tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85298693859103185542024-03-21T08:25:07.245-07:00mi capullitoMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-67040165021028500732012-06-08T06:03:00.001-07:002012-06-08T06:29:30.896-07:00More available art!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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#39 Javier <br />
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#37 Javier<br />
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#35 Rosa<br />
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melissa@lacasadefe.org</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-55841218969388383922012-06-05T08:50:00.001-07:002012-06-05T09:50:06.398-07:00More Art<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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melissa@lacasadefe.org</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-52699405291907114662012-06-04T13:49:00.001-07:002012-06-04T13:51:12.558-07:00Art #3!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-8888680668275491022012-06-04T08:54:00.000-07:002012-06-04T08:54:26.260-07:00Art #2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_1429358552"></span><span id="goog_1429358553"></span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-55445639410904080052012-06-04T07:38:00.001-07:002012-06-04T07:38:49.150-07:00Available Art<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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melissa@lacasadefe.org</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-28357684587915105762012-05-03T14:11:00.000-07:002012-05-03T14:11:17.503-07:00Rag DollsI am so blessed to say that I absolutely LOVE my job. I
love that in all of my classes I get to be creative with some of the
most creative kids in the world. <br />
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At the end of this month Casa de Fe
is hosting the 2nd annual Art Show. I am so excited to show off all of
the hard work that these kids have put into their art work. <br />
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have already had so many people asking if there is a way to buy the kids
artwork! If you are interested in a piece of art made by one of the
kids, please send me an email (<a href="mailto:melissa@lacasadefe.org" target="_blank">melissa@lacasadefe.org</a>)
with your address and which piece you'd like and we can gladly send you
what you want if it is available. When you email about the artwork I
will send you more information on how you can make a “suggested donation<span style="color: #1f497d;">”</span> to Casa de Fe<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>for the piece.<br />
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Here are some pictures from the rag dolls we have been working on!<br />
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<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-11421666807833032202012-03-23T08:49:00.000-07:002012-03-23T08:49:03.307-07:003rd Grade Art<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder." </span></span></div>
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Alondra, Age 8</td></tr>
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<br /><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span class="versetext" id="ps139-13" style="display: inline;">For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. </span><span class="versetext" id="ps139-14" style="display: inline;">I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. </span><span class="versetext" id="ps139-15" style="display: inline;">My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. </span></em><span class="versetext" id="ps139-16" style="display: inline;"><em>Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.</em> </span></span></span></div>
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Alondra, Age 8<br />
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<em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; <br /> your walls are ever before me. </span></em></div>
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Wilson, Age 9</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." </span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.</span></em><br />
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<em>But now, O <span class="sc">Lord</span>, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.</em> Isaiah 64:8</div>
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<i>"As Christians we know why a work of art has value. Why? First, because a work of art is a work of creativity, and creativity has value because God is the Creator. The first sentence in the Bible declares "In the beginning God created the heaves and the earth". Second, an art work has value as a creation because human beings are made in the image of God, and therefore we not only can love and feel emotion, but we also have the capacity to create. In fact it is part of the image of God to be creative, or to have creativity. We never find an animal, non-human, making a work of art. On the other hand, we never find people anywhere in the world or in any culture in the world who do not product art. Creativity is intrinsic to our humanness." ---</i>Francis A Schaeffer from "Some Perspectives on Art" <br />
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-36838397214507510412012-02-24T08:21:00.000-08:002012-02-24T08:21:29.356-08:00Put away the meat...it's time for Lent...<br />The word Carnaval comes from the Latin word <em>carneval</em> which means to put away the meat. Carnaval is a festive season, immediately before Lent, traditionally held in Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox societies. During Lent, these societies do not eat meat, giving the time of Carnaval it’s name (when you actually "put away" as much meat as you can into your bellies before it is time to give it up). Protestant areas usually do not have Carnaval celebrations or they have modified traditions, such as the Danish Carnival or other Shrove Tuesday events. In New Orleans it is well known as Mardi Gras. <br />
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<br />Children playing with water, eggs, flour, foam and car oil are just some of the things you will see in Shell during Carnaval. The practice of throwing or dumping water, eggs, flour or smearing car oil on unsuspecting victims is especially revered by children and teenagers, and feared by most adults. <br />
There are parades in Puyo and small concerts at the Dique in Shell to celebrate Carnaval. The Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the days known as Carnaval) are vacation days from work.<br />
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The last three years, as a part of school, the kids participated in their own Carnaval activities. Egg races, egg toss, bobbing for apples (this year bananas), obstacle courses, and water fights. Every year it is a lot of fun seeing the kids race through all the games trying to get their teachers back for all the school work that has been given them. Unfortunately, the kids are getting bigger this year and I was helpless as they picked me up and carried me to a big muddy hole in the ground and threw me into the water. Anything on me that was white had most definitely turned to brown. <br />
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Friday was such a fun day of games. However, I think that my favorite part about Carnaval this year was the Wednesday after. When we got together for Chapel in the morning, Marcela (our school director) explained to us all what Carnaval was: where it came from, what it meant, why people celebrate it. It is said that the purpose of Carnaval is to have as much fun (or in some cases sin as much) as you can before you have to be “good” during Lent, a time that you work really hard on your relationship with God. Marcela reminded us that we shouldn’t only work hard at becoming closer to God during the 40 days of Lent, but all year long. Some people spend 325 days not even thinking about God and 40 days of “behaving” themselves. They are “good” for those 40 days and then go back to the way they were living before, unchanged. The same as Christmas, we should remember Christ’s birth all year, not only at Christmas time. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son; every day, for us to talk to, for us to confide in, to trust in, to love, to worship, to listen to, and follow. Every day, not just 40 days out of the year or 41 including Christmas. It doesn’t mean that our lives have to be boring. Following Christ, by all means, is not boring, but the most exciting, life-changing thing that has happened to me. Look what he has blessed me with! <br />
