THE BEST SEMANA SANTA!!

the blessings you brought to people:)



best semana santa...




I had the best semana santa...At first I remember Jen and Karen telling me you will meet this wonderful people that are like family to us, and I just thought oh well, I will...and...I must admit that before the group came I was having a hard time understanding why it wasnt meant to be for me to go see my dad, The first day they got here I could feel this tremendous happiness all around me, the hugs, the laughters...and...so the trip began...
I was only for a week with this group of special people, but somehow I felt like I was around my family.

I think it was a sunday we went to Santa Lucia Resort to have dinner and then to Santa Lucia church, It was in that moment while everyone was singing, and praising God, that I felt a connection, I cried in that exact moment first because I think that God was telling right there, this is where you are supposed to be, and I saw it all as a great blessing for me. I got to pray for my friend who passed away, and like I told many of you, now I know he's holding on to something so much great we cant understand. but, When I told Kay, Donna, Marc, Kelsey, MaryAnn, well many of you what a blessing it was to have you here because you opened not only my eyes and invited me to experience all this with you, but you also gave a click to my heart, with the way you praise The Lord. And now I know how God is blessing my life.

Its hard to leave for some of you, well imagine me living here , and I have to go back to my routine, but, what keeps me hanging on is just looking back to some of the kids I hugged, specially one in IHNFA(casitas Kennedy), He was just with a big smile all the time, no shoes, no nice shirt, no nice pants, just him and his smile. And I thought wow!, how simple life really is. and that is how we are really supposed to live our lives.
I go back to thinking about many kids there in the hospital, and one girl who some of the group got to meet her, she is 19, but looks like an 8 year old girl, and I saw Esperanza puting some clips in her hair to make her look pretty, and how everyone just talking to her made her smile. When I looked into this girls eyes It was weird because I could see myself reflected there, I dont know how to explain that, but sometimes those little heroes are the ones that impact our lives in so many ways.


I also look back to the wonderful people I met...
Linda...what an amazing woman, her devotional made my heart just soften so much more...
KAY AND RICK...I know the blessing that you are to Jennifer W, and I have heard wonderful things about you, but ...now that I know who you are, I can understand Jen a hundred percent!. and JEFF AND CHRIS TWO A KIND, very nice guys, and JEFF...C'MON AFRAID OF SPIDERS!!..:))

Donna....my gringa!!..jeje...Im your latina!!...such a great heart, so great to talk to you, and I could see the love that you have for all this that you do. You have a very special place in my heart.
MARC...A HERO FOR ME!!, SO STRONG for God, AND JUST AN AMAZING HEART!, JODY..MADE ME LAUGH A LOT, everytime I received a hug from Jody and MaryAnn I felt like mom and dad were hugging me, it was that great!!:)
KELSEY!, U KNOW WHAT IM SAYING GIRL!!??
DELANEY, SARA, VANESSA...MY FAVORITE ROOMATES...THESE YOUNG GIRLS, COMING TO MY COUNTRY JUST TO GIVE THEIR BEST, ALWAYS WITH A SMILE, MAKING EVERYONE ELSE LAUGH, VANESSA..YOU ARE OF A KIND...AND I TOLD YOU THAT TODAY..DONT FORGET, KELSEY!!..MY GIRL...I WILL MISS YOU SISTA!!...:))
MARY...WOW WHAT A STRONG WOMAN!, she definitely set an example to all of us, IM sure of that, never complained, did her best in everything, that just takes a great heart to do all that.
SHerman...I will keep working on my crazy faces!..jaja..thanks for your laughter, and just putting a lot of happiness in everything accomplished during those days you were here, and kaitlin, sweet heart...
Tony...I remember when we got out of IHNFA and you were just full of tears, and I thought those tears are for God, because you were given just your best there to all those kids:)
DAN...I should be writing this in spanish for you..jeje...Thanks for just talking to me, your advice, how calm you are and how wonderful I know was for you to be here, being a part of this group.

The Kluges...thanks for letting us have devo that night at your house, Melissa, you delicious desserts, I know you guys will keep woring for mololoa, And I admire that, a lot of lives have to be changed there, lots of kids that need love, thanks for all the love you have given me:)

I Cant forget about mis amigas...ROCIO, ESPERANZA...
WHERE DO I BEGIN??
ROCIO...I JUST MET YOU, but I could see how you just felt like home so fast, your smile, the way you laugh definitely makes it all diffferent, I can see what a great person you are..and I REALLY do hope to see you soon...
ESPERANZA...do u know what IM SAYING!!??
I think you are one of the persons that inspire me a lot the few days you were with the group, I could see how you were with the kids in the hospital, and how you were so kind to this girl that was so sick, and you just kept brushing her hair, hugging her, and I THOUGHT wow!...this is what it is all about..even when you were having a hard day over there in Mololoa you still were there helping out, handing the bags, and...all that and many other things that make you who you are...I know Rocio and you just for a couple of days but I can see your willing to help and how big your hearts are girls!..cheras como dicen ustedes:)

Anibal.(best known as AB)..you have been here before, and I can see how involve you get in all this, I must say I admire you, and specially the relationship you have build with Marvin, when Oneida told me that his mom wanted to talk to you, because she trusted in you, I understood how much not only he means to you, but how much you mean to him. And of course all the help you do here, means a lot to a lot of people..hope to see u soon:)

JOE.....KAREN AND JEN....I TOLD YOU GUYS I THINK YOU ARE MORE STRONG THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE, ITS NOT EASY BY ANY MEANS SEEING YOUR FAMILY LEAVE IN A PLANE AND YOU STAYING HERE, But I know that God will bless your lives in ways you cant even imagine, you are working according to his plan, and you have been showing that, with tears and all because we are humans, its normal to miss your family(tell me about it), and its good to cry ...and to let it all out, but never forget that behind those tears are just all the blessings that you have been given already and will give, by changing many kids lives, I LOVE YOU GUYS TONS!!karen and jen..like sisters to me.

EVERY PERSON THAT CAME IN THE GROUP , AND IM THINKING ABOUT EVERYONES FACE RIGHT NOW, AND JUST REMEMBERING ALL YOUR SMILES NO MATTER HOW HOT THE DAY WAS, NO MATTER HOW TIRED YOU WERE, OR THE BACK PAIN YOU HAD, YOU GUYS WERE ALL HAPPY AND JUST SMILING,

THANK YOU FOR BEING A BLESSING...AND...I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU NEXT YEAR, BACK AGAIN...

I know I was with all you this week for a reason, and thats where God wanted to be...and in every one of you, and in every simple and special thing he showed me how blessed I AM.