Nicaragua, 2005

Published on March 02, 2005 by Scott O'Dell

The spiritual battle started the night we arrived as we found ourselves in the middle of some extremely bad weather due to a hurricane, which hit nearby El Salvador mid-week. Because of the abundance of rain, the roof of the hotel we were staying in caved in; however, God provided more than was necessary as the owners of the hotel insisted we stay in their home and gave us their beds for the evening.

Monday we were scheduled to leave Managua and travel to a mining town in the mountains about three hours away. On the way our van broke down, but, once again, God provided as native Nicaraguans stopped to help us repair the van so we could continue our journey.

We held a strength and conditioning clinic at a grade school. Art the end of the clinic, Josh Hingst, Assistant Strength Coach at Florida State, shared his testimony as well as the Gospel and nearly everyone stepped forward to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.



Wednesday, at a different university, I shared my testimony and everyone stepped forward to accept Christ! Praise God! This was the first time that I personally led the prayer to accept Christ as Lord and Savior.

One of the girls who accepted Christ left a note for me, which said "Cristo is my friend. Thank you. Signed, Carol." It was an awesome experience and I am so thankful to God for working through me in that way.

-Scott O'Dell