Open Doors

God has been speaking to me a lot lately about His plans and dreams for me!

Let´s rewind a bit...
May 2007, it was my last year of highschool and I was on the varsity track team. I had been doing track and field for six years, i loved it and God had blessed me with this talent! I had two different colleges that had invited me to run track for them, but after praying about it I felt that God was calling me to head a different direction...Mendoza, Argentina!
It was not the easiest thing leaing home and i had really enjoyed the years of running track, but felt like God was calling to move on to something new.

After arriving here and realizing that soccer is almost as important as eating, i decided to give it a shot. I had never really played it back home since it wasn´t a sport that anyone in my family played, but thought it would be fun to learn!
It wasn´t very long until i began to really enjoy planning and they asked me to join the girls team here on the YWAM base! I said yes and we began practicing each week!
Last year in August as i was playing soccer one day, I had an accident and tore my ACL (a ligament in my knee). It didn´t take me very long to realize what i had done since two years previously i had tore the ssame ligament in the other knee.
I flew home and had surgery, the doctors told me that i needed to rest and wait 6 months before playing sports again. I did my exercises and recovery as they told me, and when March rolled around i slowly and cautiously began to play soccer again.
Last week as i was playing i streched a muscle weird and it was sore for about 3 days. I was frustrated and did understand why i was getting hurt again. It had been awhile since the last time i had played, but i began to pray about it and ask God what He wanted to speak to me through this.

In my frustration i thought to myself:¨why would God give me such a strong passion and love for sports if i just keep getting hurt and then am unable to play?¨
Then suddenly i was reminded of a quote one of my leaders once told me: ¨When God gives us dreams and passions, He gives us doors to walk through. Sometimes we keep trying to open one, but it seems that no matter how hard we try to beat down the door, it won´t open...it´s then that we need to realize that there are other doors. It doesn´t mean that God doesn´t want us to walk in the dream or passion, it just means we need to find the right door to walk through in order to fulfill God´s dream.¨ I am realizing that maybe soccer is not the right door for me. As i was seeking the Lord and the door, God reminded me of something that I gave up when i came here. I gave up running, i had loved it, i wanted to run in college, i loved competing, but i had chosen something greater by coming here and now was reminding me of that dream and passion i left behind.
I don´t know what God has for me in the future, but i am seeking the right door to wak through in order to fulfill the dreams God has for my life!
I am talking with my leaders and praying about joining a track team here in Mendoza!

Please keep me in your prayers as I seek God and the doors He wants to open in my life!

Constitucion, Chile - Earthquake and Tsunami Relief

This last week i have been helping with the earthquake/tsunami relief in Constitucion, Chile. Many people's lives, jobs, families, and house have been affected greatly by this tragedy.
I have had the privilege of sharing the Word of God with many people and they have been open to listening and receiving prayer! god is doing great things and i hope to see Constitucion rebuilt, firm on the foundation of God's truth!

Please keep us in your prayers as there is much work yet to be done. The greatest need that we are seeing is the need for emotional and psychological help/comfort. Many people are receiving donations and getting back to life, but many businesses have been destroyed. I have heard it said that it could take Constitucion 30 years to rebuild itself to where it was before the earthquake and tsunami.
Please also pray for wisdom and guidance as we talk with people, that God would give us words and divine appointments as well!

Running the Race

I feel like I’m running a race.

I’ve been running for quite some time, I’m tired, I feel alone, and I want to get to the finish line in order to receive the price of a race well run.

I am running to reach the goal. I’m running with perseverance. Running in obedience without understanding the full idea of why the race seems so long.

Every time I think as though the end is coming I’m left with dust on my knees; I get back up and keep on running despite the bruises and weariness.

The other day I was encouraged, a friend told me that I was not alone in this race. They told me that they were in it too. They told me that if we run just a little bit more we will arrive! We will receive the price for our obedience and perseverance!

Lord Jesus, Help me never lose sight of you. Help me remember that you are my strength; you are the giver of life. You are my everything. I am never satisfied with what I have in you; I need more of you each day.
Help me to persevere even when I don’t understand. Help me to walk in obedience even when it doesn’t make sense. I will not live life by my emotions or the circumstances; I will live by the truth on which I stand. I will continue recognizing you in all things, I am not my own. You have given me life and given it to the fullest. I am ever so grateful. I love you Jesus. I need you. Please be with me in this race. Please guide me in my steps. Show me where to turn and where keep straight. Show me your hand when I start to fall. Be with me Jesus. I will follow you where ever you go.
Guide me in your ways. Run this race with me today and always.

The Different Week

Here in the YWAM base in Mendoza we had our annual Semana Diferente (Different Week)!
We invite people from LaValle Desert, a place where the indigenous Huarpe people live, to come experience something different, something special!

For several weeks prior we had been praying about this Different Week and we really wanted to know what God wanted to do. We began to understand that God wanted to show Himself in supernatural ways!


This year was a bit different, we had the most people we have ever had, there were about 800 people that came from the desert and then all of us from the base, from Puerto Rico, and many other volunteers who came to help! We ended with a gran total of about 1000 people! It was a great week full of hard work preparing before the event, then a week full of work loving on the people, providing their every need, organizing events, taking care of the 200 kids (3-13 yrs. old) and not to mention those of other age groups!

For 6 days we provided them with activities, great food, a huge swimming pool, outings to the mountains, movie theater, and many other exciting places, and to finish off the week, we have a very special Christmas dinner with presents for everyone!


The team from Puerto Rico came to do a medical operation. They spent the week giving free check-ups to everyone and providing medication when needed. It was such a blessing to have them because many of us got sick with a bad virus that the people from the desert had brought with them.

I am content to say that God showed Himself faithful and did things supernatural! This year the people truly experience a different week!

What is it worth?

Last week the art ministry and I went to a home for children who have been taken from their homes due to parental problems. These kids are in such a need of love, affection, and just someone who will listen to them. We went to present a few skits and share a time with them. It was difficult because most of the kids were from 1-6 years old and wanted to be held or didn’t pay much attention to what we were doing, but I felt privileged to be there and see the reality of what the kids here in Mendoza are living. It is a sad reality and there is so much work to be done.

On the way home I was talking with one of the girls who went with us and she said she couldn’t wait to wash her hands and get out of there. I was so saddened by the outlook she presented. God has put a great burden in my heart for the lost, abandoned and needy children of the world. This girl also began to tell me of how difficult it was for her to be at this home with those kids, they had lice, they were dirty, and they wouldn’t stop touching us. I saw such need and my heart grew sad for these kids. I didn’t ask permission neither did I mention it to anyone but as I began to interact with these kids, I began to pray a blessing over each one, knowing that God could do something great with their lives. After chatting with this girl I began to ponder what she had said and I asked myself:

Is it worth it?

This girl saw these kids as dirty and lice infested. I saw them as kids in need of love.
She couldn’t wait to leave and wash her hands. I wanted to hug as many as possible. Yes, I wanted to wash my hands too, but the moment with them was more important to me.

Is it worth it to get dirty when holding a child longing for love?

Are we too worried about ourselves that we forget the hurting lives of others?

Is it worth it to sit with a child and have the chance of getting lice or are we too selfish that we don’t recognize the opportunity we have to extend God’s kingdom?

I don’t mean to say anything bad about this precious girl, don’t get me wrong, she is a wonderful women of God. But it did make me ponder.

What is it worth to you?