tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13020672396266280272024-03-05T02:24:44.492-05:00Beautiful FeetServing Jesus with Cru in the Holy City ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-5622840783772691762013-11-05T15:00:00.002-05:002013-11-05T15:20:34.583-05:00100% Sent (and sorry it's been so long!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The goal: To send students out into the world to live missionally wherever the Lord leads them. To be sent as laborers for His harvest, to reach the world for Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the largest graduating class I have seen since being on staff with Cru! I am truly amazed at what the Lord has done in each one of their hearts over the past 4 years. How He has stretched their faith and used them on campus. They have put their blood, sweat and tears into making Jesus known on campus. And for that, I am thankful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Would you pray for them? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is a very bittersweet time for them as they reflect on the past four years and pass the torch to other students and as they discern God's plan for after graduation in December or May. Some are thinking about giving a year of their life to serve the Lord overseas and here in the US and some are thinking how they can have an impact in the business world. Either way, in vocational ministry or in the workplace, they will have opportunities to share Christ with people. That's our prayer at least. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>The Five Things</b></i> is a tool that we use to help graduating Seniors transition well into the "real world" and to continue growing in their relationship with Jesus. Maybe they will help you too:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. <i><b>Kingdom Vision</b></i>- It's the idea of understanding God's big picture, seeing how you fit into what He's doing, and then letting that influence your decisions and choices now and in the years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. <b><i>Team</i></b>- A "team" is two or more people coming together who share a common kingdom vision. We all need people who will encourage us to stay on mission. People we can pray with and put some plans in place. People we can live out our kingdom vision with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. <b><i>Plan</i></b>- "If you aim at nothing you'll hit it every time." Passion and tenacity will only get you so far. If you are going to fulfill the vision God has given you, you're going to need to take some strategic and tactical steps to get you there. Having some sort of plan is all about being intentional with how you move toward your kingdom vision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. <b><i>Ongoing Equipping</i></b>- Successful people are always growing and developing. Effective organizations are always adapting. Championship teams are always improving. Ongoing equipping is anything you need in order to help fulfill your kingdom vision. This can include further education, skills, tools, training and resources. These things will help you in your journey of walking with God and serving Him for a lifetime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. <b><i>Coaching</i></b>- Proverbs stresses the importance of gaining wisdom from others. We can never underestimate the blessing of another who has gone before us and learned a thing or two along the way. A coach is just that person: someone to answer your questions, help you and your "team" when you are stuck, and encourage you when the going gets tough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for investing, praying, and being a part of these students' lives. I'm excited to see where the Lord leads them! </span></div>
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ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-67549787549850923852013-06-17T18:06:00.004-04:002013-06-17T18:15:29.832-04:00VERD Campamento 2013 <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This past weekend was Vida Estudiantil's annual weekend retreat in Boca Chica. It was a blast hanging out with students from 5 different universities in the DR and the summer project. The weekend was packed with talks from Keith and Sheri Onishi, the Cru leaders of all Latin America, training times for students to learn about how to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">share the gospel, follow-up with new believers, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">what it means to be a leader.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The theme of the weekend was "Portavoz" or "Spokesperson"</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Listening to Juan Marcos and Robbie rap a song they wrote .<br />SO talented! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keith sharing that we need to first be connected to Jesus <br />before we talk about him with others</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sheri talking about how we wear masks and how that effects us <br />in being spokespeople for Jesus</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">spending time with the Lord</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Playing games on the beach</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">UNPHU girls!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">with the girls from UCE in San Pedro</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">sweet girls from UTESA</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My table being served by the men</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The girls being served by the men of Vida and Summer Project</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Serenading us. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Candlelight worship on the beach</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Worshiping in Haitian Creole</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keith and Sheri sharing the need </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Notice no one is standing near this beast of a bonfire.<br />Felt like a million degrees!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Does this picture even need a caption</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My beautiful discipleship group! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Leyla and Prospero received a poster with notes from all the <br />students showing appreciation for all their prayer and hard work they put into making Jesus known in the DR. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Being silly with Prospero and Leyla</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Spending the day at Parque Mirador Sur</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Daily life: Cramming 6 people (driver makes 7) into a public car.<br />On the way to the park! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Only in the DR would hanging out at the park turn into spontaneous<br />worship with a church's youth group</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Enjoying our Sancocho with these sweet girls! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Went back to one of my favorite places: Bienvenidos- Proyecto de Vida Dale de Comer</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ever since Spring Break trips in March, the administration hasn't been too keen on having Americans on campus talking with their students. Picking up trash today helped us show them that we (and the university students) care about the campus and the students. We got permission from administration and invited students (those in Vida, random students, and students that the Summer Project had met thus far) to join us. We filled 40 trash bags to the brim! </span></div>
