Longing...

Ever since returning from Africa this summer, I’ve had a lot on my mind and a lot on my heart.  I have all of these thoughts and ideas of how I can help these children…how I want to do more…How I long to do more.  For now, I would like to open up my heart to you and share one of my journal entries for you to understand where my heart has been lately…

Dear God, I am just in awe of Your ways…Your presence…Your promise of grace…Your promise of great plans…Your promise of perfect timing—All of it Lord, it’s true. Your word is TRUE. You are Holy...Faithful…Sovereign…True…Loving and Perfect. Oh how I just want to share this with the WHOLE WORLD so that others can turn to you and put their trust in You…so that others can be adopted by You and have You as their Heavenly Father. Wow God…my heart is overflowing with gratitude and thanks for all that you have done for me and continue to do.

Lord, for so long—so many years, I have cried out to You in frustration, saying “Here I am Lord, send me!” …Saying, “God you know my passion for the orphans in Africa—why won’t you just send me? Why are you taking so long?” I would sing out the lyrics to “Set the World on Fire” by Britt Nicole so many times…wondering…hoping…praying that you would send me to feed the hungry children…that you would send me to tell the broken that there is healing in my Father’s hands…So many long nights wondering this…longing for this…praying for this…praying that You would send me…And now God, I still long for this. About a year ago at this time I had just been to Britt Nicole’s concert where I read the message “What are you waiting for? Visit Orphans today!”  And God, you were faithful—You ARE faithful. I took that as a sign…as an answered prayer…and I put my heart in You to guide me to those children…to take me to those children…to those children longing for love…waiting for me to visit them.  My two weeks experience in Africa was absolutely AMAZING…My eyes and heart were opened up to so many precious children…to so many people in need…and they saw just so much. I had a prayer before I went to Africa. My prayer was simple but yet strong—Lord BREAK my heart for what breaks YOURS…And let me you, my heart was completely destroyed…completely torn…completely BROKEN but what I had all seen and experienced. I came back from Africa feeling absolutely blessed and grateful to have had that experience. But I came back feeling something else as well…

…A deeper passion and an even bigger desire in my heart to “Set the World on Fire.” 

It’s been about 4 ½ months since I’ve returned home…home to America…Home to my nice big comfortable house…home to all of the food, clean water and warm showers that I could want. And still, I long to go back…I long to hear their precious songs of praise, where they worship like no other…I long for their rough and dry hands…and their dirty feet…I long for their smiles and the joy that’s deep down in their hearts…And I long to help them in any way that I can…by loving them…playing games with them…laughing…smiling…holding…crying…serving…water it may be, I long to do more and I long to help them.  And with this, I also long to learn from them…To learn how they care and look after one another…the way they appreciate the little that they do have…the way they serve, live and praise God. I have never seen such a pure religion Lord, the way they whole-heartedly seek and serve You each and every day….And maybe that is why You call James 1:27 Pure Religion….Because You call us to go visit and serve and love Your precious children in this world…And when we do this, we are also being blessed by seeing their pure and genuine religion that they have for You, God. All of your plans…all of Your ways…they are perfect and true…Just as You are.

Ever since returning from Africa I’ve longed to go back. I knew before going there the first time that those 2 weeks wouldn’t be long enough…and I was right. For several weeks now I’ve had the idea of going back to Africa again this upcoming summer… I’m not quite sure how long I’ll go or where in Africa I will go or what I will exactly do…But I just know and feel in my hear that I need to go BACK…I need to go back to the children that are in need of love and care and affection. I need to go back so I can live, learn and love as much as I can….I NEED to do more…these precious…helpless children NEED me…and until I know the exact details I’m keeping my trust in You, God. I’ve decided to be at peace about it and I am confident that You will show me the way…You will show me WHERE to go…WHEN to go…and WHAT to do….I know there are still so many details that needed to be worked out…But I know one thing for certain. You have called me to go…and so I am listening….and I am going. ♥

As you can see, I have this HUGE desire in my heart to go back to Africa.  I don’t have all of the details but I know that God will provide these when His timing is right.  So, until then, I am going to be praying and fundraising for my trip.  I would also like to encourage you to send some prayers my way as well.  I really have no idea what God is going to call me to do—I just know I NEED to listen and that I NEED to go.  If you could pray for the plans He has for me and the children, I would appreciate it! 

