Mai's Little Almanac!

Mamma Mia!!

2008-07-12T12:56:00.000-07:00

è LUGLIO!!!!!
Its been quite some time since I have posted anything new! A better update is on it's way soon... Hope you are all having a delightful summer! You're in my thoughts and prayers!
Love and misses,
Mai

ps- thank you to all of you who have been praying for my mum! She is doing fantastic and her back is healing very well, God be praised! He is so good to us, no?! Love to you all!

Ciao Ciao

Ops!!

2008-05-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

One more thing! Today is the 1 Maggio!!!!!!! Hurraaay!!! 28 days and I will be 23! and in the aeroplane on my way home to see my lovely family! How exciting!! Thanks Lord!
ciao ciao
notte!

Outreach Week Update!

2008-05-01T13:41:00.001-07:00

Dearest Friends!
As most of you know but for those that don't, this past week was our schools Outreach Week. There were 10 teams and they each went to different places to share the Gospel, serve and minister to the saints in those places. Some outreach teams stayed in Germany while others left the country for new ones! I was blessed to be a part of a small team that went up to Stockholm, Sweden. I have been blessed to have been to Sweden 3 times prior to this outreach and this 4th time was just as pleasant! We went up to visit some dear friends Mike and Sofia Ortiz and Joel Wickstrom. My team was led by Inga-lill Guzik and was just myself and Annie, who also serves on staff here. We were asked to come up and help serve by leading worship, cooking and cleaning up and just basically being available to serve at this small Women's Conference they had up there. Sofia organised a weekend conference for the ladies up there who are associated with there Calvary Bible Study. This was there first official Ladies conference and there was and sweet group of ladies, about 13 of us in all! We had a lovely time in the Word being taught and exhorted by Inga-lill and I was blessed to help Annie in leading worship. It was perfectly planned by the Lord that Annie and I could be there to help our girl Sofia with the serving! There was alot to do and the Lord worked everything out just fine. Another huge blessing was that Annie and I got to just spend time relaxing and hanging out with Inga-lill and Sofia in the city of Stockholm. Its a beautiful city, full of cultures, foods, shops, sights, people!! I loved it! I will always like going there for a visit! The best part though was being able to make some new friends! Annie and I met these three young Swedish girls who are involved with the group and they were absolutely fantastic! We learned alot from them in just the short time we got to hang out and were able to have many great conversations with them about the Lord! And we had fun times, laughing and joking like we knew each-other for a long while! Fellowship is such a sweet thing! Like a balsam to the soul! I am so grateful the Lord allowed me to be able to go up there and serve with Inga-lill, Annie, Sofia and the rest. Thank you to you all who were praying for us, we felt your prayers! When you think of Sweden, pray for Mike and Sofia and Joel as they serve the Lord so faithfully there in Sweden, and also for the 13 ladies who were on the retreat to really allow what they heard from the Lord change there lives. If you would like to see some pictures you can click on Annies blog! I will try to get the link for it for those of you who don't know her!

OK..Im going to bed now! Love to you all!
A big hug!
Love Mai.

Never too late!

2008-04-29T14:32:00.000-07:00

Well my dear friends! Aprile is almost finished and I haven't posted hardly a thing! But don't worry because I really feel like I have turned a corner now; and I am hoping to endeavor with diligence to kill this bad habit I have of procrastination! It eats me alive! So I have really been praying and asking the Lord to change this in me. You can pray for me too!! Oh but to tell you of God's goodness I just have to say that this past week I was able to go with Inga-lill and Annie to Stockholm, Sweden where we helped serve at a small women's conference! I was so blessed to see dear friends who we stayed with and was so loved on by their hospitality and there kindness! So even when you are having one of those months where you feel the intense heat of the flame and you know that God is refining you; let yourself take this encouragement. That your leaf shall be green in time of a drought. Hallelujah!!

Jesus you are so precious to us and we are thankful to be considered upon like we are! Many blessings to you and all my love and prayers!! See some of you soon!
Ciao Ciao con affteto!

Why is God so good to me?!

