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 Hi Everyone!!



I have decided to start a blog to keep all of you posted on how things are coming along for my very exciting trip to El Salvador!  I have been so blessed and have raised all of my money needed to go. Thank you so much for the donations from everyone!!!  It would not be possible for me to go on this trip without your help!  I am so blessed to be surrounded by my friends and family who support me!!  As each new day comes, I get more excited and can't wait till the time finally comes to go be God's hands and feet and make a difference in His children. 

I am also very excited about something else.  About three months ago, I had the thought of wanting to do something on my own to help the El Salvadoran people.  I wrestled around with an idea and then decided I had nothing to lose by acting upon it.  A few months ago, I sent out letters to various stores asking for donations of items and heard nothing back.  Of course, feeling discouraged and upset I lost the momentum of wanting to do anything.  Last Sunday I got that momentum back!  A good friend of mine who knew I wanted to help in some way, wanted to help me to help others too.  My friend came to me at Church and handed me a bag of shoes.  She told me it was for the mission trip and she wanted to help donate.  I was so excited!!!  After three months of waiting for any type of response from the stores I sent letters to, I got help from someone I didn't even write a letter to.  My friend was motivated out of the thoughtfulness of her heart and compassion for others.  I am blessed to have such a friend!!!!   After that, I got very excited to try to get more shoes.  I started calling family and friends and the response was amazing!!  As of now, I am up to 22 pairs of shoes!!  My friend and I are planning on washing all of the shoes together soon!  Thank you to all who are able to help me and more importantly, help those in El Salvador who have hurting feet.  Something as simple as a pair of shoes can make a huge difference to them!


I will keep all of you posted on how things are coming along!  I still have to talk to my Youth Pastor to figure out how on earth we are going to get all these shoes to El Salvador.  If I get too many, the worst thing that would happen is we can give them to people here in Dayton. Someone needs shoes somewhere.