During my first week here in Nicaragua, I quickly had to grasp the concept that ministry is the most unpredictable thing you can get yourself into. In preparing for this trip I often wondered why AIM was so vague with the details and why they never gave solid answers regarding what our ministry would look like. It’s now clear that our days change so much it’s impossible to plan even one day ahead, let alone months ahead. Our first full day of ministry was eventful. That was two weeks ago and looking back, I think I was in a little bit of shock just being here. My wonderful and amazing...

You know what’s really difficult? Constructive feedback. That stuff can be UNCOMFORTABLE. For all my wonderful AIMians, you know exactly what I am talking about. For my lovely friends tuning in from your cars, workplace, and other places you do the phone thing but probably shouldn’t (squatties and such), here’s a quick little summary of what feedback is: Positive feedback is calling out the greatness and Godliness your teammates see in you. (It’s all warm and fuzzy!)Constructive feedback is Godliness that your teammates may see in you but would like to see more of in...

“Live a lovers’ life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.” -Philippians 1:10-11 Zambia is constantly reminding me about how amazing and heartbreaking this world is. I can see it in the skillful way a woman balances a basket full of fruit on her head while also carrying a baby on her back down the busy Livingstone street, the way an 11 year old orphan girl laughs with me while i struggle to sing a nursery rhyme, despite the...

“Live a lovers’ life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.” -Philippians 1:10-11 Zambia is constantly reminding me about how amazing and heartbreaking this world is. I can see it in the skillful way a woman balances a basket full of fruit on her head while also carrying a baby on her back down the busy Livingstone street, the way an 11 year old orphan girl laughs with me while i struggle to sing a nursery rhyme, despite the...

I have found that even in the mission field on the other side of the globe, it’s easy to fall into a routine. Breakfast at 7:30, work at 8, lunch at 1, finish work at 5, you know the drill. It’s especially hard back in the states where we are constantly on a schedule, constantly worried about what comes next. We have a plan and a method for how we go about our lives every day. But the thing is, that’s not how Jesus lived. Jesus lived in complete abandonment of His own desires and in complete commitment to His Father’s. In John 5 He says, “the Son can do nothing...

I have found that even in the mission field on the other side of the globe, it’s easy to fall into a routine. Breakfast at 7:30, work at 8, lunch at 1, finish work at 5, you know the drill. It’s especially hard back in the states where we are constantly on a schedule, constantly worried about what comes next. We have a plan and a method for how we go about our lives every day. But the thing is, that’s not how Jesus lived. Jesus lived in complete abandonment of His own desires and in complete commitment to His Father’s. In John 5 He says, “the Son can do nothing...