2008-03-27T06:33:00.001-07:00

Jesus Christ. There is no other name as sweet or as precious to my heart as His name. Lord I love you so much, you are my everything. I know You hear my prayers!! And you shall be faithful to answer them!
Psalm 23
love
chi

2008-03-25T03:04:00.000-07:00

Cloud Number What???????!!!!!!!

2008-03-19T09:35:00.001-07:00

DOMANI BABY!!!!! yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaawwww! sono molto contenta!!!

2008-03-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

3 days!!!!!!!! 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so excited! and 5 days until I see my brother!! thank you Jesus!!

2008-03-12T03:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry to have kept a couple of you dear friends in suspense with the previous post...haha!! In about a week I will be going to Italia to spend Easter weekend with Stefano and his family and I GET TO SEE MY BROTHER LUCA IN ROMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stefano and I will be going down to Roma on the 22 March to see my brother who will be in Italia also for a trip! 2 HUGE blessings in one trip!! Thank you Thank you JESUS! May you be glorified and lifted high during that time! Pray for the time spent with them all and that I will be an effective witness of the Love of Jesus that alone has the authority and power to redeem and save the lost! More to come later...Love to you all!
Im soooooooo excited!!!
Hurray!
Love Mai.

2008-03-09T12:07:00.002-07:00

10 DAYS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so thankful.

Have No Worries!

2008-02-29T02:18:00.000-08:00

Its Friday Baby!! And Jesus loves me and He has it all in His hands. Lord you are so good! Im learning patience, faith, hope. It is so sweet to my heart in light of who Jesus is! Amen!
We are making pizza tonight! You coming to eat or what?!
Love you all!

Tomorrow is MARCH 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HURRAY!! That means Cologne with Kathleen and Sarah!! its all good.
xxoo
mai.

e così. ancora!

2008-02-24T12:27:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow morning marks a new week! And I am excited for the new week to come, it' s also soon to be March! So tomorrow come quick! At the moment, all is good! It's like you can see the clouds moving and the sun poking up, a little bit more each day that comes. Another reminder that good good things are coming around the corner! So, tomorrow is lunedì lunedì. And I am happy for that, God's goodness is incredible. I love him so much!
On another note...I have been compiling a new list of places that I want to go and see! Lately Paris has been on my mind to visit... and to see London again! I think I have some cabin-fever!! At least I will be in Italia soon!! enough said there!
Notte,
Mai.

BLESSED!!!!

2008-02-15T02:05:00.000-08:00

Jesus is beautiful. He is so good to me, if I were to tell you all His doings it would be like an explosion of joy and electricity!
He has heard my cries, He is faithful to answer!! Do not despise the day of small things my dearly beloved friends! Good things, such great things are coming, right around the corner!! Keep LOOKING UP, our redemption draws near!!

HALLELUJAH!!
its friday baby!!!!

buona giornata tutti!!
xoxox
Mai

Lovey Dovey!

2008-02-13T23:56:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines Day to you all!!
Love to you all!

xoxo
mai

In the waiting line.

2008-02-13T13:17:00.000-08:00

And in his due time, all things shall be as they are and come to pass! Keep praying dear friends! Keep pouring out your heart before Him, He cares so much about you!
Tonight we had our first home group session and I was so blessed. Thank you Jesus! I loved being at Jeff & Bonnie's house with everyone. The bummer is that most of us are ill! So pray for us to get better quickly!! I hope I don't have another fever tonight!
Love to you all!
Notte, Mai.

Nothing Sweeter!

2008-02-06T03:15:00.000-08:00

Than the beautiful and precious name of Jesus Christ. My heart is satisfied when I shall awake in His likeness. Do you know the hymn: Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus ?

" How I love to trust in Jesus
Just to trust His cleansing blood
Just in simply faith to plunge me
'Neath the healing, cleansing flood

I'm so glad I learned to trust Him,
precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
And I know that He is with me,
He'll be with me to the end. "

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus what a beautiful name. Sweeter than honey to my lips!
Ciao Ciao!

e così.