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<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-29763012889365041862013-05-06T19:08:00.001-04:002013-05-06T20:39:23.260-04:00Vida a La Playa!!! <div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We wanted to do something special for the VERD (<b>V</b>ida <b>E</b>studiantil <b>R</b>epublica <b>D</b>ominicana) for all of their hard work this semester (especially when all those Americanos came into town) as well as getting them connected (the three universities) to each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> You know, because we are a family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">We went to la playa </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(that's beach in Spanish!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not only was it a fun time for us to connect and hang out with each other, it was also refreshing to worship with my brothers and sisters in Christ on the beach and hear from one of the National Cru staff about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leyla shared with the group about the vision of Vida- to win students to Christ, build them up in their faith and send them out into the world to win and build others. This is the heartbeat of the movement. If we aren't focused on giving every student on campus an opportunity to respond to Jesus and helping others grow in their relationship with God, then we are <i><b>nothing</b></i> but a Christian club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And we <i>do not</i> want to be a club. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This dog is at Playa Caribe every time we are there. She is the sweetest three legged dog. <br />She's a cute little begger <br />too so you gotta watch out. <br />I've shared many a ham and cheese sandwich with this sweet girl. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's a good thing baseball is their national sport and not football! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I last wrote, we have been <i><b>super</b></i> busy. Here's what my life has been like since February:</span></div>
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<li>During March and the first week of April, our team hosted 80+ Cru students and staff from the US. We spent many hours on campus sharing the gospel and translating for the US students. <i>Can you believe that <b>I</b> actually translated</i>?!?!?! It wasn't perfect, but I realized that I have learned a lot of Spanish in my 7 months of living here. </li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">400+</span></b> Dominican students were engaged in a spiritual conversation during the Spring Break trips</li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>29</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">of these Dominican students asked Jesus to come into their life as their Savior! (</span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Go God!)</i></li>
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<li>During the last Spring Break trip we went to a community called, <i>Bienvenidos</i>. Our church here in the DR, La Primera Iglesia de la Cristianizacion Nacional, planted a church in one of poorest communities just 15 minutes outside the capital city, Santo Domingo. The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proyecto-de-Vida-Dale-de-Comer/114210931974485?fref=ts" target="_blank">church</a> feeds lunch to over 100 kids every day Monday through Friday and provides a discipleship program for each of the kids to teach them about Jesus. This meal is the only meal most of these kids get every day. In this community, many families sell their children into prostitution just so they can eat. Some of these kids are as young as 8 years old. There is also a lot of witchcraft in this community. Since our main focus of why God brought us here is to share our faith with university students, we don't get to see much of the poverty stricken areas of the country. We were so blessed by being a part of what God is doing in this community through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proyecto-de-Vida-Dale-de-Comer/114210931974485?fref=ts" target="_blank">Proyecto de Vida Dale de Comer</a> and we are looking forward to going back really soon. Such a special place! </li>
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<li>I met my mom, sister, best friend and best friend's mom in <i>Punta Cana</i> for vacation. It was absolutely incredible! This country is so beautiful! I am so glad they were able to come and see me! So blessed! </li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">First, sweet little two year old Elianna went to the ER after eating 20+ Tums. Not good for a tiny toddler. She ended up being perfectly fine after having her stomach pumped. Eww.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Then a few days later, the same sweet little two year old somehow ate a piece of a glass thermometer from the hospital. Stomach pump #2. Again, ewww.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are praying that Elianna (and Annabel, her 4 year old sister) has learned her lesson and only eats food from now on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A few days after that, Karly got some sort of stomach flu/food poisoning/grossness. She pretty much vomited for 12 hours straight. She was a little dehydrated so she went to the hospital to get an IV of fluids pumped into her body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the meantime, I'm worried that I'm going to catch whatever Karly had. We all ate the same thing so I was stressed out about it. The day after she was sick, I began having chills and a lot of pain in my back. I thought it was just stress and I needed to sleep it off. The next morning I woke up with a fever of 102, more back pain and pain behind my eyes. Awesome. I thought it was just a sinus infection so I tried to sleep it off. The fever kept going up and down the entire day. Went to bed with a fever of 102.5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The next morning, my fever was 101 and I decided that I should probably go to the hospital to see what is going on with my body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After a few hours of being hooked up to an IV for fluids, the nurse ordered me to get a blood test the next day. So, I went to a lab, got my blood taken, and waited for what seemed like forever to get the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The next day, got my blood test results back and tested positive for Dengue Fever and had to be admitted into the hospital. My white blood cell count and platelets were really low.