*HAPPY 1 YEAR*

Happy 1 year living in Nicaragua!!!!!! It doesn’t seem possible. I remember the first day like it was yesterday. I remember pulling into the base the first night with all kinds of emotions, excitement, being nervous to start studying Spanish, meeting new people, everything. It feels like it was yesterday. I remember back when I first started writing blogs every month on the 1st and wondering what it would be like at our *one year mark* well, we are HERE!!!! And it feels so crazy and unreal.

So much has happened during this past year. We found out in May that Caleb has had Lyme’s Disease basically his whole life, since a real young age, he’s grown up with muscle, joint, pains, he’s suffered from migraines, he still has them from time to time, but with the treatment he’s on for his Lyme’s, it’s helping A LOT with the headaches, PRAISE GOD!!!!! He got tested in January, a couple weeks after we got back from the States, and the guy told him he’s got one little bug left and by the end of the treatment it should be taken care of, PRAISE GOD FOR HEALING!!!!!! I also got tested the same time Caleb did, just to see if I actually had Lyme’s, it showed I have all the same bugs Caleb did, he said I need to finish the treatment and my bugs should be gone by the end of it.  

A couple weeks after we found out about Caleb’s Lyme’s, I found some bumps on my breasts. I can’t even begin to describe the emotions that I felt that morning. At that time, Jill Hofsommer’s mother was here visiting Austin & Jill and she was taking some Spanish Classes with us, at that morning we went to school and I was a little *a lot* emotional and Caleb said I should talk to Carol *Jill’s mom* because she’s a Doctor and it just seemed like a good idea, so that’s what I did, and she really put my mind to ease, telling me different things, probably wasn’t cancer and it might be cysts, it really made me feel better and I was less scared, it was such a God thing she was there during this time. We decided that I should get checked out just to be on the safe side. So I did and I have 5 B9 cysts in my right breast. The Dr told me it’s nothing to worry about and if I find more in the months to come, that I can get them checked out for peace of mind and just to keep an eye on them.

These two things we both have learned a lot from. Trusting God, relying on each other, so many different things. Knowing that we have family & friends praying for us, makes such a huge difference, we can feel the love & support from them, and that means so much to us!!!!

We have been staying busy since we got back from the States. January was a crazy month, February was slower, my sister Kelsey & mutual friend Galen was here for two weeks, and that was a lot of fun, spending time with them. Although it was a rather difficult time for us both, and they probably seen us not getting along with each other more than normal :| We went through a period of not knowing how to deal with different emotions we were going through, I was dealing with homesickness and not knowing it until after they left. We just didn’t really communicate with each other like we should have. After Galen & Kelsey left, we were able to spend some alone time together and get our feelings and emotions out on the table and just say how we felt about certain things, and that really helped us both learn to deal with our emotions and everything, praying for each other. We both feel tons better and feel like we’re back to being normal again and can work together as a *team*.

Since March started, everyone has been running like mad dogs. March is a crazy month, we call it *March madness* and it has nothing to do with basketball. Haha!!!! It’s one week outreaches, plans can change one day and you have everything figured out and ready to go and the next day, something changes and you have to reschedule what you just finished, it’s crazy! My brain hurts thinking of all the little details a lot of our staff have to remember and change. They are gifted that’s for sure.

We had a wonderful team called JMU, they are from Virginia. A great great great group of college kids. I connected with each one of them, they loved helping in any area they could, they did excellent in their Ministry Sites they worked in, loving on the kids & adults, showing them Christ’s Love. It was such an awesome experience to capture and watch. You could see Jesus in their lives, they came to Serve and that’s what they did. I really enjoyed them being here and I know everyone else did too. I hope they all come back again :)

Some of my experiences being in Ministry Sites - apart of my job is, going around to the different sites, taking fotos of the students\adults working along side their site leaders. Seeing these students lives changed before your eyes is such a cool experience. Just watching them interact with the Nicaraguan people we work with is so beautiful, building relationships that will last forever. They might never see them again, but these people will remember <3 I’ve experienced a young 13 year old girl who’s name is Milena, give her life to the Lord, with a team we had last summer, it was beautiful. She’s been through a lot in her life and to see her ask God into her heart was amazing. The more I visit the different sites we work in, the more I fall in love with them all, one of my favorite communities we work in is called Jocote, a lot of them are related, so it’s like a small family community =) A couple of the ladies love talking to me and I try so hard to understand them and try and communicate back with them, I might not understand everything their saying, but I sure try :)

This past week March 30th to April 6th our home church youth group, along with the leaders, Tim & Lynette, Ryan and also Pastor Don and Lisa were here for one week. It was an incredible time, seeing these kids lives changed in front of your eyes, it’s a beautiful thing. I’m so excited to see what God is going to do in their lives…Caleb and I got to spend some time with Don & Lisa one night and just talk about the future, share our thoughts & feelings, it was a wonderful time. We’re so blessed with an amazing Pastor and his amazing wife!!!! We miss our home church soooo much, so having some of them here was just peachy :) There is another group coming in June for one week, so we’re looking forward to that too!!!!!

My parents and 4 younger sisters are coming here for one week in August, they are super excited and so are we. It’s going to be a great experience for my younger sisters.


We can’t say THANK YOU enough to all the people who have been supporting us, financially, through prayer, it means so much to us. We are so BLESSED!!!! Please continue to lift us up in your prayers, pray that God would reveal to us what His plans are for us, that He would Direct us in the right path and that we will ALWAYS be in His Will!!!!!!!!


God Bless you all, with love
             The Fletchers <3