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The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-59683316591274481552012-02-02T06:02:00.001-08:002012-02-02T06:02:07.460-08:00<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I was
hoping to bring in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NEW YEAR</i> with
the kids at Casa de Fe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was going
to be a bonfire, the burning of the old man (almost like a scare crow) and many
more festivities. However, as always, I had problems with my flights. I was
already a little stressed out from a busy, emotional, Christmas break so when I
got to Dallas and my flight was delayed 3 ½ hours, I was trying to stay calm
and prepare myself for the fact that I would miss my last flight into Quito
from Miami. Finally, when all the mechanical issues with 2 different planes
were fixed, we were on our way from Dallas to Miami. We got to Miami just as my
plane to Quito was backing away from the gate. I had JUST missed it. I had to
stand in a long line of other people who had missed flights to reschedule. I
was so upset knowing that flights only leave at a certain time each day and
knowing that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get from Quito to Shell in enough time
to bring in the New Year with the kids. Luckily the airline paid for my dinner,
breakfast and lunch along with my hotel room. I would be spending the night and
most of the next day in Miami. It was actually relaxing and the room I had was
nice and included a balcony! I got some much needed alone time with God and
wondered if that was His reason for allowing me to get so delayed. He’s jealous
for our time like that </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
so it was hard to be upset for too long. Also, He had a rather comedic day in
store for me following the restful time at the hotel…….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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woke up New Year’s Eve day at the hotel in Miami, rested and excited to spend
breakfast and a cup of coffee on the balcony with God. When it came time to
check out of my hotel room, I asked the guy at the front desk when the next
shuttle would be leaving for the airport and he responded “probably in about 10
minutes”. I said thank you and started walking towards the door where I saw a
shuttle parked and people waiting with their luggage, I assumed that was the
shuttle that would be leaving for the airport in 10 minutes. After a few
minutes the driver came out and started helping people get their things into
the back of the shuttle. I only had my small carry-on bag so I pointed to it
and then to the door at the front of the shuttle and he shook his head yes and
I took my seat on the bus with my bag. As we started driving through downtown
Miami, I was becoming a little confused because I knew that was not the way
that we had taken from the airport to the hotel the night before, but I
reassured myself that he maybe had to make multiple stops along the way. As we
pulled into the cruise port, I kept reassuring myself that after he dropped the
people off for their cruises that he was headed to the airport. WRONG. When all
the people finally got off the bus I explained to him that I thought we were
going to the airport. He pretty much told me he could not break the rules and
that he was not allowed to take anyone off of the cruise port property of or he
would be fined a large amount of money. I didn’t know what to do. He told me to
take a taxi but I didn’t see any taxi’s and I didn’t have extra money to spend
on a taxi taking me to the airport when I should have already made it to
Ecuador! I started crying and I picked up my bag to get off of the shuttle and try
to find a taxi wherever one might be found. The driver began to feel bad for
me, so he told me to go to the back of the shuttle and duck down until we got
past security. I was really confused and not so sure what I should do but I
definitely didn’t want to have to find and pay for a taxi so I did what he
said. When we passed through security he told me it was ok to sit up and kept
telling me not to cry because he would take me to the airport. When he dropped
me off at the airport he said, “this is my gift to you, please do not cry
anymore” so I thanked him and wished him a happy new year and got off of the
shuttle. Then I couldn’t help but laugh the rest of the day at what had
happened! I couldn’t believe that something like that happened in the States! (granted,
it is Miami). I thought things like that only happened in Ecuador! Either way,
I was thankful to end up where I needed to be and that I could laugh about it. It
sort of made the whole trip better and seemed more funny than horrible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I didn’t end up getting to spend that night with the
kids but I did get a good laugh. I also got to spend the night in Quito with a
friend and although we didn’t do much, it was very nice to go onto the roof top
at mid-night and watch the millions of fireworks around the city (the neighbor
was even lighting fireworks off of their balcony?!?!). It will definitely be a
time that I will not forget when looking back on all the things I have done to
celebrate the coming year! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am looking forward to the new season God has for me
and all of the blessings of this year. I can’t wait to learn and see and grow
in unexpected ways! God is so good and His plans are bigger than we can expect!
I can’t wait to be a part of whatever He is doing here this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NEW YEAR</i>! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-27640244462367298562011-12-02T13:02:00.001-08:002011-12-02T13:13:39.449-08:00Christmas Time is Near!<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Just a week and a half away...I can't believe our Christmas program is
already coming up. I wanted to try my best to get these kids prepared for the
best Christmas program ever! :-) When I was younger, the Christmas program was
always the highlight of the Christmas service at church. I love the feeling you
get remembering and celebrating Christ’s birth. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have been working on our Christmas program for almost 2
months; learning our lines, songs and dances, sewing costumes, painting
backdrops. It has definitely has been a busy and overwhelming. At times I have
wished that it would just be over so I could get a little rest between all the
sewing, fabric dying, hot glueing, painting and homework. However, today when
we were finishing up the last backdrop, a huge relief came over me. Along with
that, rehearsal for the play went perfect yesterday! Where there were bad
attitudes of "this is ALL we EVER do", they were replaced with good
attitudes of "this is almost here, let’s work hard and get things done".
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have had the privilege, lately, to stay extra late to work
with 5 of the older girls on a ribbon dance. We finally finished the
choreography yesterday! As they were rehearsing, they looked like they were
trying to remember each step and it wasn't flowing together very well. It
looked more like work than dancing. So I stopped the girls and we talked a
little bit about the music, "Star of Wonder", by Sufjan Stevens. I
asked them what the song was about and Thalia answered "It's a Christmas
song about the Christmas star that the Reyes Magos (Wisemen) followed".