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Wikipedia: </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">Dengue fever</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, also known as </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">breakbone fever</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, is an infectious </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_disease" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Tropical disease">tropical disease</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> caused by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_virus" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Dengue virus">dengue virus</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">. Symptoms include </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Fever">fever</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Headache">headache</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myalgia" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Myalgia">muscle</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthralgia" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Arthralgia">joint pains</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, and a characteristic </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_rash" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Skin rash">skin rash</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> that is </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbilliform" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Morbilliform">similar to measles</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">I stayed in the hospital for 3 nights with fluids and pain killers running through my veins. Doctora Alegre (yes, her name is Dr. Happy!) couldn't believe how well my body was ridding itself of the virus. Usually your liver inflames, your stomach hurts and you vomit, and I didn't have any of that. Praise the Lord! I do believe it was all the people praying for me to get well. That's the only thing we could tell the doctor. Jesus is Healer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">I missed an entire week on campus, but had about 15 students come see me at the hospital after a weekly meeting. Doctor Alegre wasn't too happy about that, but I enjoyed seeing everyone. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">I am so thankful to be out of the hospital and I am slowly regaining my strength and hope to be back on campus by the end of the week (at least for a few hours!). I have another blood test on Monday to see how well my liver is doing; the results from yesterday weren't what the doctor wanted. Other than being tired, I feel fine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Thanks to all of you who have been praying for me! Please continue to pray for me as well as my team. We feel as though what we have been through in the past couple of weeks is spiritual warfare. We have exciting things planned for this semester to help grow the movement here, but the enemy doesn't like it. But we know that God will use all of this for His glory! </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Gloria a Dios, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; line-height: 19.1875px;">Shannon </span><br />
<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-52902833381980680392013-01-21T15:38:00.002-05:002013-01-21T15:38:41.245-05:00Learn A New World = History & Baseball <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This past week has been one of the most fun weeks with my team! Adding a new teammate (Berkeley) means adding on the team bonding/team socials. So we....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Went to Zona Colonial and took a tour. Learned about Christopher Columbo (Columbus). I was reminded once again how beautiful this place is and how rich in history! This part of the city always reminds me of Charleston, SC. Maybe it's all the old buildings and being on a river? </span></div>
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<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-75711836474256555442012-12-31T16:08:00.001-05:002012-12-31T16:13:22.490-05:00See ya, 2012! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January</span>-</span></b> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brought in the New Year at Encounter for the 8th year in a row. Visited my best friend from college in her hometown of Belmont, NC. Sent my brother (and his new "friend"-who-would-become-his-wife-8monthslater) to Haiti for 6 months.</span></div>
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<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-50262814265331134742012-12-11T12:15:00.002-05:002012-12-11T12:18:25.809-05:00Vida Estudiantil Cena de Navidad <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!! Everywhere I turn there is Christmas hanging from the ceilings, lined along the side of the road and lights hanging from balconies of our apartment building. I don't mind it a bit. I just wish it felt like Christmas in December and not like July. Oh, well. Here's to my first tropical winter holiday! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To kick off the Christmas holidays and celebrate the ending of a great 2012 and the many ways the Lord has blessed this movement, Vida Estudiantil RD students gathered from several universities in Santo Domingo. This dinner is something that students look forward to every year and now I see why. It was such a great night of fellowship with each other, eating the most delicious food and dancing. Ohhhh, the dancing!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was my first holiday away from home...ever. I woke up Thursday morning really sad that 1. it didn't feel like Thanksgiving at all considering the temperature outside was 97 degrees and 2. not being with my family. But, I knew the holidays were going to be hard before I got on the plane to spend 10 months here. Also, my parents are coming to visit in less than a week. (YAY!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I enjoyed the day with my team and Prospero and Leyla. We all cooked things that we love to eat on Thanksgiving: turkey (obviously!), dressing, macaroni and cheese, garden pea asparagus casserole, mashed potatoes (I have never had this on Thanksgiving. And come to think of it, I didn't eat any Thursday either!), green beans, gravy, homemade rolls, broccoli salad, seven layer salad, and butternut squash casserole (sweet potatoes are not the same here. And Ben did an awesome job cooking this new dish. It was actually my favorite thing I ate! Will be cooking this next year for my family!)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team. The tree in the background is a Thankful Tree. For the past couple of weeks we have been writing things that we are thankful for. Some things we are thankful for include: packages from home, our STINT team, Leyla and Prospero, students, meeting MLB players (ok, maybe that's just me and Karly?)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Last weekend my team, 7 Vida Estudiantil students, and Prospero and Leyla (the national staff couple) ventured up to Santiago. It was so nice to get out of the city of Santo Domingo and see another part of this beautiful country. I heard there were mountains so I got really excited about the chance of it being slightly cooler than the capital. I was right! I'm not sure if it was because it was cloudy the entire weekend or what, but it sure felt nice to me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The purpose of this mission trip was to launch a Vida Estudiantil movement on the private campus of UTESA (<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago or Santiago University of Santiago). This campus is a lot smaller than what we are used to in Santo Domingo. It also has a lot more Haitian students since it's closer to the border. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday we hit the campus again. You'd be surprised at how many students have classes on Saturday. We only shared our faith for about an hour and half before we had to get ready for the first Vida meeting at UTESA. