The Earth is Yours by Gungor

Your voice it thunders
The oaks start twisting
The forest sounds with cedars breaking
The waters see You and start their writhing
From the depths a song is rising

Now it’s rising from the ground

Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy Lord
The earth is Yours and singing
Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy Lord
The earth is Yours
The earth is Yours

Your voice it thunders
The ground is shaking
The mighty mountains now are trembling
Creation sees You
And starts composing
The fields and trees they start rejoicing.

Now it’s rising form the ground
It’s rising from the ground
Hear us crying out
Hear us crying out

Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy Lord
The earth is Yours and singing
Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy Lord
The earth is Yours
The earth is Yours

You make beautiful things out of dust

After a day hiking in the mountains with my host father, sister and cousin I couldn't help but reflect on God's beautiful creation that surrounds me. Here are some photos I captured throughout my day. Below are also lyrics to the song "Beautiful Things" by Gungor.


All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

I love me some chicken!

Yesterday after I came home from a nice long walk with a friend in the mountains my family was in the process of killing some chickens in our backyard to eat later. I was torn between if I wanted to watch our not. But of course curiosity got the best of me and I decided to watch.



Before:


After:


.....YUMMYYYY! : )

La clase de ingles

Yesterday I taught an English class to a couple little girls who wanted to learn English. It started off with Brittany, a 7 year old girl who lives across the street from me, always coming over to visit and asking me when I would teach her English. From there other girls stopped by saw what I was doing and just sat down and wanted to learn too.

They are all so precious and extremely smart. I taught them a few basics like the days of the week and vocab words for parts of their house. After they each drew their own house and labeled it with the English words they learned.

Their names are Brittany, Linet, Nicole and Nazarec ranging from ages 5 to 11.

El Futbol

Lineth, Nicole, Katy, Mauricio (my cousins and neighbors) playing soccer outside my house.

The Adventures of Yesterday!

Yesterday was a big day for the town of Mollejones, which is the town over from me. The world champion rafting team from Japan arrived to scout the Racuare river for the rafting championship which will happen here in October. Thirty five other teams will compete for the title of the world championship My family went to greet the team in the morning. The town had prepared a little parade for them, when they first arrived. It was very sweet. After the parade the whole town gathered to officially give them a warm welcome and to tell them a little bit about the history of the town. I had the opportunity to help translate for the team, which was awesome. It was my first time translating and although I was no where near perfect I did my best. It was pretty cool. When I was translating how the town came to be and how the people who first arrived in the town had to fight off tigers and cobras I couldn't believe it! The town is very small, consisting of only 40 families so the arrival of the team was the biggest thing that has ever happened here. They were making history!

After greeting the team and translating, my family and a group of friends took a little adventure into the mountains to "La Catarata" which translates as a waterfall. It was awesome!

Below are some photos of the day.









Here are two short clips from the hike to the waterfall!

El Mercado/The Market

Yesterday after I graded all the English exams at the school my family and I took a trip to the market. Yet unlike in the states the store is not conveniently 5 minutes down the road. To get anywhere it takes about an hour to get to civilization through the mountains. It's crazy!!! And the roads are so rough to drive on.

My family goes to the market once a month to buy all they need for that month. Yet instead of going to the store they go to "El Mercado" first which sells all the fresh produce they need and then to the store to buy anything else they may need. In addition, it is not only a family event but a whole day excursion as well. We left at 12:00pm and got home at 9:30pm. Needless to say I was exhausted from shopping.

These picture are of the outside market. The lady and the couple both asked me to take their picture.
Lastly this is a picture of me from this morning. This truck is right outside of my house. It is full of produce as well. It drives up through the mountains stopping at any house that would like to buy from them. We bought some garlic, papaya and mango!











There are lots and lots of fresh fruits and veggies!