Then we talked a little about what Christmas was, what we were celebrating with
our Christmas program, how the different people went to adore Christ the night
that He was born and how dancing is a form of worship. I told them to put in
all of that emotion and dance for the Lord. The last time we practiced our
dance....it looked AMAZING! I am sooo in awe of how much talent these girls
have! They are good at EVERYTHING! :-) But maybe I am biased....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today after we finished up the last backdrop, Mami Ines
asked me for some help cutting Edison’s hair. They had messed up a little bit
and they weren't sure how to fix it. I went down to try to teach them how to
blend in the lines. I thought of the very first time I came to Casa de Fe in
March of 2008. Ines was there helping me cut hair the very first time. Just
thinking back on all the time I've spent with these kids and these people in
Shell gave me this overwhelming, blessed feeling, That same feeling you get
when you think of your family and all the memories over the years. The ups and
the downs. I can't say enough how thankful I am for this family. Even the
teenage attitudes. :-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never knew that
so much love could come from one small organ that fits inside your body. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">God exceeds my expectations everyday. He fills me with so
much love so that I know how much I am loved by Him. No matter if I give Him a
bad teenaged attitude, His love for me never changes. His love is bigger than
this great love that I have inside of me. That's so incomprehensible! But I am
so grateful for all of it...and for everything He has done for me...and for my
family...here and in the States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">P.S. I forgot to mention that on Thanksgiving Day we were in
a parade! I will post some pictures below! We got to dress up in traditional
Quechua clothing and do a dance from a town called Otavalo. That was another
thing that we practiced A LOT. Everything turned out great! While the older
kids and teachers did the dance in the parade, the younger kids got to choose
what they want to be when they grow up...and they rode in a float dressed as
their chosen profession. We had a doctor, nurse, vet, firefighter, baker,
ballerina, military, pilot...ect. Everything turned out so cute!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This year I am only teaching three classes each day. This is because along with teaching I will be doing a number of other things. I am in charge of all the art/school supplies and handing it out to the teachers as they need it as well as keeping it organized when we get new donations in. I will also be helping with the groups who come through and sort of leading them with projects that they can be working on while they are here and after all the assessments are finished with the kids; I will be helping with tutoring and filling in any extra holes in my schedule with helping with therapy. It sounds really busy but I will actually just be working your regular 40ish hour week. <br />
This school year, like the others, has changed and grown so much again. We now have more Ecuadorian teachers in the school than American teachers and the kids are getting more subjects in Spanish. The school’s Director of Education is a lady who is a Pastor at a church here in Shell. She is also teaching Bible for the kids so that they can hear God’s word in their own language, something that is very important. I can relate to this because I am now attending a church in Spanish and it is just not the same as hearing it in English. <br />
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I have almost been here for three weeks! That is so hard to believe. On one hand it seems like I have been here longer, almost as if I wasn’t even home for the last year, and on the other hand I am not sure where exactly the last three weeks have gone. It’s so great to be back here in Shell where all the time, everywhere I look I am reminded of God’s creativity! I love walking to school and seeing the mountains and on a clear day the volcanos! I love sitting at my desk upstairs on the third floor and all there is in front of me is a big screen wall where I can just see the jungle outside. I love sleeping in my room when the rain is falling. I love a lot of things about being here but most of all I love being able to be a part of these kids’ lives again. Being a part of their every day and seeing them grow and seeing how they’ve grown over the last four years. It’s a really big blessing to have been a part of this for as long as I have; seeing the kids in three different buildings, now finally on the property. I am excited to see what God brings here to the orphanage in the future, how much it changes and grows and seeing the kids fall in love with Jesus. I am very fortunate to be here and see the love that He has for this place!<br />
I will try to get some pictures up very soon! There are so many new things from the last time that I was here and the kids have grown so much! I cannot wait to share this whole year. <br />
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I got a new email address! Feel free to write me! I love emails! <br />
Melissa@lacasadefe.org<br />
Also find out how you can support me at:<br />
www.cornerstoneinternational.org/staff-short-term<br />
You can find my name under the short term missionaries! (All donations are tax deductible.) <br />
And you can read more about La Casa de Fe at:<br />
www.lacasadefe.org<br />
On the website for Casa de Fe you can read the blogs of others who are working here as well! Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-65582038701662674272011-06-08T11:56:00.000-07:002011-06-08T12:02:31.881-07:00KENTUCKY<div align="left"><img style="WIDTH: 223px; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615925724747709858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayKUNyzbaCcsoLYea3Jyj_Ps_TQpuHaz1DWAwgnZTBLZJHF2gFasSoAQ7OlhrxhYF88r38-kOngIrAyn8K7eKy5fK07JaBpOizckxHCOKxvVDbTNDMaKAF4fGut8p4Kbhl8e5bnK7k-o/s320/252804_2007734308294_1091761124_2435631_5504414_n.jpg" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yugb8Ywll-_4j6ZlvRD-g9fHpvFVg7YXoEVRDmwMKatqfrIIRHU2Bo2uyc8GVqfnIcjiy-6M9vr5QiModY-5Blt69I9l5Fe6y7Sd0Zp4NXoXif-RhJlhlMXV40HyKCGYDPd88ze5KY/s1600/254427_2008305642577_1091761124_2436296_6769060_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 218px; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615925730674236914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yugb8Ywll-_4j6ZlvRD-g9fHpvFVg7YXoEVRDmwMKatqfrIIRHU2Bo2uyc8GVqfnIcjiy-6M9vr5QiModY-5Blt69I9l5Fe6y7Sd0Zp4NXoXif-RhJlhlMXV40HyKCGYDPd88ze5KY/s320/254427_2008305642577_1091761124_2436296_6769060_n.jpg" /></a><br />JEFFERSON LEDONNE<br /><br /></div><br /><div>I have attached my support letter to my blog (the post below this) just in case I forgot to add anyone to my mailing list! If you would like to be on my mailing list to receive my newsletters and prayer cards, just send an email to medlin.melissa@gmail.com with your mailing address and I will be sure to add you!<br /><br />Also....