Bueno Tiempos! (Good Times)

The time has practically flown here in Costa Rica. I only have 2 more days of class and then I fly home to Alabama for Christmas. These last few weeks have been steady but fun. I have worked hard in class and have had fun with friends and my Tica Family.

1. Babysitting
2. Black Friday
3. Matty's Fiesta

Babysitting!!
Two Saturdays ago, missionary friends of mine asked me to babysit their 3 children (ages between 6 -10) so that they could go out on a date. I was SO excited. For three reasons:

1. I love their children. They are well behaved but hilarious to be around.
2. I just enjoy getting out of the house and being around children in general.
3. They promised me Mac n Cheese - How could I say no to that kind of offer??

We ended up having a blast. We ate 4 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese, watched 2 movies, and ate 3 bags of butter popcorn. Then the Friday after Thanksgiving, other missionary friends of mine asked me to babysit their two little guys (ages 2 and 4) while they went Christmas shopping. That was fun as well. Again, I was offered Mac n Cheese for the deal! Forrest, the four year old, knows a good amount of Spanish. So when we played the game, "fix the babysitter something to eat" , Forrest and I played in Spanish while Elliott ( 2 year old) played in English. I have always enjoyed babysitting, but here in Costa Rica I find that I enjoy it even more. I feel like I am helping in a larger way here. Missionaries, ESPECIALLY missionaries with children, just need to relax sometimes, but living in a different country makes that difficult to do. Everything takes longer, its harder to go places, babysitters are harder to find... I am glad that in a small way I am able to help out.

Black Friday in Costa Rica !!?
I was surprised to learn that Costa Rica has Black Friday as well! Actually this is the first year that they have really done it up big. Emy, my Tica mom, asked me to go to the Mall with her on Friday night. Now most of you know, shopping is not really my thing. But I thought it would be fun to get out of the house. Don't get me wrong I had a wonderful time hanging out with Emy, but the Mall was ridiculous. Black Friday was definitely in action. There was people everywhere, I could hardly move with out bumping in to someone. We had a fun time shopping and eating at the food court. (I had really hot buffalo wings from KFC. They were so hot that I could not finish them.)

Matty's Fiesta

The Cake - Elmo Style !!
The Costa Rican word for cake is
 "el queque" (sounds like  "k k")

Matthias (grandson of my Tica mom and dad) turned 3 last week. So on Saturday night, his parents, Karla and Elvin, had a small fiesta for him at their house with Matty's family. Elvin's family was there as well as Karla's family (my tica family) and I was invited as well.

It really embarrassed Matty when we sang "Happy Birthday" to him
In the photo: Karla, Elvin and Matty - and his other granddad

In the photo: Matty, Mom and dad and his uncle Adrian

What Matty doesn't know is that this present is clothes, and as you can see in the picture below- no matter how nice the clothes are- no 3 year old child wants clothes.

Matty is sad because all he thinks he got for his birthday is clothes!

The good surprise was that he did get other toys like this computer
 from Carlos and Emy. That is Emy in the right of the photo.

Language School and Tica Family

I can't believe that I have been in classes for 4 weeks already! It has definitely gone fast. I have learned a lot, but that just makes me realize how much farther I have to go.

1. Language Learning and Plans
2. Tica family


Language Learning
I arrived in Costa Rica with very little Spanish knowledge. I took French in high school and in college. So the only Spanish that I knew was the few words that are common to hear every day during mission trips like “Buenas Dias” , “Como Esta?” , and

View of the mountains from the school grounds

“Bien, Gracias a Dios” – Good Morning, How are you? Good, Thanks to God. - I had learned a tiny bit more from other places, but I definitely still couldn’t say anything and I struggled to understand anything that was said to me. Now, after 2 weeks of tutoring and 4 weeks of class, I can have a basic conversation (keep in mind the word BASIC). I am able to talk with my host family and I am even feeling more confident in class. 

Spanish Language Institute

I was talking to my mom early this week and she was giving me some dates to write down. I found that instead of writing the word “date” in English, I automatically wrote it in Spanish! It’s funny how sometimes I will struggle for days to remember a certain word and then all of the sudden it finally come to me. For example: One of the first things we learned was how to describe how we are doing. The word for angry is “enojado”. Every time I wanted to use this word, I couldn’t think of it. I could “see” the word in my head, and I could say “you know that word for angry that starts with an ‘e’ “ But I couldn’t seem to ever say the word. All of the sudden one day, as I am walking home from school, the word just pops into my head and all of a sudden I knew the word. I am really enjoying this process of learning the language.

