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Raquel

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About Me

What about me? I follow Jesus. Where He goes, I go. So I'm studying nursing. Then, once I am an RN, I'm headed back to the mission field baby! If you read my blogs you will find that I 1. Recently returned from a year and a half of missions in Guatemala. 2. Love brown skin 3. Had a grandpa recently die. 4. Am looking to please only Jesus. 5. Have trouble keeping my car clean 6. Only like dogs sometimes If you have any other questions...well just ask me! And ask me to be your friend!!

My Interests

Painting, teaching English, teaching the Bible to Pokemchi ladies, dancing when nobody is looking, singing in the car on a long drive, doing anything with Audrey Brown, yep I said it AUd, there is your shout out to you. Laughing while running after your umbrella in the rain

I'd like to meet:

I love meeting new people.

Music:

Waterdeep,Sigur Ros, Hillsong, Shane & Shane, Nora Jones, Coldplay, The Beatles, David Crowder, Johnny Cash, Misty Edwards, Buena Vista Social Club, Julie Meyer, Caedmon's Call...

Movies:

Pride and Prejudice, Michael Collins, Forrest Gump, Almost Famous, GO, Bourne Identity, About A Boy, Memoirs of a Geisha, Stranger Than Fiction, Hotel Rawanda, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Office Space, The Chronicles of Narnia, The End of the Spear,etc...

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Television:

The Office

Books:

Always Enough, Blue Like Jazz, Holes, Back to Jerusalem, For Men Only, The Father Heart of God, Sunflower, Such a Long Journey, Bridal Intercession, Santa Biblia, the dictionary, (ha,ha), and Improve Your Vocabulary in 30 Days (lol)

Heroes:

Heidi and Rolland Baker

My Blog

Dream

I dreamed about Guatemala last night.  I dreamed I was back in country.  I was in La Ciudad de Guatemala with Bill and Linda, and I was crying because I missed it so much. Then this morning...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:58:00 PST

It's all fading away anyway!!!!

"Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops." This is a quote by Kurt Vonnegut.   I really like this quote because it is so tru...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:45:00 PST

About Mexico

My spring break... It's not often you get to build 5 houses for 5 needy families in a week.  It's not often you get to encounter such unity amidst 40 christian people who have hearts a...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:09:00 PST

I am going to be a Nurse

On March 13, 2007 I was officially accepted into Nursing School!  That's right fans and friends, I am going to be a nurse!  I just found out today, and I am so excited!...
Posted by Raquel on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:32:00 PST

The Lord, He is so good to me!

I don't want to brag. But the Lord is doing really amazing things in my life right now.  I figure I complain enough.  Or I write about the bad so much...but what about the good.  I just...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:28:00 PST

Some people are dog lovers...

Some people are dog lovers...others are well, dog putter up withers...I admit I fall into the latter category. My brother's dog Leo was bleeding profusely the other day...My brother james rushed him t...
Posted by Raquel on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:05:00 PST

What I would like to see...

Top 10 things I would like to see in my Lifetime... 1.Blind eyes opened in the name of Jesus 2.A lame person walk 3.A dead person raised to life 4.My brothers doing dishes 5.My dog Leo respond to the ...
Posted by Raquel on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:43:00 PST

People Pleasing NO MORE

You know what the Lord has been teaching me lately?  He has been teaching me how to live a God -fearing life, and not a man fearing life.  Let me reveal something to you. I am a person that...
Posted by Raquel on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:24:00 PST

93 years...and end of an institution

My Grandpa died today.  My world has changed today.  He was 93 years old. A couple weeks ago my mom had a vision. In the vision she entered the room where my Grandpa lay on his death bed.&n...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:54:00 PST

Back in the sea of White

I miss brown people.  I know I am white, and yes I am proud.  But I miss being surrounded in a sea of brown skin...Beautiful brown skin.  Now every time I see someone with dark skin I ...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:55:00 PST