Newsletter is Done!!

Good news everyone! :)
My newsletter is finally, completely finished! I was having trouble getting it printed and looking good. Trust me, it was worth the wait ;)
Hoping to hear from all of you... please, email me, facebook me, call me... i want to know what is going on with all of you as well!
If you're reading this thinking, "yeah, she's just saying that," or "She's not talking about me," I actually am talking about you! Really. I know that you are praying for me and being interested in my life, and i want to return that! I want to pray for you and be connected with you, even if I don't see you :)

So! God sent bad weather at just the right time! I was supposed to work tonight, but I'll be making a list of addresses and sending out newsletters tomorrow! Praying that my letter finds you well :)

~ Justine

New Haircut! :)

Newsletter!

Howdy Folks! :)

I just finished an outreach report newsletter, just for you! If you're reading this and you would like to receive a copy, please email me your mailing address or comment below. It's really sweet looking.. i'm proud of it! :)
Here are some of the pictures that will be on it:

Playing with kids at Tierra Nueva daycare

Blowing bubbles at Casa Shalom Orphanage

Giving my testimony at a church

Acting out the story of Elijah and the widow

Cute kids at Tierra Nueva daycare

Piled in the back of a van

Catching bubbles at Tierra Nueva daycare

Performing the Clincher drama at a church

Home Sweet Home...

It's so good to be back home :)
Nice to see so many familiar faces, and thank you so much for being interested in my life, people! :) I would absolutely love to tell you about my time in Guatemala and Texas, but I don't want to push it on any of you... haha :) so if you want to hear stories, please ask!!

Guatemala was wonderful and warm... it's currently sunny here at home, but there's at least a foot of snow on the ground and a biting cold breeze.
We spent our last week in Guatemala at Puerto Barrios and Livingston... beautiful areas! very hot, very humid...lots of fun creatures that like to sleep with you (cockroaches, small lizards, fleas, mosquitos... etc.). We were able to put on a few services at local churches, worshiping with them and offering prayer at the end. Wow! there is power in unity and prayer!
I was also able to translate pretty well by this time... even translating English prayers into Spanish! ... God is so faithful. He literally gave me the words. it was so good.

My favorite, favorite thing was the last children's ministry that we did... we went to an orphanage, and the next day we went to the area school that the orphan children attended. While we were at the orphanage, I met a girl named Katherine. I did her hair for her, and we just sat and talked for awhile. And I felt this prompting to give her my promise ring (it's a silver ring that says "true love waits"). So... I did. It fit her left ring finger perfectly, and i explained what the significance was. and she was so happy she almost started crying... she hugged me so hard! and she wouldn't leave my side after that. :) We also bought all of the kids Happy Meals from McDonalds, because we wanted to bless them, and they hardly ever eat meat. They all ate their french fries slowly, one at a time. it was precious.

So the next day we went to the school and were pleasantly surprised to see those kids again with their classmates. And we were able to hold an assembly with all of the kids, and share some funny clown skits with them, which was so fun... doing the clown skits was one of my favorite things! And Katherine came to me and gave me a huge hug, and showed me the ring :) It was so sweet. I love that girl. She's only 14, but you can see wisdom beyond her years in the carefulness and jadedness of her eyes... she's been through a lot.
That same day, a few people on our team were invited to climb a coconut tree and throw some down for us to eat. It was so cool! we had to use machetes to open them and drink the milk... it was pretty good! :)

All in all, outreach was great! I really got to experience God's heart for the nation of Guatemala. Everywhere we went, I could feel God's love for the people we encountered. It was so amazing.
Now that i'm back, i've started working at a factory 50-60 hours a week, because here's my next step:
~ God is calling me to do School of Evangelism!! :)

This is a huge undertaking, and a big step of faith, because I have to raise $6,000... This Month!!  I'll be working as much as I humanly can, but I can't do this alone. Please be in prayer, that God will speak to people about supporting me...pray that he'll speak to you about how you can help! Whatever you do, please pray!!! I'll be sending out newsletters in the next week to keep people updated, and I'll do my best to keep this blog updated as well! :)

Thanks everyone! love ya!

Clown Skit!

The Clowns! (minus Andrea)