….Also, if anyone is interesting in helping me fundraise, I started fundraising today. I’m partnering with a program called Ordinary Hero.  They are a non-profit organization based out of Tennessee. Their organization is GREAT—All about encouraging people to be a HERO to ONE. Starting TODAY December 1^st until SUNDAY December 11^th I am working at becoming a TOP SELLER from the items purchased in their store.  For each item that is purchased I will receive 40% of that item…PLUS—If I’m one of the TOP 3 SELLERS by Sunday, December 11^th I will receive an ADDITIONAL $500 to go towards my trip!!!! I can use every penny—SO I am really PRAYING…HOPING to be in the TOP 3!!! ….If you would please consider purchasing something from their store I would GREATLY appreciate it!!! And think of it this way…If you buy a t-shirt—You are not only helping me receive 40% of that t-shirt…You are helping me WIN $500!!!!  Every single dollar counts and I would truly appreciate it!!!:)

Here is their website: www.ordinaryhero.org and here are some of the items…

Here are step by step directions to order:

Once you get to this website, you will see at the top--middle of the page the word "Store"

You can click on store and it will bring you to a new page. 

Once you are at the new page, you just need to scroll down and click on "Enter Store Here" 

Once you click on that they will be in the Ordinary Hero Store where you can have the option to purchase one of their O.H. items.

On the left side of the page, there is a section that is called "Categories" and below it lists the different shopping options, such as Women's Apparel, Men’s/Women's Unisex Apparel, Kids/Youth, Infant/Toddler, On The GO, Accessories, and Product Donations for Children in Africa.

If you find something you’d like to purchase, just add it to your “cart” and then can proceed to the check-out. Here you will fill out your payment information and will need to click my name (SHANNA BAHN) from the drop-down affiliate box.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER!!!! You are CHANING THE WOLRD with EACH ITEM that you purchase!!!  

My Heart's Desire...

Hey All! Here is a video that Shelby and I put together to capture some of our favorite moments from our trip.  The song is called My Desire by Jeremy Camp.  I LOVE this song and thought it would be perfect for our video.  Thanks to ALL of you who have helped support us and donate for our trip.  It means SO SO much and we truly are grateful!  Enjoy the video! We hope you like it! :)

Uganda & Kenya 2011 from ShannaBahn on Vimeo.

Day 12--Saying Good-Bye...

This morning was one of the hardest mornings. So far on this trip I have encountered a handful of times where my heart was hurting and where I was dreading the situation, which was having to say good-bye.  When we were in Uganda and we went to the Children’s Prison. I felt sick to my stomach and I didn’t want to leave those kids there.  There were all so young and so lonely and hopeless…many of them saying that our time there with them was the BEST day of their lives.  The BEST day they had ever had before—just because we took the time to notice them…to play games with them…to give them love and attention. I did not want to leave.  Driving away on our bus my heart was SO heavy and SO sad. Then, when I met Richard the following day…I had this special bond with him…and I knew we were only going to be able to spend a few hours at that baby cottage and I was nervous…I was dreading having to leave him and say good-bye.  I didn’t want our time to end.  I had just fallen in love with him and I felt like I had known him forever—why do I have to leave him?? …And why couldn’t I just take him with me? I would love him? I would provide for him…And now, this morning.  I woke, with that nervous/sick feeling in my stomach again and my heart very heavy.  These children are precious…they really are PURE JOY.  They appreciate our time and are just yearning to have our affection…I want to spend more time with them…why is every single person on our team so in love with this place and all of these children—why are we exactly feeling this way?  It’s not just me…it’s not just one of us…WE ALL FEEL IT.  This place has had a deep and special impact on all of our hearts…And now we have to say good-bye.  Our time went so fast…

Our team gathers to have breakfast together…we are all in a quiet mood…Everyone feeling the same thing. I walked outside to go back to our room…and here were the kids standing below…waiting for us to come down and play with them…Oh how I’m absolutely dreading having to say good-bye to them.

I just feel like I can’t sit still…In a way I want to spend as much time with them yet this morning as I could…but at the same time I just want to get this hard part over with…We only have a little bit of time, so our team heads down to be with the kids.  We enjoy spending our last moments with all of the children…all of us trying to put on a happy face and to be strong for these children.  Yes God Loves them.  YES He cares for them…YES He has GREAT plans for them. He does…we believe it and are confident in it…But yet, our hearts are breaking for them…for what they have been through…for that one on one attention and love that they all want so badly. I tried to make the most of our time left…trying not to show my emotions…trying not to “think” about it.

