Hug A Child For Christmas *Huge Success*

First, I want to thank everyone who has supported the Pavia Project, prayerfully, financially in service or any other way that I'm not thinking of. It has been a huge success. There were enough gifts for nearly 1100 children. On the very first day (Sunday, 19th) over 500 gifts were handed out to the children at Mi Casa de Oracion, the church in Pavia pastored By Gereson Perez and his team. There were approximately 700 people (including adults) who showed up to the outreach. This is an impressive number considering that there was no transportation available for this year's outreach. Most of those in attendance had to walk to get to the church.

Yesterday, (Christmas Eve) the rest of the gifts were to be delivered to children throughout the other sectors of Pavia who were unable to attend the outreach. It is amazing to see the generosity extended from around the globe. The love of Christ was on full display this past week. Thank you all again for helping make this possible.

Merry Christmas!

Approved!

This past Friday, November the 12th I received an e-mail from North Carolina's district missions board endorsing me as a Missionary Associate. That day was also the first day of North Carolina's Fall Youth Convention. It was a great day but everything felt different. It was sobering to realize that this may be my last time that I will attend Youth Convention with our students as a Counselor/Youth Leader. This whole process changes the way that you see everyday events. I love the fact that God has chosen me for this and continues to shape who I am and how I see the world. This one is short and life is gonna be busy with the holidays approaching quickly but I will try to keep you updated as much as I can.

* Sorry, I thought I posted this last month. Just shows how busy I have been, that I didn't even notice that it never posted.*