Picture Post part 3

Issac being carried on James's shoulders. :D

Walking to church.

Missionaries Chillin'.

Issac with Gabe.

Studying the bible at lunch.

Yay cute kids!

More talk pics.

More talks.

Giving talks!

Picture Post part 2

Another picture post!

James talking to some teens.

My dad giving a talk.

More rally pics.

Playin' the bongos. :D

The School where the rally was.

Another pic of us before the rally.

We had a rally.

Praying over people. We do that a lot too. We pray about EVERYTHING. :D

There is some of the group after visiting the elderly.

At the Marian Home

We did lots of guitar practicing.

At Dinner

Our parish church

Two of the girls chatting.

Singing! We do a lot of that.

And they are gone...

Yes the end of SSME is come and all of our missionary friends are gone, the last of them left around noon. It has been such a blessing for them to have come and been with us. You don't realize how much you love living in a community until you leave one. There is something so wonderful about living in a place with like-minded people, people and friends who call you on to holiness.

I was so blessed to have SSME with us. Having the group with us called me deeper into holiness, strengthened my call to missionary life and filled me with fire again. Two of the participants are going to be serving FMC as full time missionaries now. I ask that you keep them in your prayers as it is still two months till their training. We are all very excited to see who the new missionaries will be and where they will be placed.

Oh a note on Faith Camp, we were not able to raise enough money for us to go. I guess the Lord has something better in mind for me. And His will is so much better than mine. I am sad, I would have loved to go and be renewed, but God wants me here. So His will be done.

Blessings to all,

Abi

Picture Post part 1

Painting.

Awe cute. :)

THE BEACH!

The group standing in awe of God's work.

Prayed, sung and chilled with lots of elderly. Such a blessing.

We fit 24 people in a 12 passenger van. Missionaries are the best!

Sid (our mission partner) and a cat. :)

We had a Eucharistic procession.

Lot's of talks!!

James got squished onto the car...just kidding.

Rachel being goofy. :)

Okay another picture post coming soon!

Blessings Abi

All Things New

Last year for Faith Camp the theme was "All Things New." That theme has stuck to me and stayed with me all through the year, sometimes popping up in random places. But this month with SSME it has shown itself quite a lot. Is God trying to say something to me?? I think so. I think its a call for me to make all things new in my life. Because no matter how holy we might seem God is always calling us to something deeper, something newer, something closer to himself. Its not enough for us just to be 'good." Why? Because God is a loving God, a God of passion. He takes one look at us and he is amazed. And so he wants us to come even closer to himself. To his heart. Because the closer we are, the holier we become, the better chance we have of getting to heaven and living with God for eternity. And I don't know about you, but I want be with God forever.

So moral of the story is, I need to make All Things New in my life. :)

Blessings,

Abi

Quick Shout out.

Tuesday we went to the beach, here are some pics of the last time. :)

Where has this month gone?!

I can't believe that it is the 22nd. Its mind blowing how fast this month has slid out of my fingers and ran away. I guess we have just been so busy with the group that I lost track of time. Speaking of the group, I still need to post pictures. Maybe this week?? Or it might have to wait till after the group leaves when we will have much more time to do things.

Yesterday we went to the BEACH! It was so much fun. Usually on the Caribbean side the waves are super tiny. But yesterday God had a surprise for us. The waves where HUGE. It was so much fun, we bodysurfed for a long time.

Today some of the group will be going on homevisits. (Which means to go to visit elderly or sick who are stuck at home. We pray with them, sing and read God's word.) And the other group will be going to a home for the elderly. After that I'm not sure what we are going to be doing. But its going to be great whatever it is!

Have a wonderful and blessed day,

Abi

Quick Post

This is just a quick post to say that SSME starts tomorrow! I'm so excited about it. :D All but two of the participants are here, they come tonight at 10:00 ish. This month is going to be so packed! But amazing. Its great to see the senior missionaries again, and meet a new little one. Next time I post I'll try to post pics. :D
Blessings,
Abi

June

June is going to be a busy but fun filled month. Today our missionary partner Sid is going down to pick up some more missionaries!! I can't remember if I told y'all or not so I tell you again. This month we are having a group down and with them we are doing SSME. Its a month long school where you learn head on what missionary life is like. We are all very excited about it, there will be four missionaries who help to lead it, James among them. Then next week the participants will come and then it starts.

More updates soon!

Abi