sabbatical :: august

We spent the third and final month of our sabbatical in Nicaragua.  This was the month when life really slowed down.  This was the place where we discovered a whole new depth of stillness.  It was here - with the quiet pre-dawn risings, the warm early mornings,  the clear, wild ocean, and the cleansing evening rains - that we prayed long, slept deep, and laughed and laughed.  We tasted new flavors, explored new places, read good books, and played.

We played.  

We didn't systematically work through the pain of the past, as we planned.  But healing welled up within as the five of us swam in the ocean, chased sand crabs, and spent day after slow long day together.  

And we feel full.  We feel quiet inside.  An old stillness long pushed aside by urgency and sadness returned and made itself comfortable again.  

We're really, really thankful.  And we're super excited to begin another long season of sharing life and discovering Jesus with our community at Emmaus.