Author: Adventures

  I was baptized for the first time at the age of seven… I remember being dunked in the “big hot bath tub” at church, my family being at church to witness it, getting a necklace in the shape of a cross, and eating cake to celebrate. I learned about what baptism meant… I heard the words “buried with him in baptism, and raised to walk in newness of life…” but at the age of seven, I didn’t know what trials, temptations, pain, and hurt would look like. I knew nothing of pain… I was very blessed and never had to worry about anything,...

This week we made the six hour trek to the jungle to serve the people surrounding the village of Talamanca. One day of work stood out in particular. It started with a nice walk to the river, getting in a canoe, and crossing over to Panama. There we encountered José Antonio—the man we would be working with for the day. He picked some fresh oranges off his trees for us to eat while we waiting for everyone to get there. We had no idea what we were in for that day.  The men leading us told us it’d be about an hour hike to where we were working and they started chopping...