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Lenore, Me, and another Little Flower, Justine

my heart is bursting with joy and gladdness in having received an e-mail from a dear friend from Franciscan, and a sister in my household 'The Little Flowers'. She recently had a phone interview with Sr. Regine from Heart's Home and will go to a Come and See weekend (a weekend long interview) in January with the intention of going on mission with Heart's Home after graduating in May 2011. I am so excited for her...she truly has a missionary heart and I can only imagine the extraordinary yet little ways in which He desires to work through her beautiful openness and desire to live in and for His love. 

Please keep her and her formation and her discernment in your prayers!

and if you are interested, her blog is the following... http://anavenueofhope.blogspot.com

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Erica and I in Brooklyn

my friend Erica and I became very close while we did our 2 week mission formation in Brooklyn together. She is a beautiful woman that I am so blessed to know. There were many times she offered support and guidance to me during the last few months of living in the states with all the stresses of preparing to leave, etc. She herself was supposed to leave in the end of October for 14 months of mission work in the Heart's Home village in Brazil. Yet, still to this day the Brazilian government has not finished processing her Visa and so she waits in limbo at her home in Phoenix. During this waiting time, her grandmother passed away. She herself said it was such a blessing and a much needed learning experience for her to be present for the death and the funeral and to be with her family, especially as a presence of comfort and support to her mother. Yet, now, she still waits and is in need of much spiritual support for strength and perseverance in this time that requires great patience and trust of her. 

if you want to learn more about Erica and her mission, her website is the following: www.supportericasmission.com