Plans
For those of you who are wondering about my plans - My plans are to be here in Costa Rica for language school until the end of July. I will arrive in Shell, Ecuador in August to start teaching when the school year starts. 

Also, I have decided that since I do not have class the entire month of December, I am going to go home for Christmas! I will be home on December 3 and return to Costa Rica on December 31. I am totally excited!

My Tica Family- an amazing blessing

The House -My room is the first 
set of windows in the right of the picture

I can’t express how blessed I feel to have been placed with the amazing host family that I live with here in Costa Rica. My “Tica” mom, Emy, is amazing and makes me feel so at home here. Her husband’s name is Carlos, and he is extremely funny and sweet as well. They have a daughter name Marreala, who lives at home. She is great and I have had several conversations with her. – They are all very helpful in my language learning adventure. Last weekend, friend from school and I were planning on going shopping for souvenirs. Our plan was to just take the bus and hope to find some tourist shops. However, when Carlos found out our plans he decided to drive us the best tourist shops. - He skipped eating his favorite breakfast that Emy had just made him and drove us 30 minutes to the shops. That afternoon Marreala asked me to go to church with her. She attends a service on Saturday nights for young people. It was fun going to church with her. Emy found out how much I like frogs and bought me a stuffed frog and a frog key chain. Emy and Carlos also have another daughter name Karla. She is married to Elvin and they have a 2½ year old son named Matthias. Matthias stays with Emy every morning since his parents are both at work. 

Matthias

I have really enjoyed getting to know Matthias as well. At first he was shy and it didn’t matter because I couldn’t understand anything he had to say anyway. But gradually he has begun to talk to me. He loves cars and airplanes. Every morning, he shows me his new car or shows me a car that he as already showed me and asks if I remember. It was a great breakthrough the first morning I actually understood was he was telling and asking me. He is learning his colors (in Spanish) and it just so happens that I am also learning my Spanish colors - imagine that!  So while he ate his Fruit Loops the other morning we quizzed each other on the colors of each Fruit Loop before he ate it. He turned to his grandmother and said in Spanish, "She sure is speaking a lot more than she used too!" That was great to hear for sure. (and just in case you are wondering if that it is a good thing that I am talking more- YES!! it most definitely a good thing) LOL 

Family Dog- Shena

Common Costa Rican breakfast - Gallo Pinto (red beans and rice)
eggs and a slice of cheese - We usually eat this on the weekends
but sometimes we also have it during the week.

A neighborhood close to the school that I walk through everyday
Beautiful flowers that I see all over the place 

A view of the main street that I walk down every day.

Ducks in the park in the middle of the city

Park that I walk through everyday to get to school

It was raining this morning is the only reason that there
wasn't several children playing on the playground

Manuel Antonio

Thank you for all of the prayers, calls and emails these last two weeks. God has been so good. My back is doing much better, and I have learned anew how to trust God in spite of the situation. I feel like I am back to normal (as normal as I get get). I am working hard at school and I feel like I am learning a ton.

1. Ordering fast food in a different language

2. Manuel Antonio

1. So as many of you know, ordering at a fast food restaurant in that States can be an ordeal if it's busy. Now picture doing all of that in a different language. I have to say that it is always fun to see what I get because it's usually not what I attempted to order. 

I ended up with 3 slices of pizza.

Pizza Hut-

I attempted to order 1 slice of ham pizza and a drink, but I ended up with 3 slices.

McDonald's-

I was trying to order a chicken sandwich. However, I ended up with a fried chicken breast and wing. (Like at KFC)

Italian Sit Down Restaurant-

A sit down restaurant is always much easier. Not only do you have a menu that you can point at, but the waitress is more focused on what you are saying and you have more time to practice what you are going to say, and time to listen to their questions clarifying what you ordered.  I ordered a Penne Cheese Pasta that was absolutely delicious. 

