Two posts in one day?! Oh yeah!
Kiva is a microfinance organization focused on lending to small business owners in impoverished areas. This is how the program goes:
Step 1) You can look through hundreds of businesses on the website. You pick one.
Step 2) You can use PayPal or Credit/Debit to make a $25 donation to that business.
Step 3) Others make a donation until the loan is complete.
Step 4) The business owner begins to pay off the debt (in either 6 months or a year usually)
Step 5) When the loan is repaid you can either ask for a $25 check back or make another loan!
Why am I telling you this now?! Well, If you click HERE you can make a $25 loan for free! Kiva is having a promotion so that you can make a loan without paying anything. So please follow this link and join today! http://kiva.org/invitedby/elizabeth8141
About Us
- Jamie Anne and Lizziey June
- Kasoa, Ghana
- Back in the day, the old-days of the New Testament, it was honorable to be a disciple. It was so honorable, in fact, that a disciple would leave everything: house, friends, and family to learn to be exactly like the rabbi. During these times a blessing developed: “May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.” Right out of college, two girls decided to pursue the call to teaching in Africa. They invite you to join their words and thoughts as they shake the dust of their chacos off on their blog, hoping to reveal to you all that God is revealing to them.
Monday, August 1, 2011
A Passport, a List, and a Little Love!
Can you believe August 1st is here already?! The countdown is on; Jamie and I will leave the US in 29 days.
A Passport!
After many weeks of gathering paperwork (including Monica sending me some important documents I left at her house!) and finding a post office in Speedway, I sent my visa application in and hoped for the best. I was a little weary of this as the post office worker helping me seemed to not totally understand how to process a visa. But a few days ago my visa arrive at my front steps! I am so excited to see that slip of paper in my passport making my trip official.
A List
There have been a few looming questions left unanswered, but today one of the former SMC teachers at Our Lady of the Holy Cross School corresponded and gave me a few tips about what Jamie and I should pack for our students. I know many of you have been wondering about this as well, so I've made a list of items needed here!
Basically, we will need anything we are giving to the kids in batches of 36. For instance, we need 36 boxes of crayons. We will also need 36 pairs of scissors, etc.
For the students:
24-ct. Crayons
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Colored Pencils
Pens (blue or black...like the packages of BIC)
The students also enjoy (all in quantities of 36):
Stickers
Silly Bandz
Sunglasses
(pretty much any thing that is small and can be found in quantities of 36)
Little Love:
Crossroads celebrated Love Week a few weeks back! In a nutshell, the entire church spent an entire week committing to serve the community with Christ's love. But one of my favorite little lady's (she just graduated 2nd grade herself!) found some super cool supplies for Our Lady of the Holy Cross 2nd graders in Ghana! I am so fond of the phonics workbook and math flashcards that she donated to the students! That said, Jamie and I will take ANY school supplies you'd like to donate (including classroom decorations!) So for all of you who donate, either in material items or in prayer for the upcoming year, thank you for making every day an extension of Love Week!
And as I was rummaging (okay, okay, stalking...) a former group of students from Saint Mary's I found two lovely videos of their time in Kasoa. The first is a tour of their room and the local market. The second video is a glimpse of how excited the students were to receive a package from the US!
Tour of the Room and Market in Kasoa!
Students Excited for Presents!
A Passport!
After many weeks of gathering paperwork (including Monica sending me some important documents I left at her house!) and finding a post office in Speedway, I sent my visa application in and hoped for the best. I was a little weary of this as the post office worker helping me seemed to not totally understand how to process a visa. But a few days ago my visa arrive at my front steps! I am so excited to see that slip of paper in my passport making my trip official.
A List
There have been a few looming questions left unanswered, but today one of the former SMC teachers at Our Lady of the Holy Cross School corresponded and gave me a few tips about what Jamie and I should pack for our students. I know many of you have been wondering about this as well, so I've made a list of items needed here!
