I am also working on my photography skills.

Wouldn't you miss this cute face?

I also forgot to tell you that last monday like 8 days ago I had to got a mole taken off my back and now I have stitches there. Disgusting huh?

I LOVE READING!!! How about you??? My favorite books are romantic and mysterious. I just finished reading a book, called Happily Ever After. It was a real good book. It kept me interested the whole time. I was actually kinda sad when I finished, cause I wasn't sure when the next time I was gonna be able to find another GREAT book like that. On another note nothing really that interesting is going on in my life right now. I am counting down the days 'till Steven and his friends come. 18 days to be exact. And I am also really excited for SUMMER BREAK!!! Which for me will be in about 2 and a half weeks. And I am really excited to go back to the states in 35 days! (Yes I also am counting down those days too.) I mean I love Ecuador and all, but I cant wait to see my friends other family that lives in the states, and my doggy poncho. So yep just thought I would give you a sneak peek of my life.

If I could only be like Job

Yesterday during Bible we read about Job. He is one amazing man. Everything he had (except for God) was taken away from him. His family, all of his servants, his animals, all of this. Yet he still trusted in the Lord. If only we could be like Job. He trusted God that much. Oh and to top it off he had boils all over his body, he was miserable. He wanted God to just kill him right there. But through God he made it, and now he is with God in heaven, because of his trust in the Lord. He is one strong man, I just want to pray everyday that if God took anything away from me, that I would not turn away from him, after all the Lord gives and takes away.

Case de Fe.

I love his hair.

Hahaha, the kids loved to take pictures

Se was just a doll

When we were walking down the street 15 boys came and smeared black paint all over us,  I guess it has to do with Carnival.

So this past weekend Julianna, Sara, and I went to one of the cutest little towns i have been too, Shell. We went there to help at an orphanage with about 50 kids, all raging from the ages of 0-12. I love working there. The kids are just so sweet. So we got to shell thursday night, we had all day friday and saturday there. We worked from about 8:30 until 11:30 we walk home to eat lunch and to just chill/take a nap all of us were so tired, kids really wear you out. Then we would go back at around 2:30, thats when the older kids would get out of school(There are teachers, ecuadorian and american at the orphanage to teach them school, they are also bilingual.) I think one of my favorite parts about working there was when we walked in a couple of the kids would run up to us and give us HUGE hugs, it just made my day. I think it is so good when we go and help there because the tias there don't even really play with the kids, which I think is so sad, but they love to see people who will actually play with them. The whole time I am there I have something to do, which is nice, not a single dull moment. On saturday evening it was so hard saying goodbye to these kids. But I am oh so thankful that God gave me this opportunity, and I can't wait to see what God is planing for me in the future. Hopefully something to do with kids.

My essay!!

Hi Guys this is my persuading essay I had to write for my online writing teacher, I hope you like it, and I hope I persuaded you. :)

A Person’s a Person no Matter how Small

Have you ever thought how life would be like without the certain people you love? I think it would be terrible. You would have no shoulder to cry on, no one who believes in you, and no one who understands what you are going through. Just think if your best friend’s mom had your best friend out of wedlock and decided for an abortion, who would be your best friend then? Certainly you have other friends but what if there moms chose the same simple way to deal with their mistakes, abortion.

It makes me so mad sometimes when people have abortions. Even though you cannot see, feel, or here the wonderful human growing within you doesn't mean he is not alive yet. You were once as small as a peanut, can you imagine? But now look at you: fully educated, healthy, growing well all because of your mom. What if she’d decided the other route? 

If that poor little innocent human being had a choice, I am pretty sure they would chose life over death. Maybe you are in a situation where you can’t afford the baby.You should find other couples who are wiling to adopt, or send them to an orphanage. We adopted my little brother from an orphanage here in Ecuador, and his birth mom put him in the best orphanage in the whole entire country. I love him to death. I am so happy his mom chose life.

Did you know that God formed you even before you were in your mothers womb? Well he did, and that right there says that He has plans for us, for good and not for bad, and I don’t think any of those plans was to be murdered before you even had a chance. It is just not fair. I don’t understand why it is totally legal for an abortion doctor to do abortions, yet a serial killer goes to jail for committing murder yet both people are doing the same thing. I think this society is a little bit confused.

In the end then next time you or someone you know has a choice over life or death, I would chose life and so would that marvelous, awesome, amazing, human being living inside of you that God himself has created for a purpose, and that purpose wan not to be killed even before taking there first breath of air. After all a person is a person no matter how small, even if there as small as a peanut.

I Lift my Eyes unto the Hills

I know I have not blogged in a really long time, because I have been pretty busy. These past few weeks have flown by. Things have just been crazy. But I have a little time now, so here it goes. Two weekends ago us girls went to the beach to what we thought was our condo, but guess what??? We went again this past weekend and my parents just coudnt sleep , there is a bar really close and they play very obnoxious loud music......... until two in the morning. So now we don't own a condo at the beach, but we are looking for other ones. And I have pretty much been doing school. Do you know what I love??????? The Psalms that says I lift my eyes unto the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth. And Ecuador is full of hills, and the Lord gives us our help from them. I love it.

Anyways here are some of the things I enjoy the most about Ecuador:
-I love the culture, I just learn so much from it
-I Love the orphanage here
-the climate, I mostly love that it never snows
-My friends here, of course i miss all my friends in the states dearly
-The beach!!!!
-Teen night, I love going there, and I love the people there
-I love the ministry opportunities here
-I love that I can walk to most places
-I love the food here, it is amazing
-I love all the different regions in Ecuador (Jungle, Mountains, Coast, Galapagos)
-I love being on the equator, It is sunny most of the time
-Haircuts are sooo cheap, same with manicures

Me love me some beach

Cutie

I have started to collect shells

I Just love life!

Ooops. Again.

Grossest thing I have ever done or seen. By far!

Yes once again i forgot to make a post yesterday. Well I remembered when it was too late and I was to tired. Since this has happened twice, I am now just going to write posts when I feel like it. I don't think I should feel bad for forgetting, or it being boring so I am gonna write when my day has been interesting. And yesterday was very interesting. At around 3 we left for Calacali to go see cows get slaughtered. I did not think it would be very fun or appetizing. But I went and so did Erin. Then after that we went to the mall El Bosque and ate yum, yum. I promise you I did not eat anything that had to do with a cow, I simply had chicken. Then we just kinda hung out and went more shopping. SO yeah, but I had tons of fun! And today I am excited because we have teen night SURVIVOR theme tonight. The after I am going to Erin's house to spend the night. YAY I can't wait. Ok well see ya hopefully sometime this week, if my days are interesting.

Ooops.

Ok so Last night I was in bed almost asleep, then I remembered I forget to write a blog for today, well now its actually yesterday. So I am writing this for yesterday. Yesterday all I did was school, shop, and soccer. But I got to say that soccer was so fun yesterday. Well Yeah thats All I got oh yeah and one of my best friends in Colorado sent me a cute picture frame thingy too. Oh shoot well I got to go and eat and do math. Which I hate by the way. Well ok see ya later. Tonight.

Isn't it cute?