<br /><br />I wanted to share a little bit about my time in Kentucky visiting CornerStone and the LeDonne family. :)<br /><br />The first experience that I had, I must tell you, is that I could have driven to Wilmore, KY about five times in the time that it took me to fly from KC to Louisville. It was a long day, I remembered how much I really do not enjoy the actual traveling part of going somewhere. Not only was I stressed about being late to the airport but just as soon as I got through security I realized my flight had been delayed for an unknown amount of time. Chicago was having severe thunderstorms, which delayed all the flights out of Chicago. When I finally got to Chicago thinking that I would barely make my next flight, I found out it too had been delayed. I should have known. There were so many people in that airport you hardly had anywhere to stand. I also received several text messages upon my arrival to the Chicago airport that there was a tornado in KC that I apparently had just missed. Then, I finally made it to Louisville, KY to pick up my rental car and drive another hour and a half to Wilmore. I was so relieved to get into Wilmore! Arriving at the Joneses house I was made aware of the tornado warnings that were now there. So we drove out to CornerStone (a very cute house transformed into offices, in the middle of nowhere) and Duane and Suzanne equipped me with all the information, candles and matches in case of a tornado. I was extremely tired from traveling and sitting in airports all day, so the Joneses left and I went to sleep. I was asleep for maybe four hours with tornadoes on my brain when I woke up to a terrifying noise. I grabbed my pillow and ran to the basement, forgetting about the candle and the matches. After a few moments of silence and prayer I headed back upstairs. Worrying about the weather and if I would wake up if a real tornado came, I heard another noise like before. Again, I ran downstairs, this time with nothing else. I thought I was going crazy. After about the third or fourth time of hearing this tornado like noise and running downstairs for cover, it hit me that this “tornado like noise” was possibly a train. Finally I grew so tired that no noise mattered and hopefully if there was a tornado I would wake up to the call I should get from either Duane or Suzanne. The next morning I did in fact find out that there was a train very close to the house. Sometimes when carrying heavy loads it causes the house to shake. It's been said that trains and tornadoes do sound the same...so I am not completely crazy. Every night after that I had amazing sleep, just for the record.<br /><br />Aside from that first day, my trip was PERFECT. I was extremely blessed to get to know some of my new family at CornerStone. The first full day that I spent at CornerStone was a Thursday. I think I mentioned before that on Thursdays they pray for their missionaries by name. I got to experience what a Thursday looks like at CornerStone and it was very encouraging. I woke up and after breakfast and coffee we started off the day reading through some of the Psalms together. After that we had a short lunch break and then went on to the missionary prayer set. They put up pictures of each of their missionaries and read aloud that persons prayer request. After discussing what was going on in each person's life there was a chance for anyone to get up and pray for whoever they felt led to pray for. I remember hearing names several times throughout the prayers. It was so encouraging to know that when I am in Shell, I will have people praying for me like that EVERY THURSDAY! At the end of the set everyone took turns praying for me. Everything that people were praying about for me or even the words of wisdom and encouragement that they had for me, was everything that had been on my heart and everything I needed to hear. God is so good and He knows us so well. <3<br /><br />Friday I got to drive out to Danville to spend some time with the LeDonne family. They are the family who adopted Jefferson, who was in my kindergarten class. What an amazing thing that God allowed to happen! It was so incredible to see Jefferson with his family, where he fits in perfectly. God made him just for the LeDonne family. His personality completely matches theirs. You could tell how much he loves his family and how much they all love him. He is so happy and so comfortable. God worked in such a unique way getting Jefferson to the LeDonnes! His parents (Tim and Lisa) are some really neat people, with extremely huge hearts. We did a lot in the 2 days I spent with them. The first day Jefferson's brother and sister had softball and baseball practice. (Jefferson is also playing baseball!) While they were practicing Jefferson and I played in the skate park, one of his favorite places to be. After practice we went to his grandparents for dinner and after dinner we sat in the living room watching TV and talking. The next morning we ran a 5k. My first 5k ever. I got 3rd place for my age group 18-29! Jefferson's mom Lisa and his sister Lizzie also placed! After the race we did a little bit of shopping and then Lisa and I spent a couple hours talking about Jefferson's adoption. It was so moving to hear how God was in EVERY part of this adoption and how He set things up to work for their good.<br /><br />I know that I never write blogs this long! There's so much about this trip that I wanted to share because it meant so much to me that I got to go. To meet with CornerStone and meet Jefferson's family. This blog is already really long and I don't think I even did the trip justice with describing how much of a blessing and how encouraging it was. This trip was even more of a confirmation that this is what I am supposed to be doing. I am so thankful that I get to be a part of what is going on at Casa de Fe and watch these kids grow more and more every year. Although it's not always easy, it is such a blessing that God has allowed me to be a part of the plans that he has for this place.</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-57862945528599976112011-06-06T15:09:00.000-07:002011-06-08T11:56:21.714-07:00Support Letter<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrbX1pS4LeW83J_Nc5sIOcdiHCJeK8cqIJJdeeNvsI2lrW789WkQEMSFDTykEwRfFHSM813XNktvuaHDEtTKYXDxvl_dFrsDfe2wsjHUhu8Q1UZ2mmsZKJFJxFU2ZYyupxXUPdsGdFAA/s1600/viewer.png"><img style="WIDTH: 247px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615233088718016658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrbX1pS4LeW83J_Nc5sIOcdiHCJeK8cqIJJdeeNvsI2lrW789WkQEMSFDTykEwRfFHSM813XNktvuaHDEtTKYXDxvl_dFrsDfe2wsjHUhu8Q1UZ2mmsZKJFJxFU2ZYyupxXUPdsGdFAA/s320/viewer.png" /></a><br /><br />So here is a really small image of my support letter. I can not figure out how to actually upload it onto this blog.<br />It reads...<br /><br />Dear Friends and Family,<br />After being in Kansas City for a year, God has called me back to Shell, Ecuador to teach at La Casa de Fe Orphanage. I always knew that it was God's plan for me to end up there again, but I didn't imagine that it would be this soon! I am very excited to be the Art and Music teacher for the next school year! I am also blessed to be a new member of the CornerStone International family. CornerStone is a non-denominational missions organization that exists to train, equip, send and cover those who are called to cross-cultural missions. I spent a weekend at their missions base in Kentucky getting to know them and beginning to prepare for Ecuador. I am so thrilled to be going back to my other home and to have the chance to see the kids at Casa de Fe grow for another year.Previous to this past year in Kansas City, I was a volunteer teacher at this orphanage for two years. It is named La Casa de Fe (The House of Faith) and that is exactly what it is. It is home for about 60 abandoned and special needs children. The first year I was there, I taught 4th-6th grade Math and English. The second year, I taught Kindergarten. I learned so much more of how great God's love for us really is and how much He provides for us in ways that we sometimes don't even see. My budget for the nine month school year is $8,000. This includes everything...housing, food, travel, health insurance, supplies, etc. Would you like to be apart of my support team? Please see the enclosed insert for info. Thank you!<br /><br />In Love,<br /><br />Melissa</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9MqqF56-gj-NXvLpnrn4NimJV7zYJpxfU4LATNuuelHF1t5BtU_lfa5HSWKdIxNp-Z0ZsVyKBMuGR4HCAbq26xm-VobXWmssUDZdmq7KaJhDUQhmq9qF0A6WNFv1DjSj133KCc6mDEE/s1600/Medlin_prayer_card_edit_6+11.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 367px; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615235073985688626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9MqqF56-gj-NXvLpnrn4NimJV7zYJpxfU4LATNuuelHF1t5BtU_lfa5HSWKdIxNp-Z0ZsVyKBMuGR4HCAbq26xm-VobXWmssUDZdmq7KaJhDUQhmq9qF0A6WNFv1DjSj133KCc6mDEE/s320/Medlin_prayer_card_edit_6+11.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Email: <a href="mailto:medlin.melissa@gmail.com">medlin.melissa@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Websites: <a href="http://www.lacasadefe.org/">http://www.lacasadefe.org/</a><br /><a href="http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/">http://www.cornerstoneinternational.org/</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>If you'd like to help support my trip</div><br /><div>please make checks out to and send to:</div><br /><br /><div>CornerStone International </div><br /><div>PO BOX 192</div><br /><div>Wilmore, KY 40390</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Write "ST-Medlin" in the memo of the check.