2. Manuel Antonio

This weekend I went to Manuel Antonio with the other two students in my class. We stayed at a hostel that caters to English speaking people. (meaning the people at the front desk speak English). We had to take a $8 bus from San Jose that left at 6pm and we arrived in Manuel Antonio around 10:00pm. Saturday, we went to the National Rainforest and went hiking for most of the day. For dinner we rode a bus into the closest town and ate Italian. The views were incredible and we saw many cool animals up close and personal. (see pictures below)  We made it back Sunday afternoon with no problems! It was a fun weekend and I can not wait to visit again.

View from my room at the hostel

We hiked up hill to this overlook

Then we hiked back down to the beach. What a beautiful view!

 

Animal Life:

Monkey- we saw a lot of monkeys but it was difficult to
take their pictures because they moved so fast

Monkey swinging from tree to tree!

This monkey came running across the path right in front of us.
I just missed taking a picture of a mother monkey with its
child on its back.

Monkey eating

This raccoon is not scared of people at all. They actually
will take food out of  your bag if you leave it unattended.

Lizard on the path

After a long day hiking for about 4 hours, a nap in the hammock was
definitely in order.

Request for your prayers!

I can not express to you guys how much I appreciate your prayers. I know that it helps to have specific things to pray for. I do have two things to ask you to be praying for me about.

1. Before I begin this, know that I AM FINE. God is good and He protected me from harm. However, at about 8:30 last night I was robbed. A car pulled up beside me and my friend as we made our way down our neighborhood street.One guy had a gun and grabbed my bag. The other girl that was with me ran screaming for help.The entire neighborhood, including my house parents came running out of their houses and the guys took off in their car. They did not get much from me. (Praise God for that) I only had my cheap cellphone, credit card and about $20 in the bag. (they did get all of my school books though). I immediately canceled my card so they couldn't use it. Although I was not hurt, I am still quite shook up. Some friends got me some mace today so I will have that with me at all times. God was there with me and of course is with me now. Please pray for my continued protection. I am also nervous now as I walk to school even though it is daylight. Pray for peace of mind and that I will turn my fears over to God.

2. Many of you will remember that last Spring I hurt my back pretty bad and had several months of pain and physical therapy. I am not sure why but my back is hurting this week as bad as it ever did last Spring. Pray for healing and/or medication to relieve the pain. {I am going to get my house mom to help me go to the pharmacy for some type of medication hopefully}

Again thank you for lifting me up in your prayers!

Trusting in Him
Jennifer

All sorts of new!

I can not believe that I have been here for over two weeks! I have learned so much already and seen so many interesting things! I wanted to share some of the interesting things that I have seen, done or learned about in Costa Rica. (there is a short video at the end)

1. Riding the Bus
2. Movies
3. Church
4. Food

So one of the first things that I learned to do here is to ride the bus system. I usually walk to school in the "morning" (tutoring and then classes start at 12:30). It's about a 30 minute walk but I tend to enjoy it. I put my ipod on some good tunes and start out. (I make a point to stop at the "grocery store" to buy a Coke Zero and sometimes buy a pack of gum or some cookies) I would prefer to walk home in the afternoons as well but by the time that I get out of class it is usually raining. If it is raining too much I take the bus instead. It cost 220 Colones. (equals about 50 cents). When I first got here I thought that there was no way I was going to be comfortable riding the bus because what if I missed my stop. Now, it's just a way of life. I see my stop, either push the stop button or if the bus I am riding does not have a stop button then I call out "Parada" and the bus stops.

On Wednesdays in Costa Rica the movies are half price. So Grace and I went to the "mall" for lunch and a movie last Wednesday. Some of the movies are dubbed in Spanish, especially children's movies. However some of the movies just have Spanish subtitles. We chose to see a movie in English with subtitles. There was several other people in the movie theater as well and they all had to read the subtitles. We are planning on going back this week as well. We decided to eat lunch in the Food Court, and I of course chose Subway. I didn't think about how difficult it would be to order in another language. (For example, McDonald's all you have to say is "Numero Uno" and you will get the combo number 1.) However, at Subway I had to order the specific sandwich that I wanted and then also the condiments and vegetables that I wanted in Spanish. I did my best but I think the reason that I got the correct sandwich was that the Sandwich Artist was very patient and helpful (and he made good guesses).