As we are hanging out together…I keep having so many children come up to me and hand me their letters.  A few of the children I’m familiar with—the ones that spent time holding my hand on our walk last night…I feel bad because I don’t recognize or remember who each and every one of them are.  They all got a chance to know me during our time playing What Time is it Mr. Fox.  But still…I feet bad that I wasn’t able to give them all the attention that they need. Below is a picture of Grace.  She’s a sweet, sweet girl.  I feel so bad because I hardly remember seeing her yesterday.  I just remember last night she came up to me and smiled and said she was going to write me a letter.  I smiled and said, “Great! I can’t wait to read it! Thank you so much!” She smiled and ran away to start working on my letter.  All of the other kids were laughing…playing together…taking pictures with all of us. And here, sweet letter Grace sat…the whole time…working so hard on my letter…I could hardly look at her because it just broke my heart. I could tell by how hard she was working on this letter that I somehow…someway…made a big impact on her life.  I just stood there…holding in my tears and focused on this little girl and thought to myself… “Somehow she must have remembered me, right? When did she see me or spend time with me? …Why can’t I remember?”  

Something else that was very special about this place is Duncan.  I’m not sure what it was or how to even begin to explain it…but Duncan felt like he was my cousin or a good friend…or something? I just felt like I was related to him or like he was somehow apart of our family.  It was just this special friendship that we had—all three of us…Me, Shelby and Duncan.  We could all feel it and it was weird because I didn’t really say anything right away…I just let in my soul but Shelby and I mentioned it together and she agreed….Then Duncan had said, “I don’t know what it is. Out of all of the visitors that we had come see us…all 22 of you…I especially feel close with you and your sister.”  I just smiled…because he could feel it too!  It was such a special moment…but one that made my heart hurt even more.  Last night, when I was so sad…I talked with Duncan and explained how much I care for him and for all of the other children here…and I told him that I wish so badly that I could stay and so them my love and support for them.  I was just crying…I couldn’t hold my tears back any longer…I promised him that I would always remember him and pray for him when we got back to America.  He asked about my family…I told him I had a mom and dad named Alan and Gina…and that Shelby and I had an older sister, Stephanie.  I also told him about Patrick…my boyfriend who I would one day marry. I told him how Patrick and I have a heart for helping others and that one day he too wanted to come to Africa.  Duncan told me his story…his childhood…what he had all been through…It was so nice of him to tell me his story…afterwards we talked about how our family always wanted a brother and Shelby and I decided that we now had a brother.  He was in Africa—but he was our brother in Christ. He smiled and agreed. J

Together we met on the hill and sang a few of our songs…It was so hard to sing when I was fighting my emotions and holding them back…at least until we got on the bus…Below is a picture of my friend Caitlin and a little girl she fell in love with…They both stood there holding each other…and just let the tears role down their faces…

We were all so thankful for our sunglasses because they could hide our tears…

It was time…time to say good-bye…time to leave these precious children behind…when in all reality…I did NOT want to. I said good-bye to as many children as I could…I said good-bye to Duncan and shed a few tears…I felt so bad leaving him behind…I felt like he was part of my family—why do I have to leave him behind? He should be coming with us…I continued with a few more good-byes…and I noticed I didn’t see Grace. There were so many children that it was hard to find here and I wondered where she was…where did she go? ….when all of a sudden, she came walking over to me…tears rolling down her face…she wrapped her arms around me…and we just stood there…holding each other. This is when I lost it…this is when I let the tears come. Her friend beside her began to cry as well…so I hugged her in close and we all three cried together…I said my last good-bye and I went on the bus…Below is a picture of the children waving good-bye.

Duncan is in the middle waving...if you look closely you can see in the botton left corner Grace and her friend are crying...

More kids...waving good-bye!

 Sweet Grace, looking up at me...We both just look at each other and cry...

 The kids running after us as we left...ouch...ouch...ouch...My heart.

We were leaving…we were on our way…all of our team…crying their hearts out…all of us hurting for those children…we were emotionally tired and our hearts had never hurt so bad…but we still had one more place to go to…as we sat there and cried…I thought to myself, “How are we going to have enough energy and excitement for the next group of children?”  …Yes they deserve it and yes I want to give that love to them…but after this…I just wanted to sit there for the rest of the day and cry my heart out for the children at Fiwagoh.

