wow its already week 6

Hello everyone,

So I planed on updating sooner, but this time it was not my fault. Our internet has been out for the past few days. It's crazy how much we depend on internet now days! So it is now week six. I can not believe that Katie and I have been here for this long. I feel like I just got here and started to really make connections with everyone. Katie leaves next monday, but I will stay another 2 weeks. I will pick up her readers and start to read with them as well, if they so choose. Today I was blessed by a quote one of my readers said to me. She told me that I helped her renew her faith. That meant so much to me! I am going to miss her soo much. I know I am staying an extra two weeks but she is moving about the time Katie leaves. Reading with her and her eagerness and responses always makes me feel like the whole trip was worth it, just to talk with her. We are friends on facebook and plan on keeping in contact. I love how technology can help you keep in contact with new friends!

Last week eneded well. I felt like several of my readers have stopped coming so regularly, but that is because of the time of year. I know that many people are finishing the last days of school and some who are done are going on vacations and what not. More importantly than the quantity of readers iwth the quality time Katie and I are spending with each one. Katie and I talk constatnly about our realtionships we have built with our readers. We have truely become friends with so many of them. I really do hope that I can stay in contact with them after I leave. I hope to continue to show them Christ through me, even as I am miles away. Actions really do speak louder than words. If I can show them that I care enough to stay in contact after I leave, I think that will make a huge impact on them and show them that there is truly something different about me.

Please continue to pray for Katie and me as our time here draws to an end. Even more so pray for our readers that they may be touched by God's word!

God bless,
Stacey
Luke 10:27
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"