It's official! I have a day that I am off to Peru for the next GINORMOUS step in my life. I depart August 3. No worries though, I'm leaving with a bang (do you honestly expect anything else from me?). August 1 I plan on heading down to Tulsa from IA (I'm really actually going to miss that state...especially the good ol steak and potatos). There will be a going away party of sorts that night...which I'm sure a stop to Kilkenny's is in order, it's tradish! August 2nd will be my last day to tie up any loose ends and to spend some qt with the fam. At 5:30 that evening, is my sending forth mass. Fr. Matt Gerlach will be celebrating the mass at the St. Philip Neri Newman Center (400 S. Florence, Tulsa, OK)...no worries, it's not like a wedding mass or like I'm taking vows..just a special little mass before I go. I don't know what time I leave yet but I do know it happens on the 3rd.
Each home has a visitor that is sort of like a "supervisor missionary" that makes sure everything is running smoothly in the house. The one for Barrios Altos is Fr. Lorenzo (a priest for HH) and he will be visiting on August 6 and would like to have me there so we can meet! Which is why I'm leaving so early in August. Now all I have to do is finish raising sponsorships! I'm still working on getting all of my letters out. So far I've sent 120 and I have at least another 30 names on the list!
**If you know of anybody that might be willing to partake in this mission of compassion with me, feel free to pass on any neccessary information**
Thank you so much for all of your support throughout this preparation process. Know that you are in my prayers and I hope those I'll be serving and I are in yours.
Pax.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
God is SO GOOD!
Just a quick update. More sponsorship letters have gone out in this past week and I'm slowly finding out that God will provide. People that I didn't expect to donate much are surprising me and it's so beautiful to know that I have the support of friends and family. I'm still working on getting more out in the mail and via email.
I'm still not sure when my exact departure date is. I hope to find out in the next week or two. Once I know that, I will be able to set up my sending forth mass which will *hopefully* be held at the Newman Center at TU providing Fr. Matt will be available that day. I'll keep everyone updated.
OH ONE MORE EXCITING THING! I made a Peruvian dessert Friday night. I think it was quite delish and I still have some in the fridge :) I shared it with some friends that thought it was good too. It's called "leche asada" or "roasted milk". It's really simple and easy to make with only a few common ingredients: eggs, sugar, vanilla, evaporated milk (some recipes use real milk), and cinnamon sticks. However, don't let the simplicity fool you, ovens are still hot when you make this dish...I have not 1 but 2 burn marks on my left arm. fail.
I've also been working on my Spanish a lot more. I have officially changed my phone into Spanish so I'm constantly reading some common-ish words and I'm able to use predictive text in Spanish so that's fun! Also, I've gone back to work at Applebee's to save up money for when I go...some of the cooks are still there from when I worked there before and I told them that they can only talk to me in Spanish. I've already noticed that I'm getting more confident with speaking it and hearing it is getting easier too (but that's still a tricky task).
Well, this isn't a quick update but as I was typing I realized I had more to tell you all than I thought!
Blessings.
I'm still not sure when my exact departure date is. I hope to find out in the next week or two. Once I know that, I will be able to set up my sending forth mass which will *hopefully* be held at the Newman Center at TU providing Fr. Matt will be available that day. I'll keep everyone updated.
OH ONE MORE EXCITING THING! I made a Peruvian dessert Friday night. I think it was quite delish and I still have some in the fridge :) I shared it with some friends that thought it was good too. It's called "leche asada" or "roasted milk". It's really simple and easy to make with only a few common ingredients: eggs, sugar, vanilla, evaporated milk (some recipes use real milk), and cinnamon sticks. However, don't let the simplicity fool you, ovens are still hot when you make this dish...I have not 1 but 2 burn marks on my left arm. fail.
I've also been working on my Spanish a lot more. I have officially changed my phone into Spanish so I'm constantly reading some common-ish words and I'm able to use predictive text in Spanish so that's fun! Also, I've gone back to work at Applebee's to save up money for when I go...some of the cooks are still there from when I worked there before and I told them that they can only talk to me in Spanish. I've already noticed that I'm getting more confident with speaking it and hearing it is getting easier too (but that's still a tricky task).
Well, this isn't a quick update but as I was typing I realized I had more to tell you all than I thought!
Blessings.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Sponsorships
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and New Year. I spent a good portion of my break studying for the GRE, recovering from these darn wisdom teeth being pulled out, and writing sponsorship letters. I hope to get most of them sent out when I get back to Tulsa later this week. Please take time to read the letter and consider sponsoring my mission. If you don't get one and would like to sponsor me, please click on the link at the bottom of this page or email me and I can send you the letter!
God Bless
God Bless
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