Fun times at Harvest Seattle w/ Naomi

Fun taking pictures with my mommy...

Papa

My papa Richard Burleson passed away 10-9-10. I will always remember the fun times that we had together. He was so much more than a grandpa to me. For the first 6 years of my life he was my father figure. I remember him always there either making me laugh or making me so mad. He thought that it was the funniest thing to see me mad (most of the time). One of my favorite things to remember is when I would see him sitting and go over to sit in his lap. Almost every time I would end up falling sleep. He was such a big part of my life and will be missed so much. I am so beyond greatful that he is a Christian and is now with God. He has no pain and doesn't even remember what hurt is. Today we are going through picture of the family and it is so fun to see him when he was a young man. I am learning so much about his past. We have laughed over so many stories and cried over our loss. I am so glad to know I will get to see him agian.

I love you papa so much.
Love,
Your Trouble (his nickname for me)

Beautiful St. Lucia

St. Lucia is the most beautiful place I've ever seen!!! Below is a slide show of the scenery I took. Some of the pictures are from the airplane, some from the ground and some from a lighthouse we went in. Enjoy!

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St. Lucian Kids Singing with Jeannie

Titus Telling A Story

Titus was one of the few Godly local men I encountered. His fiance, Tekla helped with the VBS at Vieux Fort. He was a nice, funny man. He told a true story about a 16 year old girl who was going to kill herself because a lot of bad things had happened to her. She was pretty much alone in her life. This girl was going to lay down in front of a car. One night she want to a deserted area where few cars would pass. When she saw a car coming she laid down in its path. The driver was someone who had graduated school with her and was going to school to become a Pastor. He saw her laying in the road and pulled over (most people would not have done that in St. Lucia). He talked to her and persuaded her to not take her life. She turned her life around, gave her life to God and is now living for Him.

This short video is of Titus telling that story during the church service. He is speaking in Patios (pronounced pat-wa). In Patios they do not have a word for every English word, so they swap back and forth from English to Patios. I stopped the video right before he really started swapping back and forth, but see if you can find how many times Titus says the word "because".

R&R

Most of these pictures are from Saturday, which was the day that Pastor Wally and Jeannie took me out with some locals to experience St. Lucia. The lady local (Lydia) was one of the volunteers at the cafe that supports the church. It was so much fun to get to see some of St. Lucia. We went to Diamond Falls (beautiful) and to Sulfur Springs (just for some sulfur soap). Not much to say, the pictures will explain everything.

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