It seems that my time here in Nicaragua is dwindling
down. Less than three weeks left and
then off to Houston for a quick few days of debrief and then home. Man, I
remember about a year and a half ago when I signed up for this it felt like I
was forever away from the start date and here I am almost at the end. Amazing.

So let's talk about what has been going on here in Granada.
The past few weeks have been interesting and full of a variety of things. We
had the 5K Vida Joven (Young Life) benefit race on the 10^th of
April. Although it was a great event and raised about $6,000 (enough to open up
a second club in Granada) it is good to have it done with. It was a long few
weeks of raising money and advertising and took a lot of time out of our
regular ministries but in the end it was worth it. El Jardin Del Puente (The
Garden of The Bridge) is almost finished thanks to a good nudge from the head
missionaries and a week or so of working morning and evening. We still have a
little ways to go but it will be ready for seeds by the time we leave. And praise the Lord, we have a friend, Ben,
from Athens, GA, who will be coming down here for the summer to take over on
the garden project and all the other ministries we are involved in. Other than
that things are going just like usual. Homeless ministry in the central park is
still impacting the city, Tuesday guys bible study is still creating a small
unified group of guys for Christ, the dump ministry is still putting food in
the bellies of the poor and feeding them with the word of God, nursing home
ministry is still bringing joy to the old folks and keeping the place clean and
ministry at La Jungla (The Jungle) and Calle Yoyo (Yoyo Street) is still
bringing the kingdom of God to the drug addicts, drunks and prostitutes (and
this past week I gave my first sermon in Spanish at La Jungla without a
translator!). God is working.

Now let's talk about what's coming up. On Friday the whole
team will be heading up to a city called Matagalpa to visit the Young Life camp
there. We will be heading out on Friday the 23^rd and then on Sunday
two other teammates and I will go up to Honduras for a little adventure until
Friday the 30^th. After that there is a little more than a week left
in Nica, then debrief in Houston and then everyone goes home. My family and I
are planning on taking a vacation to Florida on June 6^th and then on
June 27^thish I will be heading out to the Philippines again for a
month! I will be one of the leaders for the Ambassador trip this summer and I
am quite excited. Then after that it looks like I will be taking a trip to
Australia with a couple of other people with a plan of living by the spirit for
a month or so. I believe this trip will be a total ATL (Ask The Lord) trip
where we just buy a plane ticket and go relying on the spirit to give us a
place to stay and people to minister to. I've never done an entire trip like
this but I am quite excited because I think it will get me in the mindset of
living life by the spirit and when we do that God uses us to do great things.
After that it looks like I'll be moving to Atlanta to start up on the community
project.

Well there is the update. It's quite lengthy but thanks for
reading it and PLEASE pray for me! And, of course, let me know how I can be
praying for you.