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You may also donate by paypal, automatic withdraw or credit card on CornerStone's website..<br /><a href="http://www.cornerstoninternational.org/staff-short-term">www.cornerstoninternational.org/staff-short-term</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776911394195701182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-23954616699188989502011-04-11T14:21:00.000-07:002011-04-11T14:45:20.534-07:00Ecuador and Etsy.comSo...after a long time of praying and talking to family and friends......and praying and talking to family and friends....I finally felt at peace with my decision to go back to Ecuador for this school year. I really, really wanted to go but I wanted to make sure that it wasn't just me wanting to go back, but that it was really what God had in His plans for me in this next season of my life. <br /><br />This means I am leaving in August! <br /><br />This time I am going to go through a wonderful organization (Cornerstone International) who will help me with my budgeting, send out my news letters, a million different other things that will be extremely helpful BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...THEY WILL BE PRAYING FOR ME EVERY THURSDAY! Prayer is so important. It will be so encouraging being down there and knowing that I have prayer warriors who are praying for me BY NAME every Thursday. <br /><br />I get the opportunity to go and meet everyone at Cornerstone next month and see what goes on at their "headquarters" or "home base" or whatever you want to call it. The prayer room and where all the behind the scenes stuff takes place. While I am in Kentucky visiting Cornerstone I also am SUPER BLESSED to be able to go and spend a little time with JEFFERSON! I get to meet his family! I get to see where he lives and what he does and how much he's grown! <br /><br />AHH! <br /><br />WWW.NICOLESANTI.ETSY.COM<br /><br />This is the link to my new Etsy Baby Shop. I named it after one of my little girls that I spoil from La Casa De Fe. <3 Nicole. I am using it as a way to help support myself while I am down in Ecuador. So if you know someone who is going to have a baby or if you have a baby CHECK IT OUT!<br /><br />please ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-12914289659677251282011-03-19T06:59:00.001-07:002011-03-19T07:47:32.459-07:00I haven't even looked at this...in...forever!<div align="center">DANZA KUDURO
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<br />I have been thinking about moving back to Ecuador in August, to teach again. If you guys would be so kind as to pray for me and direction and wisdom and all that stuff I need to correctly decide , that would be great and infinitely appreciated.
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<br />OH! Remember Jefferson? He was in my class last year. Anyway, this year he was adopted by a family in Kentucky! He's been doing really great in school and at home. He loves his family and tomorrow he is having his very first BIRTHDAY PARTY! He called me the other day! I got to talk to him on the phone! It made my whole week. He told me about school and how he always gets smiley stickers, how his favorite part of school is recess and lunch. He loves to eat chicken nuggets and hot dogs with ketchup. It was so good to hear his voice and talk to him and hear how happy he is! His English is so good that they wouldn't even accept him in the ESL program! He is doing a excelled reading program! And he has friends at school that speak Spanish, so that he doesn't loose it since he refuses to speak Spanish with his family :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-53982375747412103482009-10-23T14:42:00.000-07:002009-10-23T16:32:11.634-07:00Life Outside Of SchoolA lot of times I feel like I don't really have a life outside of school, my day at school ends anywhere between the hours of 2:30 and 3:30 and I am generally too tired to want to do anything in the almost 6 hours I have before bed. Although I have been working on my "grandmother skills" which include sewing, baking and crocheting.<br /><strong>Monday</strong> nights school does not end. I get home from school, prepare something for supper (Mondays are my night to cook), and at about 6:00 My 23 year old english student comes over for a conversational english class. Which is generally less stressful than my kindergarten class....depending on the topic of the night. This lesson usually goes on until about 9:00, which is my bed time.<br /><strong>Tuesday</strong> nights I have a break from whatever time I am finished at school until 7:00pm. This usually includes working on crocheting, sewing, reading or baking something. Then at 7:00 we have a womens Bible study/discussion group. Right now we are watching the Nooma videos by Rob Bell. So far we've had some really awesome conversations and I feel like we will really learn a lot from each other. It's been good to get different prospectives on things that God has been teaching us. (of course after this which can last until 10, is bedtime)<br /><strong>Wednesday</strong> nights again I have nothing in particular planned until 6:30 and then it's off to Patti Sue's for dinner! Wednesday nights have to be my favorite night. I love spending time over there with the now 4 babies she has in her house and the 3 girls. It's definately a family and it feels very homey and warm there. It's refreshing and relaxing to even just sit on the couch and watch tv holding a baby and having the girls play with your hair. I am excited for when the new property is ready and each kid in the orphanage has the chance to experience a real, unconditional loving family. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5LmQ5nJI/AAAAAAAAAC4/N3t_dWqSifc/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938174956051602" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5LmQ5nJI/AAAAAAAAAC4/N3t_dWqSifc/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5MH-ht4I/AAAAAAAAADI/kXzOqjwYljo/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938184005793666" style="WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5MH-ht4I/AAAAAAAAADI/kXzOqjwYljo/s320/4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> Wednesday Nights at Patti Sue's!</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5L0TkTRI/AAAAAAAAADA/5DqAjLdF7QM/s1600-h/6.jpg"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938178725334290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5L0TkTRI/AAAAAAAAADA/5DqAjLdF7QM/s320/6.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Progress on the property<br /><strong>Thursday</strong> nights are similar to Monday nights, except it's Dallas's night to cook! (Dallas is one of my roommates if I have not mentioned them before?) Also instead of the english class, it is spanish class for me! Which is good, because I feel like being here as long as I have been, I should definately be able to speak a lot more spanish then I can, or feel comfortable speaking. Last night was probably the most successful spanish class yet as I was having to tell stories about my life in spanish. It definately took a lot longer, but I didn't do to bad.<br /></div><div><strong>Fridays</strong>...it's Fridays and not Friday nights because we get out of school at noon on Fridays! After lunch we have a meeting with the director of the school. These are always really nice because we get all of our lesson planning done with the help of each other and of Katie (the director). Also this is a time to get out any venting or concerns we have. It's really a relief to know that there is someone there keeping us accountable to our work as well as someone we can go to whether we feel like crying or screaming. After our meetings it's catching up on phone calls and emails until 6:30. Then it's time for Friday Night Dinners...which is always different. Different peoples houses...sometimes we play games and sometimes we watch movies. </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5LfazH5I/AAAAAAAAACo/7jAz8Mkh_n0/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938173118521234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 157px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5LfazH5I/AAAAAAAAACo/7jAz8Mkh_n0/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>A Friday Night Dinner dedicated to Tandy's birthday and the "Death" to her early twenties.