2008-02-02T12:55:00.000-08:00

Hello dear friends!
Here we are in the month of February already! How fast the time flies! (I think I say that just about every month!) This semester: Spring 2008 is going to be our largest yet and we start tomorrow with our Orientation. Monday we will officially begin with instruction and the normal way of things around here. As a staff we are blessed this time around having so many staff and everyone really being so helpful. It isn't nearly as stressful as it could have been preparing the last couple of days. So far, so good! So please continue your encouraging prayers for us as staff and for the students as well. One exciting thing that happened today was that it snowed! I woke up this morning to snow outside my window and it was lovely! And so for now things are going really great. God is so good to His beloved children! And on another note, whether by a close personal situation or just a reflection of things happening in the world; the Lord has been really impressing upon my heart the urgency for people to not waste any more precious time apart from truly knowing the One who died for them, Jesus Christ. And if by chance there is someone out there who might come across this little blog and read this entry, I hope you know of the immense and unconditional love Jesus has for you and that He is the propitiation for your sin; once and for all. His blood is the only way to be cleansed from all your sin. The time is now! Let me encourage you through something I read:

"Without the shedding of blood is no remission."—Hebrews 9:22.
HIS is the voice of unalterable truth. In none of the Jewish ceremonies were sins, even typically, removed without blood-shedding. In no case, by no means can sin be pardoned without atonement. It is clear, then, that there is no hope for me out of Christ; for there is no other blood-shedding which is worth a thought as an atonement for sin. Am I, then, believing in Him? Is the blood of His atonement truly applied to my soul? All men are on a level as to their need of Him. If we be never so moral, generous, amiable, or patriotic, the rule will not be altered to make an exception for us. Sin will yield to nothing less potent than the blood of Him whom God hath set forth as a propitiation. What a blessing that there is the one way of pardon! Why should we seek another?
Persons of merely formal religion cannot understand how we can rejoice that all our sins are forgiven us for Christ's sake. Their works, and prayers, and ceremonies, give them very poor comfort; and well may they be uneasy, for they are neglecting the one great salvation, and endeavouring to get remission without blood. My soul, sit down, and behold the justice of God as bound to punish sin; see that punishment all executed upon thy Lord Jesus, and fall down in humble joy, and kiss the dear feet of Him whose blood has made atonement for thee. It is in vain when conscience is aroused to fly to feelings and evidences for comfort: this is a habit which we learned in the Egypt of our legal bondage. The only restorative for a guilty conscience is a sight of Jesus suffering on the cross. "The blood is the life thereof," says the Levitical law, and let us rest assured that it is the life of faith and joy and every other holy grace. -C.H. Spurgeon

"Oh! how sweet to view the flowing
Of my Saviour's precious blood;
With divine assurance knowing
He has made my peace with God."

Colazione!!!!!!!

2008-01-23T23:51:00.000-08:00

Me and Michella made frenchy toasties this morning!!! It was muy divertido!!! Later kids.

They neither toil nor spin.

2008-01-23T01:53:00.000-08:00

A note of encouragement:
Lately, in this past week or so; I have been reminded gently each day by the Lord to not worry and be not fearful. He has faithfully reminded me everyday that He has not and will not forsake me and that I am to simply abide in Him. How precious is Jesus! I was reading today and was reminded that His ways are better than our ways. I have been praying that the Lord would help me in my unbelief and that I would no longer be hindered by it! Is He not worthy of complete trust? He is. So if you are worried about things remember that the flowers of the field and the birds they are taken well care of. And you, are you not much more worth to Him than the so sparrows? Amen.

In other news! The Pastors Conference is going on right now and it seems to be going very well! We are busy in the kitchen from morning to night! Im so thankful that Micheru is here...we have a good time serving together. And Lids too. Together all of us serving make a really great team, everyone is working hard and having fun. Michella and I are off to kitchen again. haha!!
Love
Mai.

2008-01-17T06:06:00.000-08:00

A note to let you all know that I am back in Germany safely! Thank you Jesus! I got to ride the first half of my trip with my best friend which was perfect. We laughed and loved the whole time. God blessed all the time we had together. Life is a beautiful and so exciting when lived for the Lord. I am blessed. Now it is back to work here in Siegen! We are preparing for the Pastor's Conference. Please pray that it goes well and that it is blessed by the Lord. We have enough help which is encouraging so that no one person should feel the burden of all the work upon themselves. Well Im off to do things. I will post a copy of my update next. As always, your patience with me is so appreciated. Thanks for it!
Ci sentiamo
Love and miss you all!
Love Mai.

