This trip is soo organized--God is so in this everything has been just great--John and Laura Pike are awesome and have done a tremendous job getting us here and organizing everything.
On the way to ATL we stopped at Striplings--anybody that knows me well knows the only way to ATL is by Striplings---Jeff Willis got souse! and ate all of it!!!!!
and of course we all bought lots of beef jerkey and brought it to Nica with us...
Each member of the team was challenged to share Jesus with someone on the way to Nica---I talked with a girl at Red Lobster about what we were doing and why we were doing it....there are lots of good testimonies from team members about sharing....Dennis Nunn would be proud!
Jimmy, Frank, William, David, Pastor Amos and others work the evangelism site---it was awesome to hear Jimmy share Jesus with the crowd......
Every morniing we start our day in the Prayer Garden--it is a little slice of heaven on earth--the first day Jimmy shared--I love that man and I love to hear him speak--today Clark Connell spoke--what an awesome job he did! I cannot wait for tomorrow :)
Jeff Brinson has kept us secure this week---he does a wonderful job keeping the traffic flow steady in the clinic and not overwhelming--he is a joy to work with....
Gina Wise started the week in Thomasville then went to Iowa with Jack for Odyssey of the Mind competition then came back to ATL and finally arrived in Nica on Sunday night late. We are soo glad she made it safely. I love Gina and her sweet spirit.
I love to watch her and Robin working together with the little children as they get their teeth pulled. They make a great team with Jimmy and Jeff Willis.
Frank Pickle is a wonderful man---he worked really hard with Pastor Amos and Rick Orso to get us water to the girls showers---we appreciate his hard work soo much:)
Sunday night at the church service Sonny Holland preached--he is the founder of SHEO ministries.
Now for Clinic Day 2-------
we were down the road from the trash dump we could smell the smoke but were not in the midst of the dump!
We were housed in a little church and had a constant breeze--God has surely kept us comfortable this week. Again the people were registered, heard the gospel and about 65 decisions were made---praise God!!---then we saw them in clinic, then to pharmacy and they got food bags, shoes and undies.....it is truly awesome to watch the doctors, nurses and others around me showing such compassion--truly the love of God ---to these people. It is so humbling. The people are so gracious and thankful to us for the little bit we do for them---all the glory goes to God. I thank God for letting me be a part of this, It is such a blessing to me.
Finally thank you all at home for praying for us and supporting us to go on this trip. We love you and feel the prayers you have been praying for us.
Please please continue to pray---especially for our strength. As I got on the bus after clinic i heard them saying that tomorrow will be the biggest clinic and the poorest people so far. Please pray that we will show them the love of Jesus tomorrow and give them a little bit of hope............
Matt and Josh---thank you so much for taking care of everything in Thomasville for us
We love you!
hugs
2 comments:
Thanks for keeping us posted! Tell everyone the Reid's are praying and hey Ya'll!
Latrelle,
Thanks for taking the time to keep us all updated on your trip. I love how you mention team members in particular and talk about their contribution. You have such a sweet spirit and I know that the people of Nicaragua can feel it.
We'll keep praying for the trip and your safe return home.
Leigh Barwick
Post a Comment