July 15, 2007

This is going to be in the newsletter at our church!

The medicine for the summer: a big dose of faith coated with prayer, taken with a gulp of God’s mercy. God has definitely been teaching up many lessons in trust and perseverance. As you might know, Amber High and I are spending the summer traveling around Nicaragua, a beautiful country in Central America. We have been here visiting a group of Baptist churches; the histories of these churches have never been written down and our mission is to tell their stories.
At every church we visit, we give a short presentation: I usually tell of the work I am doing and share a Bible verse that is on my heart and Amber does whatever the Holy Spirit leads her to do. She usually sings a song for the congregations, and sometimes does a bit of Bible teaching as well. Amber also works with the children while I conduct the interviews with the founders of the congregation. As I write this, we only have four of 30 churches left to visit, so we have the routine almost mastered. Nevertheless, there are always those moments that you just never can prepare for: pushing the truck up the mountain, losing the electricity at random times every day, and being attacked by an army of bugs.
Since we are able to be here for an extended period of time, we have had the opportunity to be part of everyday life. We are able to help around the house, run errands, and just experience life in another country. We travel every weekend visiting churches and during the week we stay in a small town with the wonderful family of Nohemy Alegria. Amber teaches English at a nearby school every morning to children between the ages of 6-12; her time at the school goes towards her degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Ozark Christian College. She has enjoyed this experience thoroughly and will be sad to leave the children.
We have had quite the adventure so far this summer, and we want to be able to share all of our journeys with you when we return. We would like to invite you to gather with us on Sunday, August 12, at 7:00 pm, to tell you about our trip and show you the work that God has been doing in the churches here. The churches that we have visited here also send their greetings to all of you as well. There are great needs within some of the churches and we would like to ask that you pray that God will continue to take care of all their needs and prosper them. We appreciate your prayers and the support you have given us on our trip thus far. God has really blessed us and all of our travels.
In God’s Love,
Melissa Yarrow