First Stop: Vanuatu!

Hey all, I hope this letter finds you in a wonderful season of life!

So a lot of you already know about my desire to be a traveling servant. Well, I've got exciting news! August 1st through the 15th I’ll be joining a few other members of my church, The Father’s House, on a missions trip to Vanuatu - located in the south pacific between Australia and Fiji! We will be doing community service for a small village, including building a church and whatever else we are called to do with our time there.

The organization taking me is called Feeding the Hungry, and is owned by a family that my parents and I have had the pleasure of knowing for years. Pastor Carlos Sales is the founder, and his calling is sending out missionaries and going on trips himself. It will definitely be an honor joining him on this awesome adventure, especially as my very first missions trip!

This short trip falls perfectly between the summer and fall semesters of school, where I am studying Sociology. My goal is to become a sociologist for a community service or missions-style organization (like Feeding the Hungry) in a country suffering in poverty. So this trip to Vanuatu is extremely exciting as it is my first missions service trip, where I will have the chance to create a relationship with the small community that lives there and get my hands dirty working with them. I know that Vanuatu will only be my first stop on my journey!

So, if any of you would like to support me on this Vanuatu trip, it would be a huge blessing to me! Prayers, advice, encouragement and financial support are all welcome and very much appreciated! And of course, if you would like to know more about my passion for service, my trip to Vanuatu, or my friend Pastor Carlos’ organization, feel free to give me a call or email. I would love to talk your ear off about any of it!

Thank you so much in advance for any encouragement!


Personally, Claudia Rose

claudiarosea@gmail.com -- 760 580 4870

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Where I'm at Now.

Well, I know it's been a while for some of you. We're all busy, it's hard to keep up with everyone!

This is just an update of what has been going on with me.

~ I'm still going to the Father's House in San Marcos, and am actually employed there now as the Director of Operations Assistant. It's a really swell deal, and I love spending that much close time with my church family.
~ I'm also still working at Peet's Coffee and Tea, just slingin' drinks and grinding coffee.
~ I still study at Mira Costa College, but instead of Psychology I'm majoring in Sociology and Culture. ~ If it works out, I'd like to transfer and continue studying Sociology, Culture, and Environmental Studies.
~ I'd like to eventually have a career working missions or community services either at a church or for some non-profit organization.
~ Because of my studying, I've turned into a total bare-foot, tree-hugging, humanitarian hippie. And I love it.

And I think that's about it. Everything else can always come up in conversation over lunch, yes?

Personally, Claudia Rose.