Life....to the Fullest

What a sense of hummor my Lord has! He knew I needed a morning to recooporate, so he sent rain. Wow! What an awesome first two weeks it has been! I wanted to share with you a few things The Lord has been teaching me lately... "Love The Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these," Mark 12: 30-31. I see the love of Jesus in the faces of the children both the ones i serve daily and the ones I pass on the streets; I see it in my friends from church as they pour out their hearts in worship to The Lord, and as they interact daily with each other and me; I see it in the countenance of my professor and the women I pass everyday selling their fruit on the street corner. I see it in the BIG smiles and twinkling eyes, and through the eight letters I received yesterday from the chicos...In their patience and giggles as ...

Last Monday....We took twenty or so kids across the river to Peru to visit monkey island...We also saw pink dolphins.....Uncle Wayne and another team member took a quick swim in the Amazon! Boat ride on the river Dawrin and Marriana My boat partner Linda Harold! He always has a twinkle in his eyes Uncle Wayne at Monkey Island Some photos from our lunch stop in Peru The river you see is the Amazon Junior´s village :)

I finally got a connection! Yay! My apologies for not being able to post before now, but that is just how it is in the Amazon jungle... Facebook seems to be working the best right now...If you wish you can try and view it here: https://www.facebook.com/goannaleighmann Left Memphis at noon yesterday with the two awesome people!... My room mates at our hotel in Bogota! We have already begun to become beasties! (My room mate on the right,Johanna, is from Bogota!) In Bogota

It is finally here! My flight leaves at noon tomorrow! This first week, I will be participating in the activities that the team will be doing; they will primarily be providing eye exams to the children at Aljaba and the local people. They will also be training the staff at the local church and Aljaba to perform the exams. If you would like to see a detailed scheduale and blogging on this team the link is below: http://mckinneycolombia2014.blogspot.com/ I would especially appreciate your prayers this first week, because I am battling a bladder infection; but so far I haven't had any side effects! Praise The Lord! Will try and post pictures as often as I can. Love you all!

Gladly would I leave behind me  All the pleasure I have known  To pursue surpassing treasures  At the throne of God the Son  Worthy of unending worship  Love and loveliness is He  By His precious death were millions  From the jaws of death set free  VERSE 2  Gladly would I give to Jesus  All affection, everything  For the washing of His mercy  Makes my ransomed heart to sing “Holy, holy!” is the chorus  Rising up from those who see  Christ exalted, bright and burning  Full of pow’r and purity  CHORUS  Where else can I go?  Jesus, You’re the One  That I was made to know  What else can I do?  Jesus, You’re my all  I gladly run to You  VERSE 3  Gladly would I flee temptations  For their troubles fill my life  Turn and seek my God and Savior  For His goodness satisfies  Earthly treasures, all are passing  Thieves break...

For those of you who have not heard, there have been a few changes as far as what I will be doing during my internship. First of all, the Lord closed the door for me to go to Ecuador, so I will be spending all 6 months in Leticia. I am excited about this, because now I will be able to really learn the language, observe the needs around me, and build long-term relationships. So during my first month there, I will be attending the The Amazon Spanish College  there in Leticia part time. It will be a total of 4 hours a day/15 hrs a week. I will also have 5hrs of cultural activities a week. I am so excited! Hopefully after I finish the courses I will be pretty fluent in Spanish and be able to teach some Inductive Bible studies to about 12-14 of the girls that live at Aljaba 24/7. The Lord laid it on my heart to teach them the names of God. Knowing these personally has been such a "strong tower" for me to run to daily; my prayer is that these girls will find security ...