Improving my Spanish

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I studied Spanish all throughout high school and college (actually started in the 8th grade...). Embarrassingly enough, I could not piece together a good, full paragraph without using a translator or dictionary of some sort.  For this reason, I tried to avoid telling people that I spoke Spanish, because it really wasn't true! I was a wannabe...as I often have been in many pursuits.

One day, about 5 years ago, while doing some evangelism in a mobile neighborhood (some people refer to these as trailer parks, but mobile neighborhood sounds better) my evangelistic deacon and I knocked on the door of a Spanish-speaking household. I really wanted to share the Gospel with them but COULDN'T since I, ya know, didn't speak Spanish. I think it was then that my desire to share the Gospel in Spanish started.

New friend, Sasha!

This is how I felt with Sasha!

So I've been a bit M.I.A. lately as life as been pretty busy, but...I've come to the conclusion that Sashas are awesome!  Anybody remember that post about my accountability partner, Sasha? Well...I met another girl named Sasha about six months ago.  We finally hung out about two months ago and had a blast!!! I'm not really a cash-carrying shopper anymore - this means I'm more of a window shopper now - but we went out to lunch after church and went shopping!  The shopping was because my work pumps had become dangerous to walk in and I wanted to get a new pair. You ever had a pair of pumps were the heel had become so rounded that any moment on any surface that wasn't carpet was a time for slip-n-slide?? Yeahhhh....that'd become the story of my life. A couple of embarrassing moments but I'd tried to play 'em off.

Anyway, my new friend Sasha is great! We had so much fun hanging out the first day.  Even though she's such a fashionista, and I'm such a wannabe (but too cheap and lazy!).  We had a chance to talk about loving on people, work, her husband, church, and more! It was such a great day!

Be grateful for all the Sashas in your life!

Good, clean fun

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\Ever gotten a birthday card that looked like this?  Ha-ha.  Well, it just so happens that (no, I didn't get a card like this, and no, it's not my birthday) that I had some good, clean fun with a group of Catholic ladies and one Catholic man tonight.  It all started as a quest to see Christmas lights...