Last day in Liberia

It is Sunday morning and we are waiting to be picked up for church. The whole group will be splitting up this morning and visiting different churches. Eric and I will be going to a small village, I'm not sure of the name and Eric will be preaching and I will be teaching Sunday School. I have some jolly ranchers to give to the kids, I'm sure they will love that. After church we will be coming back and getting changed, going to the Stewart's for lunch and then heading to the airport. We will be beginning our stretch home but we will be stopping in Paris on the way. How fun! A little reward for our hard work this week.

We finished the crusade on Friday night.There were thousands of people in attendance! I'm not sure on the numbers of those filled with the Holy Ghost (it was over 1,000 as of Thursday) and those Baptized in Jesus name. I will have to report that later. Thursday night during the crusade it began to sprinkle, the clouds above were black so we prayed for God to stop the rain. He is faithful, the sprinkles stopped and not another drop of rain was felt until we had finished the service and then came the rain. What a miracle!!

Yesterday was the dedication service of Hope Center. What a touching and powerful service we had! While in service the found and killed a cobra snake right outside the church.Thank God no one was hurt. It was a long ride home with 7 ladies squished into the cab of the truck but we made it back safely.

Bro. Stewart made us an excellent meal, a casserole and his famous Texas cowboy beans. Yummy!!!

Well I can't wait to share pictures with all of you. I will be home soon. Grandma don't forget to pick us up :o)

Sis. LaVerne wants me to wish Sis. Gloria a Happy Birthday, Happy 70th Birthday!!!

See you all soon.

Much Love,

Rose

Liberia Update

We arrived in Liberia on Sunday night. Immediately I could see some improvements in the airport and there was new pavement on some of the roads. Thank God!! It was good to see the Stewart's (missionaries to Liberia) and the other from the church. When we arrived we were greeted by many people from the church. Sis. Stewart had a scrumptious meal and a birthday cake ready (Sis.Wilmoth's birthday) for us. I love her cooking. It is different because it is mostly Ethiopian food, but it is so delicious.

Monday we had a devotion and then we went shopping downtown. There were so many people on the streets, I think they may have multiplied in the past two years. We got a look at the Hotel that we stayed at last time and it looked horrible. I am very thankful for the change in hotel this time. Its in a better location and the generators have only gone out a couple of times but only for a few seconds. Everyone was getting there shopping done because it was the only day we had to shop, the rest of the week is pretty packed with stuff to do. I got to help haggle some prices in some shops since I had experience on what some of the items cost. I knocked over a bunch of items in one of the stores, Eric wasn't too happy about that because he thought we were going to have to buy everything, luckily the items were all wood carvings so there was nothing broken.
It was a great day of shopping and then we went to the Stewart's for dinner, yummy!!

Tonight was the first night of the crusade, wow!!! What a great time. I had to get up and pray for the offering, the gentleman leading just called me out and said you come and pray for the offering. Good thing I'm not that shy! A group of us sang, spur of the moment. Pastor and Bro. Brandon preached and God moved in a great way! Thank you Jesus for the good weather tonight. There was a lovely breeze and not to many bugs! Yea for that! The new people on this trip are getting spoiled. LOL!

Well I just wanted to let everyone know that we are doing fine, we are having a great time. I will try to post again soon but it is hard because the Internet connection is very bad. I've been trying to post since yesterday but every time I got on the computer it would go down or the generator would go out.

Remember to keep us in your prayers!

Love sent from Liberia,
Rose

Procrastination

I will admit I am a procrastinator, we have just finished packing up our stuff and we are heading for LA. We will be spending the night and getting up at 4:00 AM to get ready to head to the airport. We will land in Brussels on Saturday morning and then we will be flying out on Sunday morning to go to Liberia. I will try to keep everyone posted about the trip if the Internet connection is good.

I just want to thank everyone that helped us in our fundraising for this mission. We are excited to see what God is going to do in Liberia.

Well it is time to go, yea! Remember to keep us in your prayers while we travel! Liberia here we come!!!

Cards, Cards, & More Cards!

Tonight is my card class, yeaaaaa!! Here is another sneak peak at one of the cards we'll be making. I just love this new stamp set, Winter Post. I also used the Heard from the Heart Stamp Set for the sentiment. This card was very simple to make.

We are one week away from flying off to Liberia. Please note that I won't be here to answer any questions or for you to place any orders but if you do need to order something you can just go to my website http://rosecastillo.stampinup.net and click the shop now button in the upper right hand corner. Your items will ship directly to your house. I will be returning November 19th, so I will be available after the 20th of November if you need anything or want to host a workshop.

Stamp Club members please remember that we will be having our stamp club on the first Tuesday of November because of my travels.

Well I'm off, back to work! Have a great day.

Christmas, Its only October!

I have been working on the Christmas cards for my card class coming up this Thursday and it is making me have panic attacks. It actually make me feel like it is later in the year than it really is. It also reminds me that I will be leaving for Liberia a week from this Thursday, yikes! Only a little over a week left for me to get ready for our mission trip. Boy am I feeling the pressure. By the time we get home we will be the week of Thanksgiving and then its Christmas!