On Sunday, I wend to church with some friends. The church service was completely in Spanish. I did OK throughout the worship time because I could figure out the song was about. However, the sermon was extremely difficult. The pastor did not have any notes or slides and I couldn't even figure out what passage we were in until he had stopped reading the passage and moved on to something else. Needless to say, after church I had bit of a headache. I also had lunch the house of a family that I met that morning. They live across the street from me, but I had not met them yet. They are in language school as well and they are moving to Honduras.

I have really enjoyed the food here in Costa Rica. My "Tica Mom" Emy is a great cook and I have loved the meals. As many of you know, my favorite vegetable (practically the only one I eat) is onion. I get to eat onion in practically every meal here! I love it!! I love walking by the bread shops and smelling the bread. ( I can only let myself stop there sometimes) Two new fruits that I have fallen in love with are Cas and Mamon Chino. Cas is sour but not quite as sour as a lemon and it makes a very good juice, and I like it as an Icecream flavor. Mamon  Chino is a crazy looking red fruit that tastes sort of like a grape. (see video below of my first time eating the mamon chino)                      
                                       
                                           Eating Mamon Chino! from Jennifer Kendrick on Vimeo.

First Week in Costa Rica

I have had a wonderful first week here in Costa Rica. I really can't believe that I have only been here a week. So that this blog post is not 3 million words long, I am going to break it into a few sections with funnies mixed in where they fit.

1. Host Family and Language School
2. Weekend trips
3. Praises!
4. Pictures

I am getting to know my host family and the other student that is here at my house. The family is amazing and the mom, Emy, has been wonderful to help me with my Spanish. I have had several conversations with other members of the family in Spanish (I can understand a lot of what they say and I do my best to respond in very broken Spanish). Grace, the other student at my house, is from Korea. She is here until the end of October. She was in the States for a year learning English and then came here to learn Spanish! I hope to post pictures of my host family soon. Please pray for Emy (my house mom). She had surgery last week and is in a lot of pain.

On Saturday, Grace and I went to downtown San Jose. We went to buy a bus ticket for Monday to go to the beach but ended up spending the day shopping and ate lunch at Pizza Hut. It was quite an adventure to buy the bus ticket. We got in what we thought was the correct line to buy the ticket and waited for 30 minutes. When we got to the front of the line, we were told we were not in the correct line. Praise God that there was a man near that spoke some English. He helped us find the correct line. At Pizza Hut, I attempted to buy 1 slice of pizza and a drink. I ended up with 3 slices of pizza and a drink. Just one of many many language mistakes.  We also fed the birds at the park. (My mom says that I look like a bag lady feeding the birds LOL)  (See pictures of the day below)

Today, was a Costa Rican holiday called Culture Day. (has something to do with Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the new world)  Grace and I took a bus to Playa de Jaco. (Jaco Beach)  It was about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour bus ride. When the bus arrived in what we assumed was Jaco, we were not sure where to get off the bus. First, we didn't know where the beach was and we didn't know where the bus station was so that we could return this afternoon. Thankfully we were able to ask the bus driver and he understood us and pointed us in the correct direction. We ate lunch at KFC (yes I said Kentucky Fried Chicken LOL). Then we headed to the beach. As you will be able to see from the pictures below it was quite rainy but we had fun anyway. We returned this afternoon so we had only 3 hours in Jaco but since it was raining it was plenty of time.

PICTURES with Descriptions

Right before it started raining. Love the coconut trees!

Some kind of animal tooth! I didn't actually want to touch it.

Holding a coconut in the pouring rain next to some kind of fire structure?

This would be even better if it was sunny!

Grace and I met an American man who was gracious enough to take our picture.

Eunseon is Grace's name in Korean

Jennifer in the CR! The sand is not like Florida sand. It's mostly tiny rocks

I am on a sand bar and it is beginning to rain quite hard.

The sky had cleared some. Its quite pretty, but would be better with sun.

I really wanted to wade out to the rocks but I couldn't tell how deep the water was.

The water wasn't too cold, but when it is raining and the sun is hiding it can be chilly!

There were palm trees and coconut trees everywhere.

The stores in downtown San Jose are already decorating for Christmas!

Feeding the birds. It felt really weird.

Grace feeding the bird. She was braver than I was and went first.

Standing behind an art structure in front of the "gold museum" 

I am in Costa Rica!