LOVE LOVE AND SPARKS!!!!!

2008-01-13T18:19:00.000-08:00

one more thing

2008-01-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow morning I will be going to the Airport to pick up MY BEST FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe I get to see her beautiful face and give her a big smooch!! God is so good!! Thank you Jesus, thank you so much!
Too good to be true!
xoxo
buona notte!

SPARKS AND COLOURS!!!!!!!

2008-01-08T06:51:00.001-08:00

Buon Natale e Buon Anno!!
Love to you all!! It is a brand new year and great things are coming just around the corner!! Can you taste it? I can! It is a fresh vision. I promise to post the new update/newsletter very soon and to even put some pictures up! Time is precious friends, don't waste a minute of it! Carpe Diem! I read something so beautiful the other day: 2 Peter 3:9, Psalm 33:11, Isaiah 44. When you have a moment give them a look. You wont be forgotten by Him o Israel!!
Beloved, I wrote a little prayer for you all and myself:
I know that God is good to me and you, Yes He is indeed. His promise is not slack as some would consider it slack, nor can His promise fail you! Oh dear saint, to give up now would only be to walk half way. Half way is not the way of the cross or the Son. So pick up the cross and by the grace of God, go forth. And do not be afraid! Amen.

Got to run now, more soon! Congratulations Andrew and Miriam Rann!! Hurray!!
Love and Prayers,
Chiara Mai.

Ps: Thank you to all of you who prayed for my time this break...God has done EXCEEDINGLY above and beyond. Eph. 3:20+21.
CIAO CIAO!!

GOOD NIGHT!!

2007-12-05T15:05:00.000-08:00

Been such a good night!! I LOVE YOU MICHELLE!! I thank Jesus for you!!
GOD IS SO GOOD!!
cant wait to see what wonderful things Jesus does!
Love Mai.

ps: Stefano pick up the tele next time i ring you!!
SLEEP WELL!

lunedì lunedì .

2007-12-03T06:26:00.000-08:00

Today is 3 Dec.!!
And there is just so much to be done! In other great and exciting news!! Things are starting to really take shape with the plans for the future CCBC Campus in Italy! Please keep it all in prayer! There are only 20 days left until I fly home! Im so excited for this break, so many wonderful things are coming!! Hurray! Got to run now, your all in my prayers too. Keep looking up!
Ciao
love and misses, Mai!

Ancora

2007-11-28T07:34:00.001-08:00

TOO MUCH, LOVE!!!

A Foto

2007-11-28T07:32:00.001-08:00

These girls are absolutely amazing!!

Hallelujah!

2007-11-27T02:40:00.000-08:00

There cannot be a peaceful coexistance with the old nature, with the old man. We are to mortify the deeds of the flesh!
-Pastor Chuck said that.

Lord help us all!

Great Medidtation for today:
Ephesini 3:20&21.
Amen!

My Froat Hurts....

2007-11-27T01:28:00.000-08:00

I think I might have tonsillitis. This is not good! And all I can do is gargle with salt water, yuck. Well in other news, things are going well! We have only 3 1/2 weeks left of the semester! Everyone is getting really excited to go home and I am too. I cant wait, but for now can you say some prayers for my froat, please! Thanks. Many of the students are ill so give a prayer for them too! Got to run now...
Love Mai.

Foto's!!

2007-11-26T11:17:00.000-08:00

I straightened my hair! hehe

A Greatful Heart and a very full belly....hehe...

2007-11-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

Today is Thanksgiving!
And we had a most wonderful thanksgiving celebration here in Germany with our international family; and of course LOTS of food!! Hurray! Everything was absolutely delicious and the company was the best part. We had our thanksgiving this year at the Church CoffeeBar because we have outgrown (yes its true!) our little cafe. And people shared from there own languages prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord for His abundant goodness, it was beautiful. Of course we all still missed our real families and dear friends back at home, wherever that home may be; but we were all so truly thankful for the family God has given us here this semester! So with my belly full of good food and a very jolly spirit....I can now say that its official: it's finally time to put that Christmas music on baby! But I mean the good stuff...Like Frankie or Bing....or Micheal Buble...woo! The important thing is to just not wear it out. I am actually SO EXCITED to go home!! God is so good, always and forever will be. Glory be unto Him!