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We ate lunch (the normal rice, beans, chicken, and salad) and then called the students we met on Friday and invited more people to come to the meeting at 2:00 in the amphitheater. We hoped that students we met the day before would be able to come, but only a few were able. There were about 30 students that showed up. Some we had just met and asked and some who just stopped as they were heading to class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the meeting was over we spent time getting to know the students that came and ate some snacks. When we left campus we headed back to our "camp" and got ready. Before our final ministry opportunity of the weekend (teaching young people at a church how to use Soularium and share their faith), the students (and my team and I) wanted to see the famous Monument to the Heroes of Restoration ("i<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">n remembrance of the Independence Restoration War of 1863, in which the Dominican Republic regained its independence from Spain." thanks Wikipedia) </span><span style="background-color: white;">It's located on the top of a hill so you can see the entire city of Santiago and it's beautiful mountains.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, 62 students asked Jesus to come into their lives. I was a little skeptical at first, but then the Lord reminded me that anything is impossible with Him and to not doubt. My faith is so small. God is the only one who knows these students' hearts and knows if their decisions were genuine. I was so encouraged by the Vida students' enthusiasm and boldness in sharing the gospel. We were all blown away by what the Lord did that weekend. </span></div>
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ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-64336350624492881082012-11-09T13:47:00.001-05:002012-11-10T07:59:42.616-05:00God's Sovereignty in the Midst of Tragedy<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been yet another not so normal week here in the Dominican Republic. We only made it to campus one day this week. On Monday the Dominican Republic celebrated their Constitution Day so the university was closed. On Tuesday, there was a national transportation strike. We were advised not to leave our apartments because things could get out of hand. Looking out the window of our apartment, however, I saw multiple public transportation vehicles. Maybe they didn't get the memo that they were on strike?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we went to the bank to get money to pay rent for this month. Our plan was to go to from the lawyer's office after paying rent to the Packaging place, as a lot of our team received goodies from the USA this week. It took us a lot longer than we expected to get these errands done. We got in a guagua (like a mini-bus type thing) that didn't go the route we thought (this is super frustrating. I think I'll stick to the public cars that only go up and down one street). After going completely out of our way, we made it to the correct street and jumped into a public car to our destination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we arrived back at our apartments, we received word that there was a major riot on campus and that the Vida meeting for that night had been cancelled and we were advised not to go near campus (we live about a 5 minute walk from campus).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have never experienced a riot while on campus, and after yesterday's events, I am so thankful the Lord has protected us from experiencing this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that God will be glorified. I am praying that this causes students at UASD to think about who or what they are placing their faith and hope in. Praying the Lord will use this event to bring people into His Kingdom and praying that doors will be open for gospel conversations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shannon</span>ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-19158018777098433002012-10-25T15:46:00.001-04:002012-10-25T15:54:07.650-04:00Don't Drink the Water<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This week has been a difficult one. On Monday we had our day with the Lord. I love these days where we spend our entire day resting in the presence of the Lord. I got to catch up on City Church sermons and read a lot. Then the parasite came along with a vengeance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Oh, and did you know there was a hurricane happening right now in the Caribbean? The eye didn't hit the DR but we are currently getting some nasty rain and crazy wind. Mine and Karly's apartment almost flooded. Twice. Well not really flooded, but a lot of water is coming in through our sliding doors from our balcony. <u>Not</u> fun to clean up. The university cancelled classes today due to the storm so we're using today as an <i>"admin"</i> day. I wish you could hear the sound the wind makes! It's so <b>intense</b>! Here is a picture of what it looks like out there. Scary, right? </span></div>
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ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-11536936069381161092012-10-14T16:59:00.000-04:002012-10-14T17:00:21.001-04:00Arroz con Coco (Coconut rice)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last Sunday we had quite the Dominican cultural experience. Our Spanish tutor, Nelly (yes, like the rapper), invited us to his house to learn how to make coconut rice. His wife was so sweet to teach and cook us an awesome meal. Coconut rice is very time consuming to make but totally worth it! It is very special when Nelly's wife makes it because it's hard work. So glad they invited us to share with them!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Putting my life in danger <i>every</i> time I cross the street (crosswalks mean nothing)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riding in a tiny public car (carro publico) with complete strangers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fitting <b>7 </b>passengers in one of these cars (seat belt? Who needs one when your crammed so tight? Totally safe, right?)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No speed limits (maybe there are but I haven't seen any posted)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brushing my teeth with <i>bottled water</i> (not even the locals drink the water here)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soaking vegetables in a purifying solution for 15 minutes before eating</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pumping clean water from a 5 gallon jug (it's an arm workout that's for sure!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">being starred at...and whistled at</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rain..every. day. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Plugging</i> the internet into my computer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not being connected to the internet 24/7 (this is kind of nice)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The internet only working when it wants to (this is kind of annoying)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TV shows taking hours to download (took me 4 days to download one episode of Pretty Little Liars, but it was well worth the wait!