I am going on my first mission trip.  I am really excited to see what God is going to do.  I am going to Nicaragua and I am going to be working with kids who basically live in a dump.  Wow, all I can think about is that I am going to a nation where they know real faith.  Their lives are truly lived moment by moment.  They do not own changes of clothes and most of the time they probably do not even know when they are going to get their next meal.  The one thing they do know is Jesus loves them.  It is much like the beautiful people of Haiti as they sat with nothing and they were hurt, dying and unable to move, but when one man started to sing about Jesus the entire town started to sing.  Even in their darkness they found light, they found Christ.  I know the same can happen in Nicaragua.  They live their lives in a dump, but for the moments we get to spend with them, will be Holy.  We will get to pour into them and I am mostly excited that they will get to pour into us.  I am wanting to see what true faith looks like, what it really means to live with nothing and have everything.  I know that our God is a big God and He will bring healing, joy and mercy on all of us as we chase after him next week.  My decree to myself is to surrender to the God I know and love, to the Lord that will show me His face next week and that I will realize that nothing in this world can match what He offers. Amen!