Basically, we will need anything we are giving to the kids in batches of 36. For instance, we need 36 boxes of crayons. We will also need 36 pairs of scissors, etc.
For the students:
24-ct. Crayons
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Colored Pencils
Pens (blue or black...like the packages of BIC)
The students also enjoy (all in quantities of 36):
Stickers
Silly Bandz
Sunglasses
(pretty much any thing that is small and can be found in quantities of 36)
Little Love:
Crossroads celebrated Love Week a few weeks back! In a nutshell, the entire church spent an entire week committing to serve the community with Christ's love. But one of my favorite little lady's (she just graduated 2nd grade herself!) found some super cool supplies for Our Lady of the Holy Cross 2nd graders in Ghana! I am so fond of the phonics workbook and math flashcards that she donated to the students! That said, Jamie and I will take ANY school supplies you'd like to donate (including classroom decorations!) So for all of you who donate, either in material items or in prayer for the upcoming year, thank you for making every day an extension of Love Week!
And as I was rummaging (okay, okay, stalking...) a former group of students from Saint Mary's I found two lovely videos of their time in Kasoa. The first is a tour of their room and the local market. The second video is a glimpse of how excited the students were to receive a package from the US!
Tour of the Room and Market in Kasoa!
Students Excited for Presents!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Commencement
Hello Friends,
It's been over a week since Jamie and I both accepted our diplomas signaling both the end of our undergraduate careers and the beginning of life outside of academia.
It's been exciting to watch my roommate land her first job, find her first "real" apartment, and start the adventure of adulthood.
Jamie and I, along with several other classmates decided to not just take a different path, but to go off-roading for at least a year. All SMC graduates participating in service were honored a few weeks ago with a blessing and ceremony. You can read an article about it here. Some pictures from the event are included below:
The ceremony was beautiful and moving, and we are thankful that our college believes so strongly in the mission of service.
Jamie and I also met with Sister Esther the week before we graduated! We found out that there are two different positions in store for us! One of us will be in a classroom of second graders. The other will be in the library, the computer room, possibly teaching some 4th graders, along with whatever else the school needs! We are super excited.
It's at this moment that I'll put in a plug for all former teachers reading this blog: if you have any materials you'd like to give/loan us or ideas to share, we would love to have them!
I stole two pictures from Jamie's facebook of some very special people in our lives:
Thanks for reading!
It's been over a week since Jamie and I both accepted our diplomas signaling both the end of our undergraduate careers and the beginning of life outside of academia.
It's been exciting to watch my roommate land her first job, find her first "real" apartment, and start the adventure of adulthood.
Jamie and I, along with several other classmates decided to not just take a different path, but to go off-roading for at least a year. All SMC graduates participating in service were honored a few weeks ago with a blessing and ceremony. You can read an article about it here. Some pictures from the event are included below:
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| Jamie and I had our picture taken outside of Regina Hall / Chapel before the ceremony! |
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| This is Lizziey lighting a candle with the director of the OCSC at Saint Mary's College. *This picture was not taken by me, but by Saint Mary's College. You can access it via the link above. |
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| You can see Jamie and myself along with some other students holding our candles during the service. *Also taken by Saint Mary's College |
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| Troy took some pictures of the chapel |
The ceremony was beautiful and moving, and we are thankful that our college believes so strongly in the mission of service.
Jamie and I also met with Sister Esther the week before we graduated! We found out that there are two different positions in store for us! One of us will be in a classroom of second graders. The other will be in the library, the computer room, possibly teaching some 4th graders, along with whatever else the school needs! We are super excited.
It's at this moment that I'll put in a plug for all former teachers reading this blog: if you have any materials you'd like to give/loan us or ideas to share, we would love to have them!
I stole two pictures from Jamie's facebook of some very special people in our lives:
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| Jamie and her family with Sister Madeline and Sister Esther |
Thanks for reading!
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