Auction

A big thank you to everyone who helped by donating items for todays auction! It's always much appreciated. 

It was just Sandy, Lynn, and I working it because Lexi was taking her SATs but it wasn't bad at all with just the three of us. We made a little over 600 dollars, i forget the exact amount but that's okay. Lol. We thought we'd make a little more because the March auction is usually rhe big auction for George Miller but it was pretty small today. At the beginning we kept running out of ones which is unusual because we normally run out of quarters, but everything worked out and it was a good day! 

-M

Updates...

We had another hoagie/soup sale this past weekend. It went very well and i have gotten much more feedback on this one than the last one. 

I just have to say that i love our team so much and am looking forward to serving more with them! 

-m 

Introducing... Maggie!

I was in Spain for the entire month last summer and i had the time of my life! I got to make bonds with my host family and the kids. I'm looking forward to going back this summer and hopefully deepening bonds i've already made and making new ones! 

As of right now i'm unemployed. I enjoy spending time with my beautiful nieces. I'm involved in jewels, right now we're reading the book Radical. I am also on the world outreach team. 

You can find me taking a ton of pictures or listening to music, from country to heavy metal! Baseball is my favorite ☺️ 

Introducing... Sandy!

I have always had a love for missions and getting to share the Word of God with others. I have been on several missions trips, to Mexico, New York, and North Dakota. Every trip I learn something new and each trip impacts me in a special way.

I work as a tax processor, i needed something different from what i had been doing and God sure answered because it sure is different. 

I have been married to a wonderful man for 30 years and together we have 3 beautiful children. Our children have given us two wonderful daughter in laws, who have given us the opportunity to be grandparents to two little girls. (Although the second isn't here yet but will be soon!) 

I am the cubbies secretary at our church and also teach a sunday school class. I also lead the missions aspect of our VBS each year. I also serve on the world missions team at church. I have been to culture link twice and reccomend it for anyone going on a missions trip. :) 

In my free time i like cuddling up with my mexican hairless dog, Lucy. And i'm a hugr fan of BBC shows. I love to travel, i've been to almost all 50 states. I hate the winter, and wish i could move somewhere warm! Maybe someday :) 

That's all i can think of, goodnight. 

Back at it!

Ah the joys of this blog. I am happy to announce that this upcoming summer there will be 4 of us headed to Alcoy! Two for two weeks and two for the month. Sometime later i will have each of them introduce themselves. 

Its weird for me this time because im the "team leader" since ive been there and i know what to sort od expect. Sometimes its hard though when we have meetings to come up with the agenda, i feel like im saying the same things over and over again. 

We had two fundraisers this weekend, one we will be doing later today. Yestsrday we had the auction and we made a little over 400 dollars so we all have our 100 dollar deposit to be handed in with the application. It was a fun day of bonding, and i feel a lot closer to Lexi, one of the team memebers so thats always a bonus. :) a huge thank you to everyone who donated items needed, you are all such a huge blessing! And also a big thank you to Sonya Valentino for helping us all day. You are also a huge blessing! 

After the auction we assembled our soup and hoagies for todays sale. We presold italian, turkey, and ham hoagies and also presold chicken corn noodle soup. Today they pay and pick it up. And we made extra so if you didnt order and want too, come on out! 

And here are some pictures! 

The last picture is from the hoagie/soup prep. 

USA...

I have officially been home a week. And what a week it has been. I got into Philly at 6:30pm on July 19th. From there we went through customs and got our bags and my mom was waiting outside the doors with a bunch of balloons. I said my last goodbye to Julianna and off my family went to get cheesesteaks. From the time I stepped off that plane I was in a bad mood, I was tired and not hungry and I just didn't want to be home. We get to Pat's and I think I was having a bit of culture shock and also I dealt with the situation I had been dreading so I was upset with that too. Let's just say I wasn't the easiest person to get along with. I got home and went straight to bed, and I woke up at 4am and ate my cheesesteak. This week I would go to bed at 5-530pm and wake up at 4am. Luckily I am finally back on American time, I'm glad it only took a week. 

I'm already missing Spain a great deal and I'm trying to not hate Fleetwood, but its hard because I just feel like I don't belong here. I'm not really sure why, I just don't. Plus I'm still hurt over the situation but I know God knows what He's doing. I haven't read my Bible all week, and I hate that but it's like now that I'm home I'm so busy when in reality I'm not. So why is it that I can't read it? Why am I not praying as much? What is it about Fleetwood that makes me not do that? Everytime I go somewhere and I get closer to God I come home and it goes away. I know I only have myself to blame and I know I just need to work harder but I just don't know why. I wish I could figure it out. 

But I guess this blog is done for now, until I go back to Spain next summer. 

Not goodbye, see you later

What a week it has been! VBS went great, except at times it was boring since I had no idea what they were saying. I saw some things I really liked with how they did it, and things I didn't. But hey you can't please everyone, all in all it was great though. I believe I mentioned I had the same age group as English Camp and that I had most of the same kids except a much smaller group. I honestly have never seen a VBS that small before. I hope the kids took a lot away from this week and will continue to grow in their walks with the Lord, or even accept Him as their Lord and Savior. Saying goodbye to them wasn't easy at all, and I had some parents come up and thank me and I thanked them for sharing their children with me. I will miss their smiles, laughs, and personalities. Each one of them has a special place in my heart. And I hope to be back next summer. I wish I would have taken more pictures but it is what it is. 

Conversation ended Wednesday night, and on Thursday night we had a party for them and they got certificates stating they completed four weeks of classes. What amazing progress they all made, I am so proud of each and every one. They are the sweetest people and last night to have people ask if I had face ook or want a picture with me, and tell me they wanted me to come back just made me feel so loved. I am glad that they liked me as much as I liked them. 

 

Today after VBS I said goodbye to all of the Spanish and the Americans, except Julianna, since we'll be flying to Philly together. The rest of the Americans are leaving early in the morning and my flight doesn't leave until 1pm so we get to go later. It was hard saying goodbye to them because I have formed bonds with lots of them, some I really only really connected with this week, and I regret not trying harder to get to know them, but hey you live and you learn. It was hard saying goodbye to some of the Spanish too. But alas its not goodbye, its just see you later. I hope to see yall next summer! And  I'll work on opening up more. :) 

Tomorrow I will be saying goodbye to my host family, which might be the hardest of  all. They have been so kind to me, and I wish I could repay them for all they have done. I pray they go to church and I pray they accept the Lord as their Savior.