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Saturdays</strong> are days to do absolutely nothing. (except working on "Grandma Skills")</div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6SQpq0SI/AAAAAAAAADg/u8RjDs0XSsU/s1600-h/7.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395939388925071650" style="WIDTH: 345px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6SQpq0SI/AAAAAAAAADg/u8RjDs0XSsU/s320/7.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><div>homemade bread<br /><br /><strong>Sundays</strong> it's off to church and lunch either with "Proactive Award" kids from our classes or pre-schoolers and the rest of the day is filled with preparing everything for the week ahead.</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6SglMpdI/AAAAAAAAADo/Z0AjfjKkG68/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395939393201284562" style="WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6SglMpdI/AAAAAAAAADo/Z0AjfjKkG68/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Nicole and I on the walk from church to lunch!<br /></div><div>Explaining all of this, my life does sound pleanty busy, and very much like a life outside of school. Maybe it's just that life is a lot more slow paced and consistant here. Every week here is very much the same although people are constantly coming and going. </div><div> </div><div>I've found my favorite times outside of school to be between the hours of 6:00 and 7:00pm sitting alone on my roof watching the sky change and the sunset with a cup of tea. This is the time when I am really able to step back and process all the different things God is doing in my life here as well as others. I think that sometimes we can become too busy and stressed out and blinded by our everyday lives or just thrown into a consistant pattern that we forget that there is a bigger picture, and there is more to life than just eating, drinking, working and playing. </div><div><br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6RwgZdVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/MLzQl7hgDGQ/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395939380296250706" style="WIDTH: 552px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 344px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI6RwgZdVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/MLzQl7hgDGQ/s320/9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Our God is creative. Look how he paints the skies and carves the mountains. Think if he is this creative with the sky and the mountains how much more creativity he puts in ourlives. </div><div> </div><div>ITS EXCITING!</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SuI5MH-ht4I/AAAAAAAAADI/kXzOqjwYljo/s1600-h/4.jpg"></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-31050997134357061372009-10-10T13:57:00.000-07:002009-10-10T14:14:47.371-07:00Begin With The End In Mind :-)<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD3kGCRdWI/AAAAAAAAACI/CyMC0ERRIkA/s1600-h/53.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080953429980514" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD3kGCRdWI/AAAAAAAAACI/CyMC0ERRIkA/s400/53.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Miss Melissa, Antoney, Alondra, Ana, Jeff, Ivan, Vero<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD361zbbvI/AAAAAAAAACY/wi9TGiZcuBA/s1600-h/47.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391081344209743602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD361zbbvI/AAAAAAAAACY/wi9TGiZcuBA/s400/47.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our Alphabet wall<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD36eauTDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/-UtSyP-Ve38/s1600-h/46.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391081337932106802" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD36eauTDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/-UtSyP-Ve38/s400/46.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />They get High Five's for being proactive..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD37Dsiq1I/AAAAAAAAACg/AXhQetgzq0s/s1600-h/45.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391081347938954066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/StD37Dsiq1I/AAAAAAAAACg/AXhQetgzq0s/s400/45.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Also for beginning with the end in mind :-)<br /><br />It's been over a month since school started! I can not believe how fast time goes by. Kindergarten has been such an experience and challenge so far. I wasnot very aware of how creative you have to be to teach kindergarten. So far in this last month we've learned the letters a,c,d,f and are working on the letter g. We've also learned the numbers 1-5 and are working on learning the number 6. The creative struggle is coming up with a million different ways to teach the same thing. We've used numerous things from rice, string and macaroni to play dough and paint to shape our letters and numbers. Also several different objects for counting.<br /><br />We have now moved on to learning our second rule. "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND". On Thursday we got to watch 2 skits that Miss Alison's class put together onbeginning with the end in mind. One was a weight lifting competition where 2 of the kids practiced and won first place and one kid did not practice and he failedbecause he did not "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND". The second skit was about 3 friends going on vacation. The first two knew were they were going and invited the thirdfriend along. The third friend did not ask questions about where they were going and not "BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND" she packed a swim suit, sunglasses, and other summer clothes when they were going to Alaska. The kids did a great job. On Friday with my kindergarten class we baked 2 cakes. The first cake we didn't "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND"and we didn't use a recipe, we just guessed how much of each ingredients to put in. For the second cake we used a recipe. We compared the taste, sight and texture of the two cakesto decide if it was better to "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND" or to just do without thinking or planning.<br /><br />Prayer Thoughts:<br />Thanksgiving-<br />My monthly support has been pledged!<br />2 of my best friends are getting married, Becky and Levi!<br />Saturdays :-) My only day to completely do nothing!<br />Requests-<br />Patience and understanding in class.<br />Plane tickets...I need one back to Ecuador after Christmas, and one back after Becky and<br />Levi's wedding.<br />For the Lord to be with Becky and Levi in their engagement and their wedding, that they<br />don't get to stressed out planning and that He is the center of their<br />relationship.<br />Stephen, the new baby, who has trouble breathing, for his health<br />Anita Bebe, that the Lord heals her from her "nightmare" episodes<br /><br />Matthew 6:25-34<br />Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-11530767303667459612009-09-19T16:35:00.000-07:002009-09-19T16:37:18.848-07:002 Peter 1:4-11Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.<br />For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.<br />Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-48812706735828132752009-09-12T10:32:00.000-07:002009-09-12T11:28:26.320-07:00BACK TO SCHOOL!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqveqU__kbI/AAAAAAAAABQ/WI2a0w0dbvU/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380638998597177778" style="WIDTH: 676px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqveqU__kbI/AAAAAAAAABQ/WI2a0w0dbvU/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br />La Nueva Casita<br /></div><div> </div><div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Miss Melissa's Kindergarten Class</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqveqnA_eiI/AAAAAAAAABY/bY5MCRyzm70/s1600-h/Ana.