A little prayer for you, for all those I dearly love and miss:
Jesus truly you are very good to me, to us. And I simply say a very deep and heartfelt thank you for all of the many blessings you have given to me. For my dear and precious family and friends I am so greatful, life would be so hard without them and You! So I offer up this prayer for all of them: May they see Your unfailing love and goodness at every moment in there lives. May they be blessed as everything in our life is another opportunity to fall at your feet and abide in your great love! Amen.

Love Love, rest well tonight!
Mai.

Sverige!

2007-11-19T09:03:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful long weekend I have had, thank you Lord! Amy Lane and I got to chill with some fantastic friends; Mike and Sofia and Joel!! Im so thankful for all there kind hospitality to me and amy!! God is so good! I love going to Stockholm and this time it was even more wonderful to be there with such rich company and fellowship! If you get an opportunity to go up to Sweden, go! Its worth it completely.
More to come...
Love Love Mai.

A Fantastic Morning!!

2007-11-14T01:47:00.000-08:00

Today, This Morning: Wednesday 14.11.2007!!
It has snowed this morning! And now the sun is poking his head out!
It's Amy Lane's 20th Birthday, and tomorrow we are going together to Stockholm for a couple days! Just chillin and thanking our sweet Jesus for being so god to us!! And He is and He is and HE JUST GETS BETTER BABY!!! Get this: Stefano is coming to America!!!! So many things are just happening right now I could just scream! Oh and sometime give a listen to John Legend, he is fantastic!! Have to run now, so much to do and see....Thank you Jesus, thank you from the bottom of my heart and with my entire being! I love you Jesus!
Love to you all--Look up!
Xoxo Mai Mai.

2007-11-08T22:47:00.000-08:00

Good Morning,
The pictures, they are coming soon! Today is Friday!
JOB 23.
He knows the way that I take, and when He has tested me I shall come forth as pure gold. Amen.
Love yous, more later. Keep an eye for things coming around the corner! Great things!

Has it been so long?

2007-11-07T10:11:00.000-08:00

Dearest Friends,
Has it really been so long since we last talked! Or since I have last been to posting something on this little blog!! Forgive me, its even already Novembre! Goodness how the time flies. And goodness; how good God truly is! Oh friends, I have seen His sweet and tender mercies in my life and I know that without a doubt; those same sweet mercies are in abundance for you too. I think that most times when I come to write a little update, I sound like a papagallo or so. Because I really cannot express to you as I wish I could how good the Lord is to us as His sheep. How is it that such a wonderful God is mine, how is it that He takes care of me and yet knows exactly how to stretch me and grow me! I really dont know how I ever once lived without Him living and breathing in me. By the grace of God, go I. And may you dear friend, go on in His precious grace. Be not afraid of putting your hands to the plow and dont look back! Can you imagine the places He is going to take you! And yes, it is indeed such a sacrifice but He is worth my heart completely! Let me quickly pray with you before I go on: Jesus, who are we that you think of us so fondly! Thank you Lord. You are so kind, so faithful and true. Give us a fresh annointing of your Holy Spirit that we can serve you and be faithful lovers of you with our entire beings! Do great things through us, and give us the grace and mercy we need to choose the path of the low road. Amen.

Life is beautiful, isnt it?! Recently we just had our Outreach Week. We had quite a few teams this semester and I was blessed to be helping alongside Vince as he lead our trip back to Montebelluna, Italy. Montebelluna is located in a region called the Veneto. Just think Venice and then Montebelluna is about an hour or so west from there. We spent a week there helping and serving at the church, evangelising and enjoying life as it is in Italia. It was a blessed time and the Lord taught us all really what it meant to live and serve and work in Love and to always be ready to forgive. There isnt a better way in this life. We took the students to Venice and to some other beautiful cities to enjoy fantastic cappuccini and yummy pizza! I always miss that part when I am back here in Germany. But I have learned that each place has its charms and sometimes you just have to look a little harder for them. Sometimes they arent in what you expected them to be. One of the biggest blessings was to see our friends, both those from the church and the friends we made this summer during our time there. One of our dear friends had our entire team to his house for dinner and it was so lovely! His parents are some of the kindest people I know and have always treated Vince and myself with such wonderful hospitality. Keep praying for them! Stef, if you read this: thanks again for having us and give your family my love!. Anyways, in all it was a great trip and I do have to say that I am so greatful to come back to my own room and my own bed here. I love what the Lord has allowed me to do here at the Bible College and I am so blessed that He is opening doors for me to go out to Italy and serve under Pastor Craig and to help at the Bible College they plan to open up. So please keep that in your prayers as well. God is moving and doing a great work out here in Europe!
Have a wonderful evening and remember the Love Jesus has for you. amen!
Ciao Ciao
Love to you all,
Chiara Mai.