As you can see from the title of this blog... I arrived in Costa Rica this morning! It has been a full day so I will just share some highlights.

But first, I wanted to share something funny that happened yesterday. (It's funny now. Not so funny when it was happening) I was in my hotel room in Miami. I had just started my shower and put the shampoo in my hair.   And the fire alarm for the hotel goes off. So I washed the shampoo out as fast as I could, got dressed, grabbed my room key and headed to the nearest exit. I was staying on the 11th floor so I had a ways to go. I finally got outside and we all had to wait about 30 minutes while the firemen checked everything out. It was not a fire although I don't know what the problem was. Needless to say, when my alarm clock went off this morning I panicked thinking it was the fire alarm again!

So I arrived in Costa Rica this morning at 10:50am, but I had messed up and  told my ride that I arrived at 11:50am. So I ended up standing with all of my bags (I checked 3 and had 2 carry-ons) at the curb outside of the airport for quite awhile waiting. But, everything turned out well.

I am staying with a very sweet family. The mother's name is Emy and she speaks English very well, but I am doing my best to work on Spanish :) I plan to go to the school tomorrow and find a tutor to help me until classes begin on October 24.

I am excited to be here and get started but I have to admit that everything is a little overwhelming right now!

18 Year Long Dream

I was thinking the other day about how I couldn't believe that I was finally getting to do this. I realized that I have been dreaming of this day for 18 years. It seems like yesterday but also forever ago that I was an 8 year old kid listening to a woman speak about being a missionary in Africa. I knew that I was going to be a missionary some day. And that day is here!

So packing... Yeah that was fun (NOT). I was trying to get everything I would need for the next 3 years in to 2 suitcases. It ended up being 3 bags but who's counting :) Anyway, we finally got it all zipped up and ready to go. My flight left Birmingham at 12:45pm and I have an 18 hour layover in Miami. My flight leaves tomorrow morning at 10am.

This morning before my family took me to the airport we ate breakfast at IHOP! (I love french toast)

Last Week in America!

It's crazy. It does not even seem real. I am really packing to leave the country. So that's whats happening in my life. I am going through everything that I own and trying to fit what I need into only 2 suitcases. Everything else goes to the Thrift Store or the trash.

Tonight I went on a date night with my dad to the Cheesecake Factory and then to a movie. Pretty much all this week I am spending time with family and friends and saying goodbye.

My plan for the blog at least for a little while is to write posts that fall into 4 categories. This will hopefully help me to write short and focused blog topics that will help you guys know what is going on in my journey. (Thanks Imani Folks)

1. Mi Vida
- In this "category" I will just post general stories about my life and Language School. Expect to here things about school and work when I get to Ecuador, things about living in the Costa Rica and then Ecuador, prayer requests, etc. etc. (PS- Mi vida= My life)

2. "God is good because.."
- In these posts I will simply give thanksgiving to God for the ways he has been faithful/amazing to me. Joys about how He has worked my life.

3. Hola ___
- For these posts the blank space will be filled with a name of people that I meet with. I will include a picture, how I know them and some fun facts about them... just so you guys have a way of "meeting" the amazing people God has given me the opportunity to live and study among.

4. Laughter
- I love to laugh, and I am sure that I will make a million and two mistakes while learning the language and beyond (and they no doubt will be funny to laugh at). When moments are funny enough to share, I'll post them in this category.

Jumping off the high dive!

While at Mission Training International in August we learned that the life of a missionary is often full of paradoxical experiences. It any given situation there are positive aspects or emotions "yahs" and negative aspects or emotions "yucks". And this time of saying goodbye and heading to language school is a perfect example of this principle.

"Yahs" - Positive Things
* I am so excited to start language school. I am ready to get started learning the language. * This has been such a long time dream for me. I am so ready to begin.
* I have several friends in Costa Rica in language school.

"Yucks" - Negative Things
* Saying goodbye to family and friends is hard
* Heading to the unknown is scary and... unknown :)

The best example that I can come up with about how I feel right now:

Imagine that you are finally old enough or tall enough to jump off the high dive at the swimming pool. You have been dreaming of this for years. You know that this is what you have been waiting for and that it is going to be the most exciting thing that has ever happened to you. Then... you climb to the top and look over the edge. Wow, the high dive is really high. I mean much higher than you thought it would be. Your still excited to jump, I mean you have been wanting to do this for years. But, now you are getting a little scared. This high dive is so high that it will hurt if you jump and land in the water wrong. But, you have been dreaming of this for so long there is no backing out now (nor do you really want to, no matter how scary it might be)

This is where I am at right now. I thank God for this felling because I know this is just means I will have to depend upon Him.

