Author: Adventures

Providential Friends

For months before this trip I had been asking God to provide at least one person for me to share His love with. I believe this person was my new friend from Thailand, Jenny! One day my team and I went to get foot massages in order to minister to the girls in the massage shop. Jenny was the girl who massaged my feet. We got to talk a little, but communication is limited because “Annie no speak Thai.” One thing I did get out of the conversation was that Pad Thai was both of our favorite Thai foods, haha! So I told Jenny that I wanted to eat Pad Thai with her one day before I...

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re-entry

(Written on Sunday, June 26, 2016)  I’m sitting on the front steps of Trinity College and Seminary. Across the street the church bells are ringing in the beginning of today’s service. Permanently tanned people in white shirts file in the building, greeting each other in their native tongue. The mountains surround the scenery and colors of bright flowers line the pathway.   God really outdid Himself in Sielmat village.   It was a thought that had flooded my brain since I stumbled out of the bus on June 9th.   I have sat in this exact place countless times. On...

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This is Church

Monday, June 13 was our first full day of ministry. The morning was spent doing devotion with our team, the missionary family and a few others from the church here. The late morning and afternoon were spent organizing and shopping at the “big C” for groceries and supplies with the missionary family. Only a few nights sleep between our nearly 4 days of travel and this day, so we were still pretty tired and trying to make it through the day awake. We were a little weary of heading to a bible study later that night. (Bible studies starting at midnight are actually a regular thing...

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I have saved my clothes from goats

In the Dominican Republic, not only have I saved my clothes from goats, but I have done a lot of other things as well…   I have slept with demon bugs flying around my room. I have lived with my phone on airplane mode. (It’s possible). I have bathed in a river. I have washed my clothes in that same river. I have saved those same clothes from goats. I have woken up every morning at 5:30 to the sound of chickens squawking out my window. I have heard 3 languages being translated/prayed at the same time. I have thrown my leftover chicken to chickens…(sorry chickens). I...

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My Life’s Dream Is To Live In A Shed

Today was my day off of ministry. And it was my favorite day of all since I got here. I spent my day with my host contact, Ashley, who I’ve spoken of on this page before. We went to two church services, played with her puppy, visited her fiancé’s mom, and took a puppy on a chicken bus all the way to Parramos to run errands. I got to see Antigua and new parts of Guatemala from a whole new perspective today. From the perspective of possibly living here someday. If there is one thing (even though there’s many things) that God has taught me so far on this trip is that I...

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The Light of the World in Dark Places

I never know what to expect next in Phuket, Thailand. I am always learning or doing something new and there are plenty of surprises. But one thing I have learned for certain: nothing can keep Jesus from being with me. He first showed me this during the first week in Phuket. Less than 1% of Thailand’s population is Christian and this creates a very spiritually dark place. One day as I was praying, Jesus reminded me that this darkness was not separating him from me at all. This knowledge gave me much comfort and helped deepen my relationship with him. Throughout our few weeks here, we...

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