OGGI!!

2007-09-27T14:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight 27.9.07
I promised at one point to have my best intent in keeping this updated regularly, and well, I guess I am still learning! Little learners take time. Tomorrow is Friday! I know you know I love Fridays, good things are always happening on Fridays! Vince's sister comes tomorrow and it will be really nice to meet her! He is all smiles. Saturday we plan to go to Cologne and have a nice day away from our little street here in Eiserfeld. THANK GOD! I feel like waking up tomorrow and screaming: CARPE DIEM!! This is an excellent read and I know you'll love it: The Imitation Of Christ by Thomas A Kempis. Amen!
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My little prayer for you dear friend and faithful reader:
Jesus,
You are the faithful Husband and the Vine!
Lord we love you and we long to be fully thine!
May all who come across this note know that they are thought of and loved and what is more is that you have such a passion for them and you love them. May they live and live life knowing your precious grace and tender mercies all day long. Give them hope and joy, patience and a gracious forbearance. May they be anxious for nothing but come to you in faith and trust in your absolute perfect timing knowing you are making intercession for them to the Father! Pour out your Spirit upon them!
Amen!

Because your my best friend, You are my best friend!

2007-09-10T03:16:00.000-07:00

Last night my BEST rang me from sunny California. We talked and laughed, kindred spirits were flying all around!! I was in Heaven! And I was so encouraged that I think i went to sleep with such a peaceful smile on my face that I woke up with it too! Today is a wonderful morning, it truly is! I hope that you are enjoying yours too!
Love you all and may you see the flicker of hope that is waiting around the corner! Good things are coming!
Love you all dearly,
Chiara Mai.
JOY!

A Whirlwind of Thoughts...

2007-09-07T03:20:00.000-07:00

To the ones that I dearly love,
Your patience with me is so appreciated!! Its always in the times when there is much to do that I seem to fall behind! One of these days I am going to determine to make it to be one of those people who excel during the most busiest times and come out on top like a shining star. But until then I am just still a great little work in progress! So where were we now?! Right then, this past week or so: Thank you very much for all your diligent and sweet prayers, we have all felt them as we have been very busy for the past weeks preparing and getting school of to a smooth start! So this past week has been of course very busy but not without blessings. God has time and again proved His grace is sufficient and His love limitless. Even when we are stressed, tired, overwhelmed He is there right by our side and is waiting for us to draw from His ever fresh supply. How sweet our Lord is!
School is going well and the students are settling in to there new lives here in Siegen. The weather has been mediocre at best, but there are a few days when the Sun pokes his happy face out to say hi and of course we all are so bright and happy when he does. I have to say that I am glad that Germany is Germany. There are so many times that I wish I was Italia...for the weather and the people, etc.. Then I realize that these differences are great, and all is as it should be. Italy will always have my heart even when I am living and serving here! Don't we have so much to be thankful for?! Yes, we do!! And one simple word of encouragement: Let all that you do be done with LOVE. Don't loose sight of why you are doing what you are doing for the Lord! It is a patient, persevering labor of Love. And Jesus Christ is worth it.
My prayers are with you and I can't wait to hear all that the Lord is doing in and through you in these last days. Oh another little thing: Fall is coming! That is exciting because it reminds me of being back in New York!
Love, Chiara Mai. Psalm 62:8

In other news..!!!
CIAO STEFANO!! I promise I will try to send you pictures soon! Have a wonderful time tonight with Dave and Gazi! Guess what?! You will be so proud of me: I have started a new thing in my daily life>> I am trying to drink a cup of tea a day! SI E VERO! love you friend! ciao

Have No Worries!

