Journal of a Missionary Wife

So I think we can all agree that I may fall short of updating the blog as much as I should...since it's been almost a year since I've updated this one. All of you who regularly read know that I became a homeschooling mother when we moved to Nicaragua. I do love all the homeschooling moments a mother gets...all the time I get to spend with my kids. It's incredibly rewarding and difficult all in one. Well, we decided to put our kids in the public school here in our community. Let's be honest here folks, the more time my children spend around JUST Preston, me and each other, the weirder they get. I mean, I tell them they're being weird, but who wants to hear that from their parent every day of their life? No one! It's not like we live in the States and there are things that we can take them to with other kids. Activities like that cost upwards of $30 per kid per month...who has that kind of money? So one day as I was pondering what I could do with the kid

So here's the scoop...about a month ago Preston stumbled upon a house for rent in our neighborhood. It's literally right down the street, but the street it's on is safer than where we are right now. As soon as Preston told me about it I had a feeling that we would be moving into it. We didn't see eye to eye at first, but the longer we thought and prayed about it, the more we wanted to move. So we spoke to the owner, who let us know it would be more than the house we are currently living in by about $20. We had a couple of people offer to help with that cost and decided that this was it. We plan on moving in the first week of June and were so excited! Enter Bluefields, after our visit to Bluefields God really gave us a clear vision for the church. He really spoke to us through Norman and Marta! Here are some major things God spoke to us about. We hope to get started in the next couple of months. First of all the Lord reminded us that we are a church focused

The partnership sent us to Bluefields Friday so we could secure reservations for the pastors conference in August and handle some business. Preston and I left the kids with Sam, Sarah, Nathan, and Keyla from Isaiah House and flew to Bluefields. It was the first time in 7 months that we went somewhere without our kids and it was AMAZING! When we arrived in Bluefields we went to a hotel that Glenn Schroeder told us about. Unfortunately they were full, so they told us to go to another hotel. This one had no a/c and LOTS of mosquitos...lol...but it was a night without children so I am definitely NOT complaining. We were able to get most of the business done right away and then went to visit with Pastor Norman and his wife Marta. These are some of the most amazing people I have EVER had the pleasure of meeting. We hadn't called them to let them know we were coming, but due to the fact that they wake up every morning at 3am to pray, the Lord had told them to be expecting some une