We were just about to go out the gates when I noticed John standing there. In the middle of the emotions and with saying good-bye…he was one that I missed and I didn’t know where he was.  Then I saw him…I was so happy to be able to wave good-bye to him one last time.  Sweet John was at my side through the whole entire walk last night…holding my hand…taking pictures…and answering all of my questions…I told him my secret words that I do…I squeezed his hand 3 times…and that was me saying, “I…Love…You!” …He loved this and through the WHOLE walk he kept squeezing my hands—3 times each time.  As we got to the gate…I was on the window side and I smiled out at him…he looked so sad…and he looked so hurt…Like how could we leave? …As my tears continued to come…he mouthed, “I love you.” I smiled and said, “I love you” back to him…(John is the one leaning against the wall.)

My heart is broken...

Fiwagoh!!! =)

Day 11

We are at FIWAGOH!!:)  This place just has something special about it.  I could feel it as soon as we arrived and all of the 180+ children were singing their hearts out to us…and I felt it as I woke up this morning.  It’s so crazy to think of the many children…and the many places we have been since arriving in Africa. But since arriving I sort of feel this peace and this “at home” feeling.  Something about Fiwagoh seems perfect and I woke up this morning with excitement of getting to know these precious children even more.  Below shows a picture of the Fiwagoh Home & Orphanage.  This is the view of the home when arriving through their gates.  They have so much open land and the background is absolutely beautiful.  I tried taking pictures but they really don’t do it justice…When I woke up this morning and looked out the window as I brushed my teeth using my bottle of water…I had this overwhelming feeling of JOY in my heart…as I looked at at God’s creation and the beautiful mountains…and as I listened to the sweet giggles coming from the girl’s rooms…This was such a wonderful moment where I had to just stop and thank God again for bringing me here…Who would have thought?? All I ever wanted to do was to go to Africa—And NOW I’m here! I’m experiencing it and I’m LOVING it all…and more importantly, I’m falling IN LOVE with all of these precious children.

Below are pictures that are seen from my window as well.  The men working are SO talented and are such hard workers.  I kept looking down at them and thinking how long the process of building and doing construction must take here…I thought of my dad…and how much he could help them!  …I always brag about my dad and how he can do and fix ANYTHING…and as I looked down as these men working so precisely…I just thought of how much my dad and other men here in America could help these guys…and help so many villages in Africa.  This men don’t have nice equipment and tools…they seriously do it all by hand!

We spent the day worshipping together with all of these children and oh my, let me tell you, their voices are BEAUITFUL!  So beautiful!  They sing with their whole heart—holding nothing back!  It’s captivating and so inspiring. After this we went to their BIG backyard. We had different stations set up where the kids played soccer, kick ball, did relays and played other fun games.  The game I was in charge of is called “What Time is it Mr. Fox?”  I played this game with my preschoolers in Mankato all of the time…and I thought of how the children here in Africa were and I just knew they’d love this game…Yes, they are much older then 4 & 5 year olds…but they appreciate SO much and their smiles explained just how grateful they were for having us there and for spending some time with them. Here’s how the game goes: Caitlin and I stood at the front with our backs toward the kids. The kids would yell, “What time is it Mr. Fox?!” We would then yell out a time, such as 5 o’clock!! …The kids would then take 5 steps toward us and would stop and then ask us again, “What time is it Mr. Fox?” We continued to call out times until the children were right next to us and were as close as we could get them.  Then when they asked us what time it was, we would yell LUNCH TIME! …And we’d turn around and try to tag them.  Whoever we tagged would come back with us and would help us tag the rest of the children. OH MY GOODNESS---PURE JOY!!! They LOVED this…We were ALL SMILES…Our team leader even had to come over and tell me and Caitlin to try and keep it down because we were distracting the rest of the kids in the other groups…they were all looking over at us and were watching and wondering what we were doing…then our team leader smiled and said, that’s ok—they’re having so much fun and they deserve it. So we smiled & continued to play!:) We also were just sweating…we had been standing outside under the warm sun and had been running and chasing these kids for like 2 hours and Caitlin and I would just look at each other…wipe our sweat off our faces and call out another time!  Yes, we were tired from traveling the day before and from getting to bed late and from waking up early and from running around in the warm sun…BUT, we also knew that these kids DESERVED it and that we could catch up on sleep when we got back to America…So we kept smiling and calling out times!:)  …But while I was playing this game I kept thinking to myself, oh my goodness, I’m so thirsty—water would feel SO good…Our team leader went to town to buy more bottle of water since our whole team was out…so we didn’t have any…and that was fine…because just about as soon as the thought, “Oh, I’m so thirty” came into my mind—I shot it right back out…Because these children go through this EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! …They are CONSTANTLY THIRSTY AND HUNGRY…and never mind clean, pure, healthy water.  They have to drink what they have…and never mind having a variety of food…they get the SAME thing…DAY…After day…after day…Beans and rice…beans and rice…BEANS AND RICE.  Let’s just say I no longer felt thirsty…but rather my heart broke for all of these precious children that I was falling in love with…that I was getting to know…that I was becoming friends with…we were becoming a family.

