Month two on the race is over (very over I’m already well into month three) and I still haven’t posted about Nicaragua! I really thought writing blogs was going to be my favorite thing ever but turns out it’s not and I just forget about it. Anyway here’s a little look at month two and what I’m learning!
This month was all squad month which meant that all 20 of us were working and living in one small space! The ministry we worked with is called light and salt ministries and they primarily minister to boys in a town called ciudad Dario. The boys Are offered a 5 year program supplemental to their public education where they are discipled, aided with school work, and given a space just to be boys. It’s a really sweet ministry, but my job this month was a little separate from it. This month I worked as a nanny for our ministry hosts daughter, Molly, so that she would continue to be poured into and the school work and things she needed to get done each day would be finished when her parents were done with ministry. My days with her were full of makeovers, playing with her friend, math homework, and sweet sweet time with God. From the beginning of our time in Nicaragua the Holy Spirit made it clear to me that the things Molly needed to learn and be discipled in were also things She would be teaching and discipling me in. The overlap was crazy at times and watching the way God responds to His kids in the way He responded to Molly was so special.
One of the biggest things the Holy Spirit brought me to was the importance of having our identity grounded in the love of God. This wasn’t a new thing to me and I’ve walked through identity growth a few times before, but this month was a little different. This month I felt like the Holy Spirit really just wanted me to lean into friendship and learning how to be a child. I spent a lot of early mornings and late nights under the sunrise, sunset, or stars belting out worship and learning to sing my own song to the Lord. Sometimes I was super self conscious about who could hear me, sometimes I really couldn’t have cared less. The Holy Spirit just kept telling me to praise and affirming that my voice was the one She wanted to hear.
Molly and I worked a lot this month on just sitting with the Holy Spirit and trying to discern what we were being told. It amazes me at how quickly God responded to her. Like Jesus says in Matthew 5 “blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” This month I got to see more of what that means through Molly and to lean into the pure innocence of being a child before my Father. Nicaragua was sweet and I’m thankful for the time I had to unpack identity pieces that needed to be fixed and to learn what discipling a child looks like.
This blog is a little late and I’m already a week into my time in Colombia. So far this is my favorite country and I’m excited to update ya in a few weeks!!
Nothing could be more important than shepherding a child. They can teach you so much!
So excited about your relationship with God! Life is real joy with God!
Love and blessings!
Sarah you have by far got the sweetest heart i love reading your blogs and not only are you an inspiration to all of those you teach but you touch this grandmas heart. I love you and my heart is not only full of love for you but so much pride ??????????
Oh it has been so great reading your comments about your journey serving our Savior and HIS people! I am so glad you can do this! You are such a loving young lady! I hope each month gets better and better! Prayers for your safety! I love you so much! Grandma Paboo!????
It’s so sweet how God used the ministry He had for you to care for Molly…of the whole Squad, He chose you, to learn as you taught. What a blessing. I can see you are growing in the most important ways!