Ever had one of those days/weeks/months/years when you just want to give up because the path to where you thought you were going just doesn’t seem passable? Maybe the class was too difficult, the schedule, too long… the project, too involved… the scoreboard, too discouraging… the relationship, too painful… the endeavor, too hopeless… I’ve noticed […]
The crazy stuff God can do with our YES
It was four years ago that we first felt God asking us to move to Nicaragua. We thought it to be a pretty crazy ask. In fact, it took us two months to share it with close friends (who ended up joining us!) and six more months before we dared announce it publicly. For a […]
The Gift of Transportation
We first shared the news of the recent changes with our existing donors and prayer supporters of FIT Nicaragua. Shortly after sending out that message, we received a one-time donation of $5000. At first I thought it must be a mistake! (I even wrote to the donor and asked.) But it wasn’t… And what we […]
Introducing… FIT Conversations (because God writes the best stories)
A few years ago an acquaintance made an offhand comment that has become one of my favorite phrases. While I’ve often thought of myself as a storyteller, this sentence helps ground me to the Author of all. “Doesn’t God write the most amazing stories?” she said with a smile. At the time, I was in […]