hola! it's tiffany reporting live from Nicaragua.so much laughing... so many silly goof ups... and so much grace has happened just in the past 24 hours let alone this past week.
today was our last day with the pastor's wives in san marcos. upon returning back to the baptist house tonight during processing, the interpreters informed us that two of us (jill and i) had been pronouncing one of the pastors wives named paola incorrectly for the past two days. the way we were saying it meant... woman who farts a lot. oh the horror!
we also thought we were riding back to the baptist house while the bus took the pastor's wives back to their houses. so, we said all of our good-byes and gave out lots of hugs and kisses... and then to our surprise boarded the bus with them to ride for and hour back to where we are staying to say good-bye again. we have laughed so hard over all of our silliness and the nicaraguan's have been so gracious!
today we did a question and answer where the pastor's wives asked us about GOD's callings on our lives, our relationships with our families, and our greatest fears and and desires as mothers for our children in american culture. they told us they would pray for us and our families and gave us so many words of encouragement that we were all sure we were the ones being ministered to and not them. we did some fun activities together (where we laughed a lot), we did a skit/talk on colossians 3:12 (pictured above), and we ended with the cross where we could nail our burdens to leave them for CHRIST to carry (also pictured above). the women shared how they had been encouraged and how they had learned that it is okay to leave their children for a short time over night to do ministry or even to renew themselves... many had never done this before. i can't believe this trip is almost over... these women will forever be etched in our hearts. i am overwhelmed when i think about this week and the blessings that i have experienced.
tomorrow we will go to church and finish painting the room at nueva imagine... and maybe have a little rest time (i hope). thank you all for praying for us!
tim, selah and josiah, i love you so much and cannot wait to hold you in my arms... i miss your snuggles the most.
love you!
-tiffany
Ladies,
ReplyDeleteThis is the one time where you need to remember that as a group you all come together as Mother's. This is what brings you all together to venture out and seek God's Will together. Congratulations on this experience and on being the wonderfuld Mother's that you are. Your children will understand one day the magnitude of all of this and Wow!!! what an impact it will make. Putting yourselves aside on your day brings this trip to a whole new level. All of the husbands, I am sure, are in AWE of you ladies. Also, I would like to wich an extra special Happy Birthday to my Wife, Katy, You are amazing to me and the girls. We love you and can't wait to bring "the sign" to the airport. Have a great day and rest of your trip. Love y'all.
Zack
Happy Mothers day Janet. We are really proud of you and miss you. I'm so glad you and the group are having the experiences you are. We want to hear all about it when you get back. We love you lots. Keith btw, The kids are doing great here. Lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day ladies!! and Happy Birthday Katy!
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love you all! Kara
Happy Mother's Day! This is from Griff: I cant wait to see you! Im going to see you tomorrow. There is a leaf in my house.There is a flower in my house. Me: How do you feel about mommy? Griff: "so much". "There is a skunk on the flower then it poofed out of the sky" I think that means he loves you and is looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
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Happy Mother's day Stac and to all the Mom's there!!! Me and the girls are so excited to see you. I still pick up the phone to call u everyday then realize two things, "Oh she is gone on a mission of God". How amazing and inspiring! Then how grateful I am to have you as my sister. Have a great day. Love ya...
ReplyDeleteHappy Mom's Day Tiffany. We love and miss you and your snuggles.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, KATY!!!! Also, Happy Mother's Day to all of the other mothers on your mission! The girls are just doing GREAT and it has been so special to get to really "know" Harper--what a sweetie! We had a great time today with GaGa, Chuck, & Banks at the park and also had a cookout at our house! The 3 kiddos had soooo much fun together outside--it was a great Mother's Day! Love and miss you! Safe travels home!
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