One Sentence Can Brighten Up Your Day!

Buenos Dias!!

So today Sarah and I received the email that we have been waiting for since we sent in our application.

"We have received confirmation for your service in Bolivia at Carachipampa Christian School"

We have officially been accepted to teach at CCS with SIM! This is a huge relief and a huge answer to prayer! I am excited that we can finally move on in the process and I can start getting excited to leave!

Along with the glorious opening sentence, we received a lot of paperwork that we need to fill out and send in. We also need to start raising our funds,get a Visa, learn how to pack what we need for 9 months in two 50 pound bags etc....

We also have to go to Orientation before we go and it looks like that may not be able to happen until the end of August. So our temporary departure date looks like it will be August 20th. This is later than what we wanted, but all in all I think it will work out! :)

Change of topic: Tomorrow I will be moving out of Amherst. This is truly bittersweet. I am excited about Bolivia and about teaching there, but I will also miss Amherst!

Well stay tuned as information about Bolivia continues to be revealed!

Adios- Rachel

Thoughts

Buenos Dias!!

Today is the Global Day of Prayer. Today at church, the worship team did things a little differently and we sang 3 songs that were each in a different language to really incorporate the global feel. We sang a song from South Africa, a song that was in France and a song that was in Spanish. Each song brought about a different thought.

The South African song make me think of the summer that I was in Zambia. We had actually sang this very song when I was in Zambia two summers ago. This song brought back all those memories and reminded me of all the fun that I had that summer and made me miss all my friends over there. As I sat there singing, " There's no one, there's no one like Jesus, There's no one, There's no one like Him", it made me so thankful for that experience.

The French song made me think of my sister Jenny. She loves the French Language and loves France. She spent part of her last summer in France and is studying it at the Air Force Academy.

The Spanish Song made me think of Bolivia. It made me think of how I am going to need to get use to singing in Spanish, how I need to learn Spanish and how Lord willing I will be in Bolivia in two months.

This was a neat reminder that God is at work in all these countries all over the world and it will be exciting to have been a part of that in Zambia and I am looking forward to being a part of that in Bolivia.

Here is a photo of a church service from Zambia, as I sign off on this Global Day of Prayer!

Adios - Rachel

What is all this about?

Buenos Dias!!

My name is Rachel and I have decided to make this blog to tell you all about my plans to move to Bolivia and to update you when I hopefully get to Bolivia!

My friend Sarah and I are in the process of preparing to move to Cochabamba, Bolivia to teach at a school for Missionary kids. We are hoping to move their at the end of July, but there have been several things that seem to be getting in the way.

We have filled out all of our paperwork and all of our references have been filled out but it has taken a while to get these all together and moved onto the next stage. Lord willing we will be able to get accepted within the next week and we will be able to start fundraising. We need to fund-raise because the school we are going to is non-profit and we will not be getting paid. After we fund-raise we will need to go to training and then we will get the go ahead to be able to go. This is a lot to get done in the next two months, but we are hopeful that it could still happen.

Amidst all the discouraging news and the unknowns, I talked with the director of the school the other day and I was told what my job will be if we get down there in time. I will be working part-time as a 3rd grade teacher and part time as an aid for students that have some learning disabilities. I am really excited about this opportunity and hope I can get down there in time to start!!

As I am writing this, I am going into my last week of being in Amherst. It is definitely bittersweet. I am sad to leave the place that has been my home for the last 5 years, sad to leave my friends that are staying and sad to leave Western Massachusetts which I have learned to like. However, I am excited about this next adventure and I am excited to spend time with my family and friends before I leave the country.

I hope you come back to read more about what is going with Bolivia( whether we are able to go or not) and with my life!!

Adios - Rachel