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waiting </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>99% Humidity </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not caring what my hair looks like because of said humidity </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not wearing makeup because it melts right off </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweating profusely (won't keep any water weight though so got that going for me!) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wearing jeans/pants everyday (did I mention how hot it is here?)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People driving <b>UP</b> one way streets (one night Rene and I went to the store and got a taxi home. The driver went up every one way street possible and laughed while we were fearing for our lives and saying "Tu es muy loco!" (You are very crazy!) He remembers us every time we go to the store.) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thunder and lightening storms (sometimes it thunders so loud that it sets off car alarms)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking up and down 5 flights of stairs (not gonna lie, I do take the elevator sometimes even after getting stuck one day. Note: Karly still hasn't put the video on her blog, sorry.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing trash everywhere </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People walking in the middle of the street selling various things as you wait in traffic (kind of genius in my opinion. What do you do when your cell phone is dying and you don't have a car charger? Or your out of minutes? No worries, someone will come to your window and sell you just what you need!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eating bread with <i><b>cream cheese</b></i> and <i><b>ham</b></i> (after Vida meetings some students will go to the food court in La Sirena. Everyone pitches in a few pesos and someone goes and buys the bread, cheese and ham. It's my <i>favorite</i> snack these days.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking lukewarm showers and flipping a switch to get "hot" water. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My feet being <b><i>permanently </i></b>dirty (ewww!!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing the ocean every day. (love. this.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washing all of our dishes by hand (I actually enjoy doing this, but what luxury dishwashers are!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing security guards with massive guns (not of the bicep type, actual guns that I'm going to pretend are not loaded) </span></li>
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ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-5625972642253910092012-09-24T20:48:00.001-04:002012-09-24T21:15:57.537-04:00"Hellerrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!"<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry for the title...couldn't come up with a good one so Rene gave me this. Everyone loves Madea, am I right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past week and weekend were pretty successful in my opinion. Here's a quick recap of what's been going on the past 10 days....</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">went to campus (almost) everyday! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spent hours waiting at the bank, electric company and internet company. <i>(Praise the Lord Karly and I were able to change our contract with our wifi. Instead of an 18 month contract it's 12, we have a cheaper bill, and it's unlimited access. Downside: it's slow. But still praising the Lord for providing and answering our prayers in His own way. We will only have to pay for 2 months when we leave next July as opposed to the 8 months. YES!)</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vida students have been teaching us different Spanish phrases and words. It's quite comical. So thankful that they are so gracious to us as we learn the best we can. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">met our Spanish tutor. We start classes <b>tomorrow</b>! Not too thrilled about our classes being from <i><b>7-9pm</b></i>, but you gotta do what you gotta do. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got stuck in the elevator at our apartment. See <a href="http://inthedominicana.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Karly's</a> blog for details and video. (give her a couple of days and check back. She's eating ice cream right now.) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">got lost on Friday night....but then we were figured out where we were. Changed our plans for dinner and ended up at Johnny Rockets. Yep. We are lame Americans. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cleaned the apartment Saturday morning and did laundry for the first time! I'm very thankful that it's pretty warm in our apartment and we have nice breeze because my clothes dried pretty fast. I can do life without the luxury of a drier. The guys apartment has one if I do ever need one. :) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a girls day and went to the biggest mall I've ever been in in my life! FIVE STORIES! It just opened (last month?). Went into the biggest ZARA I've ever seen too (women's, men's, kid's, and Home!). Found a store that was like a Pier1 and Bed, Bath and Beyond rolled into one. It was beautiful (and slightly expensive). No worries, I'll register there for all my Christmas presents. :) Oh, and there is a mini theme park called <b>Scream Land</b>. Oh, aaaaaaand I ate a Dulce de Leche Cinnabon. Absolutely delectable! :) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made my second trip to IKEA! My favorite purchase was a candle that smells like fall! It makes me <b><i>so happy</i></b>! And bowls. Eating cereal out of a plate-bowl that's more plate than bowl is very difficult, but now we have 3 <i>actual</i> bowls and it's delightful! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I played hooky church on Sunday. Exhausted from Saturday's events and desperately wanting to listen to a sermon that's in a language I understand, I decided to have my own little worship sesh. It was so good to hear the familiar voice of Daron Taylor at City Church. (I really miss my church, btw.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skyped with my Nana (and my family). She's the cutest thing ever. I miss her. I also FaceTimed with my seester and Skyped with my BFF (shout out to CB!) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was a Dominican holiday. <b>Lady of Mercedes Day</b> (?) Not 100% what this holiday actually is but the university was closed so we decided it would be a great day to spend with the Lord. <i>(Working with Cru, this is the one day of the month that I look forward to with much anticipation! I love that my job requires that I take an entire day to rest and focus on Jesus. It's so refreshing!) </i>I journaled, listened to worship music (current favorite track: God is Able by Hillsong), listened to not one, not two, but three sermons about 1 Peter. St. Andrew's Mt. Pleasant and City Church are going through the letter and started last week so I needed to catch up. I absolutely love listening to Steve Wood, Anthony Kowbeidu, and Todd Simonis. Wise and anointed men of God right there. Looking forward to what the Lord will say through them over the next couple of months. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that brings you up to speed on my life so far. How are y'all? Would love to hear from you! How can I be praying for you? </span></div>
