Category Archives: Thoughts

High SAT scores. Having really cool friends. Doing your chores before anyone asks you to. Obeying your parents. Winning anything. Working out. Being the best. Impressing your teachers. Never missing a D-group. Going on a missions trip. Memorizing the Bible. … Continue reading →

Well today certainly was interesting to say the least. It turns out that a few of the local neighborhood children that stay at the mission during the day came down with a stomach virus that then spread to many of … Continue reading →

Boy do we have a hardworking team! Today we dug in the dirt. No, I’m serious, we dug in the dirt all day long. Our assigned task was to assist a new charter school in building garden beds for the … Continue reading →

It is  HOT down here! We divided our group into two teams today – one team cleaned up a neighborhood playground for kids and the other painted the outside of a community center. With the hot sun beating down and … Continue reading →

An astonishing number of things went well today! 1- safe trip. 2- arrived on time. 3-ate authentic new orleans food including alligator soup, fried oysters, and boiled crawfish. 4- Zach Lockhart’s flight finally worked out and he arrived safely. 5- … Continue reading →

Well folks – one day down and everything is going according to plan thus far! We drove from Charlottesville to Sharptop Cove Young Life camp to pick up Katie Watterson, then continued our trip south to Atlanta to stay with … Continue reading →

We are always moving. Moving in one direction or the other on any given subject. Today, think about contentment. Are you becoming more and more content with your life day by day or are you becoming more dissatisfied with the … Continue reading →

Well folks, our team is in the Managua airport ready to come home! Everybody had a great time and is sad to leave but ready to see family again. Right now, everyone is feeling well, but Jane & Maddy caught … Continue reading →

Day 3 We´re hot, sweaty, tired, and happy! This morning we walked to the ¨Home of the Ancients¨(a nursing home) and helped the nuns who run the place clean and wash. Then we spent a lovely hour attempting to converse … Continue reading →

Day 1 I love it when things go according to plan! Even though our travel day was long  (really long) we made all of our flights, had no delays, and arrived in Managua safely. After disembarking, we transitioned smoothly through … Continue reading →