If you won't able to attend my Christmas Card Class this Thursday don't worry I will be holding one more class on Saturday, November 29th at my house. Let me know if you are interested in attending.

Have a great day!!!

Birthday Special

This week I will enter the last year of my 20's. I will be truning 29 and will be heading into my 30's real soon. Life flies by quickly! I've been getting white hairs since I was like 12 or something like that but I just recently started to see them more on the top of my head, I guess its a sign that I am getting smarter!! Ha! Ha!

Well in celebration of my Birthday I wanted to offer a everyone a special offer. So I am offering you 20% off one item from Stampin' Up! -OR-Free Shipping on any order (your choice) offer is good only this week. Contact me if you have any questions.

Don't forget about SU!'s Birthday Promotion.

Spend $20 on regular catalog merchandise and get 20% off these select birthday stamp sets:

109439 Big Bold Birthday (pg 62) Reg $27.95 Sale price $22.36

112895 Cumpleaños genial y divertido (Spanish Big Bold Birthday, pg 62) Reg $27.95 Sale price $22.36

111532 Party Hearty (pg 63) Reg $26.95 Sale price $21.56

110994 Bitty Birthday (pg 64) Reg $12.95 Sale price $10.36

111618 Crazy for Cupcakes (pg 64) Reg $23.95 Sale price $19.16

111546 Simple Birthday Thanks (pg 65) Reg $17.95 Sale price $14.36

111702 Time to Party (pg 65) Reg $16.95 Sale price $13.56

108559 Crab & Company (pg 68) Reg $27.95 Sale price $22.36

WCMD Cards

I just wanted to share the pictures of all of the completed cards from the WCMD class I had last weekend. I know you may have seen a couple of them already but this time I listed the ingredients for the card. I have a couple of card kits available if anyone is interested.

Halloween Card

Halloween Frights Stamp Set (Mini Catalog)

Pumpkin Pie Card stock

Basic Grey Card stock

Basic Black Card stock & Ink

Whisper White Card stock

Ghostly Greetings DSP

Sympathy Card

Inspired By Nature Stamp Set

Close As A Memory Stamp SetChocolate Chip Cardstock & Ink

Creamy Caramel Cardstock & Ink

Very Vanilla Cardstock & Taffeta Ribbon

Thanksgiving Card

Happy Blessings Stamp Set (mini catalog)

Sage Shadow Card stock & ink

Creamy Caramel Card Stock

Realy Rust Card stock & Ink

Very Vanilla Card stock

1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Earth Elements Watercolor Crayons

Blender Pens

Christmas Card

Winter Post Stamp Set (mini catalog)

Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set

Riding Hood Red Card Stock

Chocolate Chip Card Stock & Ink Pad

Very Vanilla Card Stock

Big Shot Top Note Die

Sentiment- All Holidays Stamp Set

Friendship Card

Season of Friendship Stamp Set (mini catalog)

Whisper White Card stock

More Mustard Card stock & ink pad

Really Rust ink pad

Close to Cocoa ink pad

Chocolate Chip ribbon

Scallop Edge Punch

SU Birthday Promotion

Stampin' Up! Birthday Promotion
Dates: October 1-31, 2008
Promotion Details:
Spend $20 in regular catalog merchandise and qualify to purchase any preselected birthday/celebration stamp sets at 20 percent off.

Contact me if you have any questions about this promotion.

Go Dodgers!!!

I am really excited that the Dodgers are the division champs and are making their way to the World Series. When I was a little girl, I would watch Dodger games with my dad. He was a huge fan, he wore Dodger shirts, hats, and pins all the time. I guess my love for Baseball and the Dodgers stems from the time I spent with my dad all those years. I miss my dad and wish he was here to share in my excitement about our team finally making it this far! My dog, Dodger has been wearing his Dodgers jersey! LOL! (Yes, we named our dog after the baseball team.) I don't know that he is as excited about the shirt as I am but oh well, he is a good dog and her wears his shirt with no problems.

Some dear friends of mine love the Angels and love to tease me about how well the Angels are doing etc... and they even love to call my dog "Angel." so I had to text them today to rub it in that the Anaheim Angels lost last night, therefore getting themselves knocked out of the championship games. I got a few responses from these friends and all they could say was "whatever!" Makes me laugh. Now I just hope that the Dodger can continue to win.

Go LA Dodgers!!!!

Sneak Peek

Earlier this week I said that I would try to give a sneak peek of some of the cards for my card class this Saturday. Here are two of the cards that I made last night. I used a couple of the new stamp sets out of the mini catalog, Seasons of Friendship and Winter Post. (You should have received your mini catalog by now. If you haven't contact me and I will get you one.)

Tonight my schedule will consist of my card prepping for my class tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM and some house cleaning! I am excited for the class tomorrow because that means I get to hang out with some great friends, make cards, and have good conversation.

I am truly happy that I found

paper crafting as a hobby. I never thought of my self as a crafty person but now I guess most people would say that I am. I wish I would


scrapbook more so I could actually finish my wedding scrapbook but oh well, it will get completed one of these days. I'll try to remember and take pictures tomorrow as we celebrate National Card Making Day.



Go LA Dodgers! (I'm a Dodger's fan)