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ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-24772732380911174662012-09-14T18:11:00.000-04:002012-09-14T18:11:57.144-04:00Survived the first week! <span style="font-size: large;">Hola amigos! It is only by God's grace that my team and I survived the first week of STINT here in Santo Domingo! We have spent the majority of the week trying to get settled as best as we can. I feel a lot more at "home" now that I'm not living out of a suitcase! My clothes are put away, the dishes in our kitchen are nice and clean and my bathroom doesn't gross me out anymore after getting a new shower curtain. My bedroom still doesn't have AC, but Edward (a guy that has been fixing things in our apt) has been working on it. Yesterday he spent 3 and a half hours trying to fix it. Bless his heart! My sweet roommate, Karly, let me sleep with her last night since she has AC in her bedroom. So thankful for her! My body didn't know what to do when it got cold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have made countless trips to La Sirena, a relatively new supermarket. I decided this will be my new "Target" since every time I go in there I always end up buying more stuff than I intended on buying. I'm officially Dominican because I got a "bonus" card! They have a lot of US products at the grocery store but it costs a lot more unfortunately. It kind of felt like I was shopping at Aldi buying "off" brands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finally ate rice and beans!!! It was the Platos del dia (Plate of the Day) at a restaurant near campus. $120RD (Dominican pesos) which is about $3USD. I got a big plate of white rice, roasted chicken and a soup-like bean substance (?) One of the students got excited when I told her that I poured the bean "soup" on the rice. She said that's what you're supposed to do! I just did it because I thought it would taste good. Maybe I really am Dominican? I can't wait to go back to that place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, David and I went to a little store around the corner to buy 5 gallon bottles of water which is what everyone uses around here. We had no clue what the guy was trying to tell us, but I paid, he took the 2 jugs of water and put them on the back of his scooter and drove to our apartment. We stood there for about ten minutes trying to figure out what he was trying to tell us. Finally, we realized he needed 2 empty containers in exchange and thankfully the Foth's had some. Good to know! We were so incredibly thankful for the blessing of clean drinking water since we've been spending so much on small bottles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've been on campus meeting students and attending the Vida Estudiantil meetings. They have been so welcoming and giving us lots of grace as we learn Spanish. Some of the students speak English really well and I am thankful for them. They are such a fun group of students! I'm looking forward to getting to know them and joining them in reaching their campus for Jesus.</span><br />
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<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-84735078137243080962012-09-09T16:48:00.001-04:002012-09-09T16:53:38.833-04:00We are finally HERE!<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday afternoon we (my team and I) landed in our new home! As soon as we stepped off the plane and I saw sweet Dominicans and palm trees, I fell in love with this place! We rented two vans that picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel. The drive into the city was absolutely gorgeous! I mean, who wouldn't like driving along the coast where there is beautiful blue-green water?!?! I think I'll get used to living in the Caribbean. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is SUPER hot here. As my brother would say, "It's hotter than Haiti out here!" I feel as though I haven't had to adjust too much to the hot weather. I've withstood the hottest of Charleston summers so I'm used to it. I'm sure I have already lost 5 pounds between the sweating and the walking. I have yet to see any rice and beans! So far I have eaten pasta, baked chicken and french fries. Real healthy, I know. Bring on the rice and beans please! Maybe dinner tonight will be my first real Dominican meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to church today which was so fun! Even though I do not understand a lick of Spanish, these people love Jesus! The music was my favorite part of the service, especially when I could read the words on the screen and sing along (the best I could. Some songs were super fast!) They love to clap and dance as they praise Jesus. I LOVE IT! The pastor of the church is also the Campus Crusade National Director in the DR. He invited us on stage and we introduced ourselves and they welcomed us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have found apartments!!!! Praise the Lord!! We will all be staying in the same complex which is a huge praise and they are relatively nice. Once we move in I'll post some pictures. Tomorrow we will meet with the lawyer and sign our contracts. We are so ready to move in and get settled! We will spend a few hours on campus tomorrow and meet some students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shannon </span>ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-54390353102356382682012-08-28T16:33:00.000-04:002012-08-28T16:46:43.807-04:00Leaving soon...hopefully! <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I really need to stop forgetting I have a blog! I pray that you would forgive me for not updating this more often. My life hasn't been that interesting in my opinion, but you may have missed a few details of my whereabouts this summer. Here it goes in a nutshell...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mid-July I went to Portland, Oregon (not a place that I really ever had a desire to go to) for STINT Team Leader Training. To describe Portland in a word: WEIRD! It was just weird. That's all I got. When that week was over, I hit the beach with my family for our first family vacation since I was in 7th grade! It was probably the most fun and relaxing week I've ever had. If you know anything about my family, we are pretty tight and enjoy spending time together. My brother's fiance (at the time) came with us and got to see the "real" Justice family. She didn't run away! We had a blast reminiscing the good ol' days when we'd go to Garden City to visit my Grandaddy Rock. It was a very nostalgic week. My brother was married a few weeks ago to the most fabulous Caroline. We are so thrilled that she is a part of our family! The day after the wedding I got on a plane and headed to Chicago for STINT Briefing. This is a week long conference with everyone (mostly recent college grads) going on STINT around the world this year. It was probably my favorite Cru conference I've ever been to! Just imagine 400 missionaries getting ready to get on a plane to go share the gospel in the most unreached places on earth! AMAZING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's been my life the past couple of weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know that once I land in Santo Domingo I will have plenty to tell you! My team and are still waiting patiently as possible for our visas to arrive. Praying they will be here by the end of this week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am in panic mode. I have emailed/called/texted many of you to pray for my financial situation. I am still lacking the necessary funds in order to get on that plane September 8th. I am trusting the Lord for His provision and faithfulness in providing exactly what I need to serve Him this year in the Dominican Republic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would be an absolute act of God if I am able to leave on September 8th. Would you pray for that to happen? Pray that God would prompt people to give and be a part of expanding His Kingdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just want to be there already! Here is a quick video that the STINT team last year made.</span><br />
