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aaah what a wonderful weekend away! it was a much needed escape.  So many wonderful memories were made and friendships affirmed and solidified.  God is calling and I'm so glad that I've got a solid signal and can pick up!  What a blessing is this life that i have is.  come i show you! (ps if you didn’t pick up on that by clicking the link you’ll be whisked away to see the wonderful pictures from my time away, there were too many good ones to throw up on here)

September has been quite a busy month – the video is gona be fuuUULL!!!! This has been a month of restarting up the Saturday program, heading to Guanacaste to do girly stuff, life thinking, i finally met the famous teachers from new york, AND!!!  TOMS (www.toms.com) generously donated over 15,000 pairs of shoes so this past week we’ve been hand delivering each pair to the gazillion children we’ve got running around in carpio, pavas, and beyond!

  If you get to opportunity to support this company i would be delighted.  For every pair they sell they give a pair away. If that isn’t enough to motivate you here’s a story!  While we were giving out shoes on Monday a mother came in specifically to get shoes for her daughter who had not gone to school that day.  The sole reason (haha sole!)- she didn’t have any shoes to wear.  I have been measuring all these little, stinky, feet for the past few days and must say that it is rare to see a pair of shoes in good shape and a pair of socks without giant holes.  So for her to feel so ashamed as to not come to school at all *sigh que triste.  It was so encouraging to be able to hand over a pair of super cool shoes for her.  These shoes are truly a blessing and the kids are SO psyched!  It’s so awesome to be able to shower such love on them.  To give them little boosts of confidence!

Praise/Prayer!!! The weekend in Guanacaste not only was awesome and full of fun but God also used the time to poke the little thought we’ve all had in the back of our minds over kayla chandler – long term missionary (oh geez did i just go third person on you..heehee i think i did!).  haha well maybe not all of us have been pondering that… but anyways i felt such a peace and confidence (similar to the one i felt last year in august when God told me i was coming back down).  God can’t use me if I'm not giving him the opportunities, so a few days ago i sent an email to inquire about what the process looks like to actually be a LT down here. It’s not as simple as one would think but if it is God’s will i know it will seem like a piece of cake..cheesecake..ooo with blackberries and peaches..no nectarines! oh yum!!! 

“[I] won’t spend the rest of [my] life chasing [my] own desires, but [I] will be anxious to do the will of God.”

1 Peter 4.2