As many of you know, we were recently in Nicaragua. While we were there near the end of our trip
we went out to a neighborhood soccer field (think more field) to see some of
the Awakening participants lead a group of boys through soccer practice. While we were waiting for the team to show up
Connie and I made friends with two little girls, they were cousins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We talked with them a little, played, and laughed
together. Then as we sat off to the side
of the field and watched practice. In
the middle of the field there were a group of boys congregating. One of the little girls got our
attention. She said "watch me".

She then proceeded to run to the middle of the field circling
the group of boys smiling and pointing at them. She returned to us and then gave us a blow by blow report of what those
boys were up to. She told us that they
were smoking drugs...using hand motions to describe it all.   This little girl was maybe six. I was struck by how much innocence was
lost. I know that she is aware of what
is going on around her,  but to her it
was just a reality of what was going on in her community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granada, Nicaragua - like many communities has many people
who are captured by the addiction of drugs and alcohol. We however are excited about what God is
doing through the missionaries and the churches that they have partnered with there. We saw people getting freedom. We also saw how people who were once slaves
to these addictions sharing about how Christ has given them freedom, changed
their lives, and now they are leading ministries helping others gain that same
freedom. Again, please keep Granada in
your prayers. Go visit. Beautiful place. Beautiful people.