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<br />ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-10609559996447918382012-01-06T15:38:00.000-05:002012-01-06T15:38:17.167-05:00It's A Happy New Year...For the past 8 years, a few days after Christmas, I head to Greensboro, NC for a 5 day conference with 1,000 college students from around our region. As a student this conference had significant impact on my spiritual growth and even now, as a Cru staff, it still holds significance in my life.<br />
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For the past two years, I've had the joy of serving staff parents by spending the week with middle/high school kids. These kids are so precious and genuinely love the Lord. We had a lot of fun ice skating, bowling, playing kickball, going to the movies, playing games and most importantly digging into the Word together. This year we joined a team of students on the Day of Faith (outreach). We went to a nursing home to spend time with the elderly and share with them the love of Christ. <br />
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It was so precious to see these sweet kids interact with the elderly, who's family may not visit often or regularly. I was encouraged by the two eleven year old girls I was with and how they genuinely love people and their boldness. They even asked one gentleman to dance with them. So cute! Prior to going to the nursing home, we did a brief evangelism training with the kids. They were so ready to share Jesus with these people! One of them asked "Louise, do you know Jesus?" We had fun singing "Jesus loves me" with Louise and asking about her family and her life. <br />
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I later found out that they placed us in the dementia ward. Oh well, it was fun.Here of some pictures of our fun-filled week:<br />
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One of my favorite things at this conference is praying in the New Year and then praisin' Jesus...<br />
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And then there was the New Years party...<br />
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I typically enjoy even number years and I'm sure 2012 will be a pretty good one. I'm already looking forward to a few things....<br />
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In 8 days, my brother gets on a plane to spend the next 7 months in Montrouis, Haiti. He spent a week in Haiti with Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) in October, his first time ever leaving the US! He is serving with Cannan Christian Community by updating their website to be more user/giving friendly and bring awareness to what the community is doing to reach people with the gospel. I am super proud of my older brother for taking this step of faith and trusting the Lord. To read more about what he'll be doing click <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sendstephentohaiti/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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In February, Cru is hosting an evangelistic event called "Girl's Night Out" with author/speaker Marian Jordan. This has been a dream of mine since I moved to Charleston to do ministry full time with college students. Marian has a huge heart for reaching young women for Christ through her ministry, <a href="http://www.redeemedgirl.org/" target="_blank">Redeemed Girl Ministries</a>. She travels and speaks to college women about her story of God redeeming her life. I am excited to see how the Lord will use this event to draw students into a relationship with Himself. <br />
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In September, God willing, I will get on a plane to spend 14 months in Buenos Aires, Argentina serving the Lord with Cru/Vida Estudiantil. Can't wait! A lot can happen between now and then and I'm trusting in the Lord's leading and Sovereignty through it all.<br />
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I know the Lord has a lot in store for 2012 and I'm looking forward to how we get to be a part of it! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still cannot believe how fast this semester has flown by. It feels like yesterday I just reported to campus. I feel like I was just getting started. Good thing there is next semester. I'm <i><b>so</b></i> looking forward to it. Yes, already. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our students have blown me away by how much they have stepped up and really own the ministry at CofC. They are aligned to our vision of reaching lost students and turning them into Christ-centered laborers. I am deeply encouraged by their willingness to serve and their desire to see their peers know Christ. Just last night we gathered the student leaders and evaluated this semester and brought to attention things we need to grow in. Listening to their ideas of how to grow our movement got me super stoked about next semester and what the Lord is going to do. They've got passion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the last Bible study of the semester, we decided to go to <a href="http://www.kaminskys.com/" target="_blank">Kaminsky's</a> for some dessert. If you've never been to Kaminsky's on Market Street downtown, you've gotta go! They have <i><b>THE</b></i> best desserts. My personal favorite is the Tollhouse Cookie Pie. It's so delicious! Here are a few pics of my sweet freshman girls that have been such a joy to lead this semester. Not all of them could make it, but I love them the same. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Now that the semester is over and students will be going home for Christmas, you may be wondering what I do now. Well, for one, I'm taking this time to rest. Not physically (don't get me wrong, I need some of that too), but spiritually. Being in full time ministry is exhausting on so many levels and I need to spend some sweet quality time with Jesus to be filled up again before next semester. I've got a few books to read as well to help rejuvenate me. I'm also raising financial support. Even though I did it for a whole year, it's still a major part of my ministry and I've lost a good amount just in the past couple of months. But no worries, the Lord has provided once and I'm sure He will continue. He is faithful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two days after Christmas I'll be heading to Greensboro, NC for Encounter. I've been going for 8 years straight. 4 as a student and now 4 as staff. Crazy! This conference is for all of the students in the MidSouth region (SC, NC, KY, TN, WV). It's a good time to 1. get away from family. I mean being home is fun and all, but after Christmas what are you going to do for two weeks before going back to school? You miss your college friends. and 2. be refreshed in the Lord and grow by hearing from different speakers like Rick James and Marian Jordan, break out sessions, and learning about what God is doing through Cru all over the world and how you can be involved in reaching the nations and your campus with the gospel. Did I mention there is a major blow out New Year's Eve Party? It's pretty amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peace,</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6j5gs8mvVSijv_o4VeYTjjMXA8bUo0dV1nZxduXtqWsBXjogTmH-55jCeT5BNYgwK978fte7A1riaDmYf1XYNH8KL7LP665q5QpFVgpQvh9IjbVphVpPNkZL2IcDHb4RAJyS6FSB8tl8/s1600/scan0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6j5gs8mvVSijv_o4VeYTjjMXA8bUo0dV1nZxduXtqWsBXjogTmH-55jCeT5BNYgwK978fte7A1riaDmYf1XYNH8KL7LP665q5QpFVgpQvh9IjbVphVpPNkZL2IcDHb4RAJyS6FSB8tl8/s200/scan0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-59343692940724991202011-10-17T19:03:00.001-04:002011-10-17T19:04:39.810-04:00ooops, I did it again...I forgot to update my blog, again. Fail. Epic fail. I really do think about it. Pretty much every week, I say, "I need to update my blog." But then life happens, and I forget. Perhaps I should start writing it down in my planner and scheduling time to do it every week. I'll try that. It's Fall Break for CofC so I finally have time to get some administrative things done.<br />