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380639003433204258" style="WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqveqnA_eiI/AAAAAAAAABY/bY5MCRyzm70/s320/Ana.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/Sqveq8AreOI/AAAAAAAAABg/NVPfHObcbp8/s1600-h/Evan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380639009069037794" style="WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/Sqveq8AreOI/AAAAAAAAABg/NVPfHObcbp8/s320/Evan.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqverTlx2kI/AAAAAAAAABo/TYj2Ddna5Uw/s1600-h/Jefferson.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380639015398660674" style="WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqverTlx2kI/AAAAAAAAABo/TYj2Ddna5Uw/s320/Jefferson.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Ana, Ivan, Jefferson<br /> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlIJzy4bI/AAAAAAAAACA/bMzfvPtRqOA/s1600-h/Antoney1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380646108059066802" style="WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlIJzy4bI/AAAAAAAAACA/bMzfvPtRqOA/s400/Antoney1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlH8SKj5I/AAAAAAAAAB4/zMI_VeN_LoQ/s1600-h/Alondra.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380646104428351378" style="WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlH8SKj5I/AAAAAAAAAB4/zMI_VeN_LoQ/s400/Alondra.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlHQXhvEI/AAAAAAAAABw/EVhAfOh9A3Q/s1600-h/veranica.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380646092639681602" style="WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SqvlHQXhvEI/AAAAAAAAABw/EVhAfOh9A3Q/s400/veranica.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Antoney , Alondra (on the right) , Veronica </div><div> <br /><br /><br /></div><div><div>This year is going to be great. I can tell. There is so much organization and structure. The kids need this kind of structure. They are excited to be in school. As well as following the rules with positive reinforcement. In which, the prizes don't consist of things, but honors like praying in chapel before school on Mondays or holding the Christian Flag/Bible as we say our Pledges, helping out in various ways in the class rooms or going on a special date with the new "Principle" of the school. </div><br /><br /><div>Before school started on Wednesday, we had two teacher inservice days. They were super helpful in showing us teachers how to keep organized.Tuesday was 13 hours straight (no breaks) working on school work and getting things ready for classes to start. Decorating for to celebrate the first days of school.<br /><br /></div><div>This year I am teaching Kingergarten, which, is quiet a big change from last year. (teaching 4th-6th grade) I have to remember to slow down a lot. Not only have these kids not been in an english class setting...nor have some of them been in a class setting at all. It's a lot of repeating how they should be sitting or holding a pencil or making a straight line, practicing drawing circles and learning what the letters and numbers look like. It's going to be fun. I get to be super creative with how I teach things. The more active and colorful the lessons are the faster the kids will learn!<br /></div><br /><br /><div>This year I am also living in a new house with the two new teachers of La Casa De Fe. I am so thankful to God for the people he's placed me with down here that make it bearable to be away from home. :-) I've only been back for a week, but we've already had a lot of fun times in our new house! With more to come! It's also good to see the old faces of Shell! I am glad to be back.<br /></div><br /><div>I have a few prayer requests, if you think about it when you are praying...<br /></div><div> </div><div>* Wisdom- for a lot of things..in the classroom, to be a good steward of my money, to know here God wants me to be and what he wants me to do..<br /></div><div>* Patience- in school, as the kids are getting used to having a more structured schedule and just in general.<br /></div><div>* Love- to remember always to love everyone as JC loves us.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I will post most of my pictures on facebook. ( email for facebook <a href="mailto:missie8085@hotmail.com">missie8085@hotmail.com</a>)<br />Email- <a href="mailto:medlin.melissa@gmail.com">medlin.melissa@gmail.com</a></div><div>Magic Jack Phone #- 816-984-2556</div><div>Skype- melissa.medlin</div><div></div><div>Address in the states- </div><div>Melissa Medlin</div><div>6922 S. Buckner Tarsney Rd.</div><div>Oak Grove Mo, 64075</div><div></div><div>(I will get anything you send to this address but...it might just take a while because it will have to be re-sent here to Ecuador)</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/Sqvep_8iD5I/AAAAAAAAABI/jT7uI7NnBLo/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380638992945516434" style="WIDTH: 361px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/Sqvep_8iD5I/AAAAAAAAABI/jT7uI7NnBLo/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">smashing coffee beans because we didn't have a grinder</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">This shows you how important coffee is......</span></div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-3360265826213791572009-08-01T11:25:00.000-07:002009-08-01T11:48:59.817-07:00summertime<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SnSN2R9HURI/AAAAAAAAABA/DvjilwwVcZM/s1600-h/Ecua+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365069019777290514" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yog-mwfLc3Y/SnSN2R9HURI/AAAAAAAAABA/DvjilwwVcZM/s400/Ecua+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Anita (one of the girls who will be my student this next school year 2009-2010)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So it's been a really long time since I've wrote on here.<br /><br /><br />I'm home!<br /><br /><br />I've been home for about a month and have about a month left here.<br /><br /><br />So far it's been really great getting to see everyone and just hang out with friends and family.<br /><br /><br />Now I also need to start working on getting things ready to go back to Ecuador.<br /><br /><br />Next year I am teaching Kindergarten!! I am so excited. I feel like in some ways it will be more of a challenge and in other ways it will be less. I will have about 5-6 students and school will be Monday-Friday 830-300. I am excited to get to work with these younger kids and be apart of their discovering new things and ideas. I have a lot of fun ideas for the class and will be using a cirriculum called "The Noah Plan". We will be introducing the kids to Science, Math, Geography, History, Literature, Art and Music...not to forget P.E. , snack time and nap time. :-)<br /><br /><br />This year will be so much different from the last and I am excited to see what God has in store.<br /><br /><br /><p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-35377522648364852682009-04-15T14:45:00.000-07:002009-04-15T14:46:52.295-07:00It's been a while....Two blog posts. Almost a month apart.<br /><br />Sorry :)<br /><br />3-18<br />March has flown by so fast. I don't even know where all this time has gone?! This week I have a new student in my class. Her name is Talia.She came to the orphanagewith her 2 younger sisters. Their mom died and their dad is an alcoholic.The landlord oftheir apartment was offering them food but only if he could get "favors" in return. They were at the orphanage a few weeks ago for the weekend but the police took them back to be with their father. The returned again this last friday on their own. NowPatti Sue has custody of them until the police do an investigation. Which I guess can takeup to a couple of years? PTL that they are with us and are safe. They all seem to really love being at Casa De Fe. They enjoyed going to church yesterday, they new food they are recieving and the love from everyone who works with Casa De Fe. Talia even started to usesome of the english the other kids have been using.