Coming back from a great spiritual experience, like a retreat or a mission trip, we all hope to hang on to the zeal and excitement that is birthed in our lives.  I hope sharing some of the stories from our trip to Nicaragua has passed along some of the passion we experienced while we where there.

At our church, we constantly pray, God raise up people of influence and help us to reach people of influence in our community.   While we were in Puerto Viejo, one afternoon I was looking for the missionary who was working with us in the field.

One of the team members found him, in a little class room in a pretty intense meeting with the administrator of the school facilities we were using.  They were in there for a long, long time.  I was getting worried.  Is he upset that the North Americans are trashing out the place?  Have we done something to offend him?

When I saw Roberto (the missionary) come out, I went to him and asked, “Is everything ok? Do I need to do something?”  He just smiled at me and with the excited move of his fist, simply said… “New birth brother! New birth!”

I was ecstatic!  That was awesome! Talk about reaching a person of influence.  We had reached one of the most influential people in the village, the school administrator.  The man who molds and shapes the minds of the young people!  

That evening in the tent service, he and his wife came and stood in front of the whole community declaring his profession of Christ in his life!  That is worth the whole trip! And that is why we go!