2007-08-27T16:39:00.000-07:00

Dear Loves!!
Italia has been bellissima! Sorry that an update couldn't have been read sooner, you all understand, don't you!?
Good things are always worth waitin for!
Allora, its too late now for the whole story but I promise to post it as soon as I finish settling back in to life here.
Thank you for your prayers and love!
Ciao Buona Notte, Chiara

Fly like an eagle....

2007-07-11T20:09:00.000-07:00

I leave in 5 days! I dont want to say goodbye to Mamma e Pappa!! Oh goodness I have to pack!

Good Morning, Sunshine!

2007-07-06T06:09:00.000-07:00

Its FRIDAY BABY! Fridays are the best days! And if you know me then you know I love em! So, Carpe Diem!

Oggi Mattina

2007-07-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

This is a picture from China! I really hope that someday, Lord Willing, I will see some of South East Asia. That would be absolutely incredible, and to share it with someone that I love more than my own self, yes, how wonderful! Those that know me well, know that I always have been interested in working for an NGO or even a mercy ship type of deal one day....only the Lord knows what amazing adventures I have waiting ahead for me! For now, its that good old summer time heat with that lovely humidity. I've been a little ill the past few days, but nothings stopping me from enjoying the time I have with my parents. Oh, this morning I was looking around on the internet and National Geographic is having a contest, look it up on the traveler website. Its only 300 words?! So I thought, well why not? We shall see if I come through. Were off now! Ci vediamo!

COLOURS!

2007-07-05T11:29:00.001-07:00

Yes please!

2007-07-04T14:50:00.000-07:00

Tokyo

2007-07-04T14:27:00.000-07:00

Observation No. 23 (Concerning Men)

As I was running by toay on my little run I do, I noticed how for some reason; men love to talk or converse near the barbeque. Or even an open flame, like a fire pit. One man will have to flipper in his hand and an eye on the meat, and the other two chaps will have a can of some drink in one of there hands. There will be some chairs around, but they will never sit in them, no no they would rather stand and enjoy being the men around the grill. I think that its a good thing, the men should be with the grill!

Travel Fact No. 4

To avoid getting the 'Delhi Belly' you should keep a sharp eye on what local foods you eat. Dont avoid trying the local foods, just be careful. Oh and if you do get 'delhi Belly' ( that is the polite way of saying diarrhea) make sure to drink plenty of water again to avoid further sickness resulting from dehydration!
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Two weeks from today I will be back in Siegen...oh i dont even want to think about it! I dont want to say goodbye to my mamma e pappa, its been wonderful, every single bit of it!

Oh My America! My New Found Land....

2007-07-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is 4 July, thank you Lord for the freedoms we do so easily enjoy! Today my mamma and I went to the Doctors and that resulted in a silly fight over something, well, silly. So then, we went to the natural foods store, its called Lori's. Lots of nice hippie want to be kids work there, rock climbing people and the lot of them, you know....I found some amazing patchouli and hemp lotion there! And it immediately made me think of the one and only REID in my heart! Oh how i miss her! And HanBanan too, so much. Its late now and I am going to read before I sleep, as is my tradition! Buona Notte, more tomorrow when I wake up to the birds singing and the smell of sweet air!

The Very First

2007-07-01T11:45:00.001-07:00

Dearest Friends,
Love to you all! To be quite honest I never thought I might actually make one of these things, and here I am! It is actually an attempt to try another method to writing a monthly update; prayer and support letter. And contrary to my former opinion, these things really arent as scary as they seem to be (at least to little me!). Allora, hopefully I can fill these pages with something read-worthy for you all. This first entry has to be short for some good reasons:
No. 1: Today it is actually chilly here in New York. Yes it is 1 July, but its not humid. I suppose we shant complain!!
No. 2: Mamma just came home and I cant wait to give her a big smooch and have some good caffe with her
No. 3: My fingers are freazing and were going to Nonna's soon
Its such a beautiful day, and I hope you are enjoying it wherever you are as well!