<br />This next weekend I will be traveling to Quito! My best friend Kallie is coming to visit! I am super excited to have her here for 2 weeks to help out. It's going to be a busy couple weeks. But extremely fun. I'm really really looking forward to seeing her. The last few days she is herewe are going to take a trip to the beach! I haven't been yet, so what better way to spend Easter weekend than on the beach?<br />4-15<br />I haven't updated in a really long time. I started updating in March and never finished.I have been really busy with Kallie visiting and going to the beach over Easter weekend. The last two weeks have been really insane as far as just constantly doing things.It was nice to have someone from home here. A best friend at that. I got to show Kallie a lot of what is around Ecuador even things that I hadn't been able to see yet. We also made a lot of new friends. I think I feel more at home here now than I have yet.I am going to be sad to be away for the 2 months that I am home, but extremely happyto see everyone I love and miss. The school year with only a little over 2 months lefthas gone by extremely fast, though at times it seemed slow. Next year will be so differentfrom this year with everyone that I know here this year leaving. Even some of the Ecuadorians.Not leaving Ecuador, just places farther than a simple bus ride away. Also we are going to beworking with a lady who is going to do all the administrative aspect of the school. Next year withthe kids will be more organized. They are doing good this year learning a lot of english. Next year they will get all the subjects that a normal school would offer. God's really been providing a lot.It's neat to see his hand working. To see him teaching, providing, healing. Sometimes I get too busy doing "stuff" that I don't step back and stop to see how he really has a part in everything.I hope everyone is doing well. I feel very behind on everything back home. I'm sorry I have not kept in better touch or updated more recent. Email me and tell me whats going on. <3<3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-88393721224693114362009-02-24T19:19:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:55:43.028-08:00RocksI don't really look back on these things, so sorry if I tell you things over and over....<br /><br />Thank God, first of all before I update on anything else, that I have not been spending as much time at the dentist. :) It really is better that I have had all the problems with my teeth that I've had here, instead of back in the states. So thank you JC for both the cheapness and now for being done. Well sort of. I am still going to take kids every wednesday until they have all gotten the chance to go to the dentist and get updated on their dental needs. But this is not agrivating like having all the problems myself and going almost everyday of the week.<br /><br />Some new things that have been going on...<br /><br />This past weekend and Monday and today have been "Carnival". It's the time before lent. Some traditions of celebrating carnival are....dumping water on anyone and everyone who is walking down the street, as well as throwing water balloons at anyone and smashing an egg with flour on someones head. The Ecuadorian schools get the Monday and Tuesday of carnival off, however being dedicated as we are :) still had school. In the afternoon we filled up numerous water balloons and had the hugest water fight I have ever had in my entire life. It was amazing. A few of us even got the whole egg and flour on the head part of carnival. I think the kids really enjoyed having carnival...even though we still had class.<br /><br />In class for math we are still working on odd and even numbers as well as telling time and counting money. For english we are working in books called "All Around Me" we do worksheets from the book as well as keep a journal that we write in at least 1 or 2 times a week using only the english we know or with pictures.<br />For Angel (my 11 year old boy who can not read) I just copied a whole book "Beginning to Read" which we will work one on one with him. It has great activities that I think will really help him. From what we have done so far he is already trying to sound out words. I think he will be reading by the end of this year for sure.<br />The kids are starting to use their english more and I am really impressed with the things that they do know. A few of my older girls do a great job reading in english.<br />I am excited to see the end result of this year.<br /><br />There is a group here right now from Fargo North Dakota, on Saturday I got the privilege of having breakfast with the ladies from the group and some other missionary women from the Shell community. The purpose of the breakfast was so that the ladies from the group could get to know women who lived and worked in Shell and hear about their ministry. It was really awesome to hear some of the things God has done in these womens lives. Lately He has been teaching me a lot and I have just been so blown away by every bit of it. I've asked God to start throwing rocks at me to remind me to live for Him daily. It's so crazy the things He shows and teaches you when you really want to learn and listen to Him.<br /><br />I would absolutely love to talk about all these rocks and anything else going on with anyone. Email, phone, skype, facebook....<br /><br />Here is all my contact info...please keep in touch!<br /><br />Email- <a href="mailto:missie8085@hotmail.com">missie8085@hotmail.com</a><br />Phone- 816-256-3923<br />Skype- melissa.medlin<br />Address in the states- Melissa Medlin<br />6922 S Buckner Tarsney Rd<br />Oak Grove Mo 64075<br /><br />Address in Ecuador- Melissa Medlin<br />Casilla # 16-01-854<br />Puyo, Pastaza<br />Ecuador, South AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529869385910318554.post-28547430260400544142009-02-03T15:33:00.000-08:002009-02-03T15:53:54.723-08:00My Life At The Dentist...........Today started out like any normal day. Wake up, coffee, check my email, breakfast, get ready for school, walk to school, teach, home for lunch, dentist office, home, ect. ect. ect.<br /><br />Yes. Going to the denist is part of at least 3 days of my week.<br />It started out about 2-2 1/2 weeks ago...during class I aquired this massive tooth ache and had to end class early. Patti Sue drove me to the dentist to find out I had an infection in my tooth. So then that consisted of going to the dentist every other day to get it drilled on and filled with medicine and then a temporary filling. My tooth was not getting better and it was decided to have a root canal. So last week I had a painful root canal. Still...the infection is not healing. So in order to get rid of the infection and save the rest of my teeth, the only option is to pull the tooth that has the infection. So today I went in and had my tooth pulled. Friday I go back to have it checked up to make sure the infection is gone and get the rest of my teeth cleaned. Its been a really long 2 1/2 weeks with most of my afternoons spent at the dentist. So I pray that this friday is the last time I have to go to the dentist for the next...what is it? Sixs months? For a normal check up and cleaning. I could go the rest of my life without having to deal with any of this again. However, it has reminded me of trust. How I can trust the Lord to get me through any situation and that in the end I will be just fine. Even if it takes 2 1/2 weeks or more to get the answers to our prayers. (and this is just a TINY situation compared to most)<br /><br />I have recently started to read my Bible in Chronological order. Reading in Job and how the Lord tested him so much taking away everything from him and making him ill really helped remind me of how small this was in comparison. I think in some situations people might ask "Why are you putting me through this?" and although we may never know exactly we just have to trust that God will never give us more than we can handle, even if it seems like we can't take it anymore. We need to learn to rest in God through our troubles. Jesus was sleeping on the boat. Not on the relaxing waves but through a fierce storm.<br /><br /><br /><3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<br /><br />Matthew 11:28-30Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0