I thought, man $700 is a lot of money, I can't do that. However, I pulled out a handy dandy calculator and found that if 35 people gave $20 we could literally get a child out of the trash and into a home. Just 35 people!
Ryan and I were recently blown away before our mission trip because in about 2 days we raised almost $600, just by asking our relatives. I am POSITIVE I know 35 people who have $20 they could give to help save a life. So in the motto of Ordinary Hero, I am just throwing this out into cyberspace and if you feel like you could spare $20, we can together save a life.
Just throwing it out there....
Thursday, February 10, 2011
adoption.
My trip to Nicaragua was in some ways very difficult. It was heartbreaking to see some of the extreme poverty and not be able to do more for these people. The children especially. You all know I am crazy about adoption and I of course looked into adoption in Nicaragua before I left. Needless to say, if it isn't impossible right now, its really hard to get adopt internationally from there. So I had to see things like this...Now these kids probably aren't even orphaned, but still it was hard to see.
I can't do anything to help them, but one day I will help someone. Maybe one day it will be a precious angel
from Ethiopia, maybe a sweetie right here from America, or maybe a different country...Who knows??
Check out this video that might prompt you to want to help...I know it did me...
Monday, February 7, 2011
I wanna be a billionaire...
Well I am, and thank you God!
First night back from my trip and all I can think is "Thank You God!".
First night back from my trip and all I can think is "Thank You God!".
I have no idea why He allowed me to be an American living above the poverty line, but I am so grateful.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Peace.
Today I woke up and felt very peaceful. I am peaceful, relaxed, and excited. It is a very strange feeling to know that you are about to have your life changed. I am ready and willing.
Can't say the same for my pup Jovie. She is running around whining like a crazy dog. Funny how dogs know when stuff is going on.
On a different note, we have prayed with more people than ever before. It is such a cool feeling. Everyone should experience this, and we haven't even left yet!!
Bible Verse for today compliments of Ryan.
Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
These hands are not my own...
I always hear people use the phrase "God's hands were all over it" and I just shake my head or smile and think thats neat. I never really experienced it in a big, eye opening kind of way. Until this week. As we prepare for our mission trip I have seen it several times. I want to blog it so that I will not forget it!
Ryan is going to be working on water pumps or something like that. The pumps the Nicaraguans had got stolen, so we were asked to buy new pumps. Long story short, random people have come through and purchased all three of the pumps that our team needs. (These aren't cheap, like several hundred each I believe) So what was reallllly good and exciting!!
Next Ryan specifically prayed to God that we would raise around $300-$400, so we could buy toys and extra things to leave in Nicaragua, after like only 3 days we had over $500! Can we say God listens??
Our team leader has told Ryan over and over again how different this project is already from any of the normal eMi projects. What he means is when they picked Ryan for this trip they didn't reallly need a mechanical engineer but they would find something for Ryan and I to do, now they have been needing Ryan ALOT for help with these pump things! So it turned out perfect that he is on this particular project after all!
As for me. Well I have been a bit of a worry wart about this whole trip. The other day we finally got our packet in the mail with our itinerary and some additional information. One packet had some advice that was exactly what I needed to hear to know that I am not alone in how I felt about this trip...Here is what is said, "As the time draws nearer, you are likely to realize just how inconvenient the timing of your trip actually is. In addition to the pressures of leaving your ordinary commitments, you may also experience the spiritual warfare of discougement, distractions, and doubt that seem to make this a particulary bad time to go.
You are in a very real battle against a very real enemy who wants to destroy your commitment to this mission trip" Let me tell you, the devil was winning BIG TIME! I was so nervous that I couldn't even begin to be excited about the trip.
Lately when I think about the trip all I think is what if I get sick, or get sick when I get back from the trip. These thoughts have been CONTROLLING me. Until last night. God finally opened my eyes to the VERY obvious fact that this trip IS. NOT. ABOUT. ME!! I replaced all my visions of getting sick with visions of helping and playing with Nicaraguan children. I started thinking about all the awesome things God is doing in a different part of the country that I am going to get to be a part of. I also started remembering that so what if stuff goes bad?? God is there and we as Christians are called to Go.
Long post. Lots to say. More to come I am sure!!
Ryan is going to be working on water pumps or something like that. The pumps the Nicaraguans had got stolen, so we were asked to buy new pumps. Long story short, random people have come through and purchased all three of the pumps that our team needs. (These aren't cheap, like several hundred each I believe) So what was reallllly good and exciting!!
Next Ryan specifically prayed to God that we would raise around $300-$400, so we could buy toys and extra things to leave in Nicaragua, after like only 3 days we had over $500! Can we say God listens??
Our team leader has told Ryan over and over again how different this project is already from any of the normal eMi projects. What he means is when they picked Ryan for this trip they didn't reallly need a mechanical engineer but they would find something for Ryan and I to do, now they have been needing Ryan ALOT for help with these pump things! So it turned out perfect that he is on this particular project after all!
As for me. Well I have been a bit of a worry wart about this whole trip. The other day we finally got our packet in the mail with our itinerary and some additional information. One packet had some advice that was exactly what I needed to hear to know that I am not alone in how I felt about this trip...Here is what is said, "As the time draws nearer, you are likely to realize just how inconvenient the timing of your trip actually is. In addition to the pressures of leaving your ordinary commitments, you may also experience the spiritual warfare of discougement, distractions, and doubt that seem to make this a particulary bad time to go.
You are in a very real battle against a very real enemy who wants to destroy your commitment to this mission trip" Let me tell you, the devil was winning BIG TIME! I was so nervous that I couldn't even begin to be excited about the trip.
Lately when I think about the trip all I think is what if I get sick, or get sick when I get back from the trip. These thoughts have been CONTROLLING me. Until last night. God finally opened my eyes to the VERY obvious fact that this trip IS. NOT. ABOUT. ME!! I replaced all my visions of getting sick with visions of helping and playing with Nicaraguan children. I started thinking about all the awesome things God is doing in a different part of the country that I am going to get to be a part of. I also started remembering that so what if stuff goes bad?? God is there and we as Christians are called to Go.
Long post. Lots to say. More to come I am sure!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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