ATL ...Ask the Lord

Good Morning Holcombites. Greetings from Jinotepe!

This morning was unscheduled for us and on our daily list the morning agenda was simply listed as ATL. That stands for Ask The Lord. We got up today, had breakfast and personal devotions and then the whole group met for our morning time of worship. We spent alot of time in listening prayer just asking God for HIS direction and for what HE would have for us to do. We were open to anything that HE would direct us to. After a long time of prayer, it was decided that first we have to meet physical needs of thepeople before they will be receptive to the Gospel. I remember the Cambodia people talking about that as well. So, there ended up being 2 main directions that we decided on. One group will be doing to a very remote, poverty striken area to take food and water and all the supplies and donations that we brought with us. Another group will go back to the hospital where we were yesterday and take large fans because the circulation was so poor there and the conditions were so hot. We will also take Bibles and tracts to the patients. After we decided on those two projects, people split up into which ever group they felt God wanted them to go to and then we just asked the kids to donate whatever they wanted to give so we could buy supplies for both locations. We got over 1000 dollars from everyone on the team. W then went with one of our translators and exchanged our American dollars for Nicaraguan cordobas. That in itself was an experience. Its just a guy on the street with a machine gun and a huge bag full of cash. We are getting ready to eat lunch now. After lunch we will go to the market and buy huge 100 pound bags of beans and rice and cooking oil. We will bring them back to our hotel and spend some time packaging them up into smaller portions. We will store it all here and then deliver it to the village Friday morning. This afternoon we are back at La Quinta for a church service for teenagers. God is at work in so many powerful ways. God is working in and through our group. Its incredible to minister to these people and to serve them and meet their physical needs and tell them about Jesus, but also our times of personal Bible study, praise times and group worship sessions have been so powerful. Last night we broke up into boys and girls. I heard the boys had a really cool meeting but the girls time was unbelievable. It was so challenging and powerful. You can just feel the presence of God. The other teams think the Nebraska team is a bunch of hicks. They just can't really visualize what farmers are like and are always giving us a hard time about it..So this morning, instead of wearing the normal shorts and Tshirts that we always wear, Logan shows up to breakfast in jeans, work gloves sticking out of his back pocket, a set of pliers in his holster on his belt, a long sleeved farmers work shirt complete with grease spots and a nice pioneer seed corn hat to top it off. It was hilarious. So we have farmer Logan representing the true Nebraskan Farmer for us. Pray for Austin. He isnt feeling well. He has diahrea. We are keeping him hydrated and on imodium and some other pills he brought with him. He´s sleeping now. I´ll keep you posted. Becky. dont worry, it´s not that bad. Just a bit churny. We just bought these really yummy things cant remember what they are called from an old woman who was carrying a basket of them on her head. They were like fried tortillas dipped in honey and sugar. Oh my....they were amazing. Thanks again for your prayers. we are praying for you all as well. I praythat God will work in your lives and hearts like HE is in ours. May His Name be praised.

Polly and the Nicaragua team!