Agua of the Nicar

Yes, it’s official! I’m going to Nicaragua!

Last August, a team of people from my church went down to Hato Grande #2, a small village outside of Leon, Nicaragua to drill a well for the people and teach them how to avoid diseases by practicing good hygiene. I decided that it’s my turn to try and live out what God desires of us - to share his love with our neighbors and help out the less fortunate. Through this, we attempt to fulfill God’s desire for justice and show people how much God loves them and point them towards a restored relationship with him.

That’s what we’re attempting to do, but it’s not always easy, as we’re fallible humans. We just have to leave everything in God’s hands and try to be the best tools we can (yes, I said we should be tools ). Not only will this trip potentially change lives down south, it’s really been a transforming event for those of us going. One of the transformational aspects of the trip is that we have to rely on others to fund the trip. That means asking our friends, family and coworkers for money. Let me tell you, it’s a very humbling thing to do, especially in a society where we are all “self-made” people. It’s also a bit unnerving to send these support letters out to people who may not even agree with what you believe. But, hopefully through the experience of giving or even knowing about the trip, those who are turned off by God can at least maybe see a glimpse of what he’s all about.

The next hardest aspect of raising support is depending on God to provide the money. It’s nerve-wracking to think that you’re relying on 50 or so people to pony up $2000. But then it’s amazing to see the money come in and know that there’s really nothing that we’re doing to make this happen - it only happens if God allows it to.

It puts a new perspective on life in general when you think about how much we rely on God to hold everything together.