My time at Fiwagoh was absolutely WONDERFUL…And going back to when my mouth was dry and I could have used some water. After leaving there I received many letters (I plan on sharing some of them with you in the future!)  Here is one letter I received from a sweet little boy named Alvin. (Remember their English isn’t the best, put for all that they’ve been through and for the education they have receive, they do a GREAT job!)

To Dear Shanna,

How are you? I hope that you are fine. I want to thank you for coming here in this mission and being my friend. These is one thing that I have learned about you and that is kindness. Thanks very much for the games that you taught us. They were interesting and made me to forget that I was hungry and thirsty. Your influence really impressed my heart. I mostly enjoyed one game and that is soccer ball. Even the scripture songs that you taught me and my fellow students. God sent his son to save the world and teach how to keep the Sabbath Day holy. And God inspires even children to do his good work. And I wanted to tell you also that Jesus denied himself to relieve those who suffered to be needy than he.   

From Your Friend,

            Alvin

…Welcome Again…

 Ouch…my heart continues to hurt…It continues to want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE…. It continues to think and pray for those children…Don’t believe you can change the world and make a difference?  Think again!  …Going to Africa and spending time with all of those kids was HUGE for me…I’m a difference person because of it…But so are they…and this is the most important part.  Coming to Fiwagoh, we brought them JOY…LOVE…and HOPE! And we DID make a difference…and I pray that God continues to use me to make a difference for all of the precious and lonely children all over the world…That truly need SO much…But who want one simple thing: Love.  

Does your heart hurt? …Mine sure does…But I keep finding my hope and rest in the Lord, knowing that HE DOES have a GREAT PLAN for these children…and I truly do believe that with my whole heart…and I’m so thankful that these kids are Fiwagoh know their Heavenly Father…Because I do know that no matter what happens here on this earth…I know that here…now…It’s all just temporary. We won’t live forever…some time we’ll leave this place…and when we do…I’m more than certain that I’ll be in Heaven with Jesus…and with all of these precious children that I met…singing and worshiping our God just like we did in their concrete kitchen in Kenya.

 

 Below is a picture of Duncan! :) Aka, our brother in Africa!



After our afternoon of fun and games, the kids wanted to take a little walk. We thought oh FUN! A nature walk with all of the 180 kiddos—Perfect! And it was just that…PERFECT!:)  But I must say, a little walk to them turned into like a 6 mile hike! J This was also one of my most favorite times of the whole trip…Walking hand in hand with all of these children…and getting to know them each a little bit more. Oh, and might I add we saw Flamingos & Monkeys! …Then after going on this hike and having such a wonderful time…we went back and ALL of our hearts were SO heavy…we were in our rooms…and so many of us just starting breaking down…These CHILDREN…these PRECIOUS…and GORGEOUS…and LOVING…and BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. They all had been through SO much…and we were all falling in love with them and NOT wanting to say good bye in the morning…After having a “moment” in our room..I headed back down stairs, and my eyes were puffy…and my heart was heavy…and I just wanted to lay in bed and cry out to God to help them…and to be with them…and to ask WHY? I don’t get it…these children are all so perfect and wonderful…Why do they have to live like this? And why were they betrayed by their loved ones? ….And why and why and WHY? …But, I knew I needed to spend more time with them—even though it was so hard for me to fight back the tears and to put a smile on my face…But I knew I wanted to spend as much time with them as possible, for morning would come way too soon…and before we knew it…we would have to do what we all dreaded…

…Saying Good-Bye.  

Listening and Following God's Word...