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For now, I'll bring you up to speed on what's going on in my life. I just sent out my prayer letter so you'll read all about Fall Getaway (unless you don't get my prayer letters, then you can just ask me and I'll send it to you). Here are a few moments I captured that aren't in the letter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bobbing for apples in a wheelbarrow that I'm pretty sure is used for carrying trash. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partyin' partyin' YEAH! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet, sweet USC-B friends! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vida! I get really excited when I see students wearing their Argentina shirts. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My partner in crime...always. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new Coastal Carolina friends! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Quick recap of Fall Getaway: It was by far the BEST I've been to. There were close to 300 students from Upstate SC, Charlotte Metro, and SC Lowcountry. Jeff Hardy was an incredible speaker and brought the Word! Made a lot of friends. Students from Coastal Carolina came! This is exciting because of how the Lord raised up a volunteer and a student to start Cru at Coastal after many years of praying for inroads into this University. Thrilled to be a part of what God is going to do on that campus! Got to hang out with some of my favorite fellow staff that I don't see very often. Climbed the rock wall until my hands started cramping. Went down the Zip line, which is always an adrenaline rush. Oh yeah, and I'm pretty sure the Lord changed some lives that weekend too. Overall it was pretty amazing, I'd say. <br />
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Since Fall Getaway, things have been busy of course, and the Lord is doing incredible things on our campuses. Last week I was in Knoxville, TN for a Launching and Building Workshop. I love these kinds of conferences because I learn so much and get to see my best friends that are on staff too! Because our ministry in the Lowcountry has expanded so much (launching at USC-B, Coastal and AIA-Athletes in Action, and IMPACT-our African American ministry) I learned a lot about "building where we are and going where we are not." Even though Cru has a presence on 4 campuses, there are still about 20 more we could potentially be on in the coming years. Isn't that exciting? I learned about diskypleship. What is that you ask? Well, it's discipleship, but instead of driving 2 hours to Beaufort of Coastal, you do discipleship over Skype. It's kind of like we are in the same room, but not. Super cool. Can't wait to try it! Our motto lately has been "work smarter, not harder." Genius.<br />
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Last weekend, I went to the USC vs. KY game. It was so much fun! I'm pretty sure I've never had a bad time at a Carolina game. I was also with one of my very best friends, Megan. Unfortunately, she was wearing the wrong colors that day. She went to school in Kentucky, but now lives in SC. I also made two new friends! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Megan, Lucy, and Becca at Williams-Brice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a beautiful sight! I love SC! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma! Don't let her black fool you. She's a Clemson fan. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found out we are ADPi sisters! <></td></tr>
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Sadly, no pics from Knoxville. Maybe I'll try take some pics this weekend at summer project reunion in Asheville. I desperately need a camera. Or an iPhone 4S. I'll settle for that. :) <br />
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That's all I got.<br />
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Peace,<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD6G4trRLrTSdx7Aw_8iDHQw6aEHE1Jc0duD2lOV0-3W5y4iqun66bSroYQSrhQR3pFhq7h69TJIXb3-NMjwyCignjwJqvPUcLiv7Wk8Y_puRxX7KBrhpnqRJXNmghns3uASACHaj5SmD/s1600/scan0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD6G4trRLrTSdx7Aw_8iDHQw6aEHE1Jc0duD2lOV0-3W5y4iqun66bSroYQSrhQR3pFhq7h69TJIXb3-NMjwyCignjwJqvPUcLiv7Wk8Y_puRxX7KBrhpnqRJXNmghns3uASACHaj5SmD/s200/scan0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>ShannonElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867276861564820390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302067239626628027.post-108062644053916142011-09-19T18:47:00.000-04:002011-09-19T18:47:16.138-04:00My life lately...Whew! It has been quite the adjustment going from full-time support raising to full-time ministry. I apologize for not updating you as often as I would like. I'm going to try to do better with this whole blog thing. Promise! <br />
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The past 6 weeks have been a blur. We have been super busy with following up contacts we made through our survey tables the first week. I have had a blast getting to know freshmen on campus and sharing my faith with them. I'm leading a freshmen girls Bible study in McCalister Hall and it has been so wonderful getting to know these sweet girls...<br />
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</tbody></table>This weekend is our Fall Getaway!! We have 100+ students coming with us from the SC Lowcountry!! I'll post pictures and tell you all about it next week (I promise I'll blog about it!)<br />
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This past weekend was supposed to be a nice relaxing weekend of doing nothing. Instead this is what went down...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel, me, Christine, and Sarah outside of Virginia's On King for Charleston Restaurant Week. It was yummo! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel and I enjoying The Lion King in 3D!!! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>The weekend ended with a little birthday dinner for my sweet friend Jenny...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenny and I in Clearwater Beach Summer Project in 2006...little did we know we would live with each other in Charleston for 2 years postgrad :) love her so much! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Well, that's been my life lately. :) <br />
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Peace,<br />
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