I’ve been in Nicaragua for a whole week already! It is so beautiful here. This past week has been an incredible learning experience. 

Each day here is a little different, but here’s a general run-down of how each day goes.

-5 am prayer

-6 am devotionals

-7:30 breakfast

-MINISTRY!! Ministry looks different every day. We are split by our teams and do different things in the community. This past week we went to the trash dump and lead a church service for the people who live there, prayer walked through the neighborhoods, went to the local hospital and prayed for the sick, worked on the farm, and ran a kids program.

-noon lunch

-back out to ministry

-5pm dinner

-6:30 team time

-8:30 is my bed time…

This past week has been highlighted by prayer. Starting my day at 5am with an entire hour of prayer has been so sweet and challenging. The Lord has been revealing so many things to me each morning as I come to Him in prayer. They aren’t easy or preferred things either. They are things that have brought me to tears many times and things that I cannot do without the Lord. But it has been such a gift to spend the first early hour of my mornings bringing these challenges to the Lord and asking Him for His help and provision. He has not failed to show up in even the smallest ways. Another ministry that has been highlighted by prayer is our prayer walking ministry. We take about 3 hours of our day to walk around the communities and go into peoples’ homes to share and pray with them. This has been such a blessing and eye opening experience. Seeing how welcoming the people in this community are to us has been so sweet. They welcome us with open arms and hearts to come into their homes and share Jesus stories with them. These people live in homes made of hardly anything but they still have so much joy and willingness to let us into their homes. It has been so beautiful to receive the love that these people in Nicaragua have to give us even while we are giving it to them. I am so thankful for the opportunity to learn about the culture in Nicaragua. I am learning that there is so much here for me to gain and learn even while I am on mission. I am learning to open my arms and heart to receive love from those around me, even if it is the people who live here that we came to serve. It is not an easy road and I am just at the beginning. 

Please be praying for me that I will keep my arms open to receive the Father’s love so that I can give it to those around me. Pray that I will keep my heart and mind open to see the newness in every day and that I will never lose the awe that I have for this place, culture, and people. Please also be praying that I will stay present and intentional with what is in front of me here. Lastly, I am still a little over $400 away from being fully funded! If you feel led to consider donating it would mean so much. Or if you know somebody who wants to be a part of this journey please send them my blog! 

I think about you all every day! 

I love you guys, 

Ryann