Some of you may already know this, but for those of you who don’t, I’d like to share with you that I am taking another short term mission trip!  As most of you know, I have always had a strong passion and desire in my heart for serving and loving the children in Africa—But I also know that God calls us to GO and SERVE and VISIT and LOVE ALL of the children around the world!  …A few months ago I had heard the news from my mom that a few people from our church, Living Word Lutheran Church, were taking a short-term mission trip to Ecuador.  As soon as I had heard this news…I just knew I’d be one of those people going along on this trip.  After I got home from Africa, I was having a hard time (and still do have a hard time) because I miss all of the wonderful children I met. During my time in Africa I felt like I had such a purpose in my life because I truly was making a difference in the lives of the children I met.  I could just feel it…and I could just see it in all of their faces…they appreciated the fact that I came to visit them and they were SO thankful for my time…to simply sit with them and by showing them they were important…So when I got back home…I missed that feeling…I missed the impact that Africa had on my life and I was ready to go back right away!  But, with school…and with the cost of the trip…I just knew it wasn’t quite reality for me to get back on that airplane to see all of those children.  I’d been praying about this…praying for God to continue to use me…whatever it may be…I just wanted His plans to be clear in my life…I just wanted to continue living out James 1:27…So as I was saying, as soon as I heard the news that our church was going on this trip to Ecuador…I felt like this was God’s calling—To GO and to LOVE ALL of His Precious Children…It doesn’t matter what the location is...It just simply matters that these children are His children!  AND, they are in need of love and care. So, who is responsible to live out James 1:27?  And who is responsible to LOOK AFTER these children? Who is responsible to SUPPORT and CARE and LOVE and VISIT these children? We are! As Christians, we are to read the Word of God and we are to RESPOND. So, after hearing about the trip to Ecuador—Right away I knew what I needed to do…what I WANTED to do…what I was CALLED to do…I needed to go to Ecuador to shower these children with love—just like I did with the children in Africa…I want to go to Ecuador…I want to learn and experience as much as I can about orphans and children in need…The more I know…The more I’m able to make a difference and to help these children…I also know I am called to go…how do I know this? By reading James 1:27—“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” So friends, I am going to ECUADOR!:) I’m SO excited and can’t wait to fall in love with the people and children of Ecuador—Just like I feel in love with the people and children in Africa!! Oh I just know this is going to be a great experience!! I’m so excited!! And just like I’ve been writing about my time in Africa, I look forward to writing and sharing about my time in Ecuador with you as well!  So exciting! God is SO great and is SO faithful!:)
I also wanted to share with you one way that I’m funding for my trip to Ecuador. As many of you already know, I am a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and one thing I have always loved about Mary Kay is that we “Party with a Purpose!” You may be wondering what that exactly means, but when we say this, we are simply stating that when we work our Mary Kay Business and when we have Mary Kay Parties we have them for a REASON and we have goals to HELP and GIVE to others.  The Mary Kay foundation is GREAT and gives Millions and Billions of dollars every year to great causes and organizations around the world! So…just like the Mary Kay Company, I too have a purpose behind my business…My goal with Mary Kay is to work my business in a way so that I am better financially to help and reach out to orphans around the world…I hope, pray and dream about doing this by taking mission trips to visit these children, by donating, sponsoring and serving these children, and by also one day being able to adopt a child or children in need.  ….So, this Wednesday, October 5^th I am having a Mary Kay Party at the Country Club in Cottonwood at 6:30pm! And, I’m sure you already guessed it—But I am Partying with a PURPOSE! :) Here’s how it works—Each person that comes to my party, my Mary Kay Director, Rachel, will donate $1 per person to go towards my trip!  It’s SO easy to do and just by showing up you’ll be able to help donate towards my trip! So if you’d like to have a little girl time…and to be pampered…and to learn new makeup tips…and to try new skincare products…and to get great gift ideas for the Holidays…Please come join me! It’s going to be a great time and you’d be helping a great cause!  Just a reminder, here is the information:

What: Mary Kay Party

When: Wednesday, October 5^th @ 6:30 pm

Where: Cottonwood Country Club

Why: To have a great night with some great girls and to help support me on my upcoming trip to Ecuador!

ALSO: If you come to my party and bring a friend you’ll receive a FREE gift!!!:)

Thank you ALL…And if it works, I look forward to seeing you Wednesday Night! J If you could please message me or email me that you’re coming that would be great—Just so I have an idea of about how many people to expect!:)

*May you know the depth of God’s desire to bless you—His love is unconditional, His promises are infallible and the good things He has planned for you are unstoppable.*