MY CRY

Holy Spirit come inside
By your power change my life
And ease the struggling inside

Holy Spirit ease my bind
Show me the way to walk
Coz you know the way that is divine

You saved my sould from sin
From the unfightable battle that I cant win
And now I am resting in you
Its all that I can do
Coz I wanna be more like you

Christ was killed
Christ was burried
Christ is risen from the dead

By NO LONGER MUSIC.

THIS HAS BEEN MY CRY FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS A POEM, A SONG THAT CARRIES MY PRAYERS AND MY HEARTS DESIRES.

STAGE MAKE-UP BASIC

There is a small theater group here, performing ususally pantomimas. I am doing their make-up. I cannot just spread the wings of creativity, since the authorities must accept it, so I do little, yet try to be creative with what has been given to me.
(PICS WILL COME LATER)

VIEW TO ENJOY

EXPERIENCE THE RIDE

Paraguayan roller-coster is wild and provides enough adrenaline to pass you onto the other side of the danger...

IT ALL BEGAN HERE...

Me and Ember Canada, my friend from the college; in the beginning of our journey

HERE I AM

I wrote this note as the opening to my 9 months in Paraguay.

Here I am in Paraguay. No culture shock so far. I am ready for people staring at me. I am ready for dirt and basic living conditions. I am ready for lack of communication with people. I am ready to talk slowly and feel like a baby learning her first words in the language she has never used before. I am ready for the confusion with Spanish and Portuguese. I am ready for being hot all the time, living in temperatures that have never entered my vocabulary before... 40 - 50 degrees Celcius.
Still, Brazil is present in my heart. I am glad there are many Brazilians here. I will be able to learn their culture and fall in love with their language more. Last night I heard some guys talking and singing in Portuguese, and it made me cry, and I thought why I am in Paraguay and not in Brazil. What is the reason for this unexpected change of the plans?

It is good to go back to my notes and read again my first thoughts in Paraguay. It helped me to see how much I learned here. Amazing, because during last months I thought that I have not changed much. Now my perspective is right
again.

BEFORE - Summer and afterSummer of 2005

From Minneapolis, U.S.A

What is my life really about?... simply living my life in the Will of God. I am getting ready to leave for another faraway country. I will learn more about God and myself there.

Security in times of Change. I always thought that peace in life means steady lifestyle. My perspective on true security has changed drastically .It is not based on life and the world around me anymore, but rather in what God has for me. I have discovered who I really am and I have put away what the world expect of me. I´ve experienced healing of my soul.
Ready for the Change

Ready to go. Where? It was supposed to be the Southern state of Brazil called Rio Grande do Sul.But in stead it will be Paraguay, which is on the Southwest side of Brazil. Not so far from where I wanted to be... uph...
I feel that God will use me there and transform my heart. I know that His plan is good and perfect and this place is in His will for me. For now, I am excited to walk into what God has prepared for me there. I wait patiently on the day when I will go to Brazil.