This week was not the easiest for me both physically and emotionally as I spent much of it in confusion, sickness, and sleep deprived. My week started with what I believe was food poisoning from something I had eaten Saturday. Due to this illness I spent all of Sunday and Monday in bed recovering and trying not to become the first person on our squad to have an illness induced accident. These two days were spent in b...
“Hasta Mañana Profe”! This is becoming one of my favorite things to hear as we start our work here in Poptun. It brings me such joy to hear these words because I get to hear them for the next six weeks that my team is here in Poptun! Today was day three of working with the same kids inside of two different villages in the northern part of Guatemala. Daily we have tutoring sessions, Bible stories, worship songs, and m...
My team and I began this week in San Lorenzo, a small village just outside of Parramos. San Lorenzo is the location of one of our ministry partners that my team will be working with over the next six weeks. They focus on home visits with families and have an amazing children’s soccer ministry. The first part of this weeks blog takes place during a home visit with a young man named Franky. Franky is a loving son, brot...
ATL. Ask The Lord. This is how we spent our first day out in Antigua Guatemala. Thirteen of us that are currently on base took over a chicken bus (common form of transportation) on its way to Antigua to simply Ask The Lord. On the 45 minute bus ride into Antigua we practiced our Spanish and prepared ourselves for our first day in a bigger city inside of Guatemala. With no agenda or plan, our group set off. We left wi...
Tired, sweaty, bleeding, and grateful. These are just a few of the words I would use to describe our first few days on the road and in Guatemala. Our travel day began at 10pm this past Sunday at the Adventure’s in Missions base. Our squad went through the painstaking task of drying our tents and repacking all of our packs. Some of us did this with ease, others (myself included) forgot how we fit everything in our...
Our first two weeks! Hello from Gainesville Georgia! As I am writing this latest blog my team and I are re-packing our bags, taking our final bucket showers, and attending our final training sessions. In two days time, Squad P will be heading to the Atlanta International Airport and boarding our flight to Guatemala. More updates to come from that adventure as it begins, for now I want to let y’all know how the Lo...
It's easy as a young person in todays world to get bogged down and discouraged in ones walk of faith. As we grow closer to our launch date for the world race this feeling of uncertainty has often been my narrative. The anxieties of leaving home, family, and friends combined with the unknowns of the world has left me feeling very discouraged at times. During these feelings of uncertainty I have found myself turning to...
This is my About Me post. I wanted to share a little bit about myself and why I have chosen to go on The World Race. Currently I am a Junior at Utah State University (Go Aggies!!) studying Agriculture Education. My plan is to graduate and teach plant and animal science classes in a public high school. I love people and I am always eager to help all those that I meet. I was born in Portland, Oregon to two yout...