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a new friend

So I got a random call a few days ago from a girl who had heard that I knew of some ministry opportunities in Santiago. SO I invited her over for some tea and we talked. As we were talking, it came out that she went to a small Christian liberal arts college in Philly. She said the college was very missions oriented and concerned about social issues. i asked her if she had heard of a guy from Philly named Shane Clairborne (he wrote the book Irresistable revolution that my friends and I are so crazy about). She smiled and replied thatshe knows him! Like they were in the same group of friends! I almost died! I told Rachel, she almost died too. i told Ashlee when she got home that night, and she literally started screaming. I was worried that the neighbors might think something was wrong with all the screaming in teh apartment. But no cops were called. anyways, the point is that this girl, Claire is now our new best friend. Seriously!
But in truth (en verdad), this is one more blessing in my life. Ihave really wanted to start a bible study for girls my age. But it would have to be in English, sincee I am not able to lead a bible study in Spanish yet(although I think if I needed to, i could). In any case, every week, God is bringing more and more girls my age inot my life and I am so excited to see the blessings that come out of it!

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Anonymous said…
hey chubs, my email is down, but i wanted to get a hold of you, so i thought i would write on your blog...if you get a chance today, email me a list of some things you want or need. no arguing. just do it. i love you.
-a
1:31 PM
Rach said…
I'm sooooooo going to that bible study!!!! You, Ash, Claire (if she's interested), and ME!!!!! SWEEEEEEET!!!! Te quiero tan mucho...cada dia mas y mas mi amor!!!!! No puedo esperar que arte un abrazo y un beso!!! woo hoo!!!! Creo que estas muy emocionada para eso, no???? ;-) jeje....te quiero, y te extrano tambien. Ciao!
4:58 PM
Kallie said…
haha, so guess what? My new friend Melanie (who is so aweome I think I'm gonna blog about her)knows him too since she went to Eastern as well. He was a couple years ahead of her, so they're not super close, but yeah, possible she knows Claire as well. Have a full name so I can ask? We were talking about it today and realized somewhere amid our tons or schoolwork we're gonna have to find time to read his book. small world
8:29 PM
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