So I guess all that's left to say is "Ready. Set. Jump!!" (well, on October 9)

26 Days before October 9

It's official. I leave for language school on October 9. I am actually at 93% of my support goals, but HCJB Global has given me permission to go ahead to language school. I am believing that the rest of my funds will come in as I follow God's leading and start language school. ( I still need $193 a month to be considered fully funded.)

Language school classes actually start on October 22, but I am going 2 weeks early to go ahead and get situated and acclimated with the city. I will be living with a Costa Rica family. I will have my own room and bathroom and most likely internet. However, if the family does not have internet, there are plenty of internet cafes around that are not too expensive.

I will have classes Monday - Friday and I will also be finding a tutor so that I will have extra help. I want to learn Spanish well so that I can interact with people in town and be able to minister in situations that would require me to speak Spanish.

I am truly excited about getting started on this journey. If you missed it from the title of this blog... I LEAVE IN 26 DAYS!!!!


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Costa Rica - Here I Come!

The title of this blog might have confused you. You are probably thinking something like "I thought Jennifer said that she was going to Ecuador to be a missionary. What is this about Costa Rica?" Don't worry. I am still going to Ecuador to teach at the Nate Saint Memorial School. However, first I am going to Costa Rica to language school.

I have been given permission to go to language school in October as long as I get another $115 in monthly commitements. This means that if 4 more people commit to giving just $28 a month I will be able to get on a plane headed for langauge school in Costa Rica!

I am so excited about getting to Costa Rica. I have met 3 American families that are in school there right now. So I already know some people that can help me get situated.

I will be in language school until April 12 and then I will be headed to Ecuador to begin teaching! In Costa Rica, I will be living with a host family that does not speak English. (Although this seems scary, it will also help me learn the Spanish faster.)

I would love for hear from you while I am in Costa Rica and Ecuador. The best way to contact me is by email at jkendrick@hcjb.org. This blog will be a great place for you to keep up with what I am doing. I will also be sending out email updates. To be put on the email list, send a email to me at jkendrick@hcjb.org or post a comment here with your email and I will add you to list.

Ecuador Here I Come!

It's Time To Leave from Jennifer Kendrick on Vimeo.

This is really happening!

So time is really drawing near! Although I have been so excited to begin this journey, it has not seemed completely real yet. However, last week I received an email that really made this all seem like it's really happen.

The first day of school is August 25! Wow! That is not long from now. I also received the school handbook to read over. I don't know what grades/subjects I will be teaching. I probably will not know that until I begin teacher workdays in August.


The email also said that I have a place to live in Shell once I arrive. I was not worried about finding a place, but knowing that this is already secure is definitely reassuring. I will be living in the 2 bedroom apartment above the school. Hopefully, I will be able to find a roommate as well.

I am at 70% of my goal! If just 30 more people commit to giving $28 a month, I will reach my support goal!

Its Time To Go!

Nate Saint Memorial School

     The school that I will be teaching at in Ecuador, Nate Saint Memorial School, is in desperate need of teacher. The students are children of missionaries who are living their lives to share the Gospel with the people around the world. Because of the school, the parents are able to focus on thier jobs of being doctors and Gospel presenters while knowing that their children are receiving the education that they deserve. I am so excited that I will have the opportunity to assist them in thier mission by making sure their children get the education that they need.

   
To give the children the desired education, the school is normally staffed with 5 teachers for grades K-8. As of this time, there are only 3 teachers for the fall of 2011. In light of this need, HCJB Global has asked that I be ready to leave the country in May 2011. This gives me 11 weeks (as of February 7th to raise my support).

Me with a child at the orphanage in Shell

How can I help?

A monthly commitment of only $28.00 a month raises my support level up 1%. With 50 more people committing to give just $28.00 a month, I will reach my support level!

How do I become a monthly supporter?

There are several convienent ways to begin giving:

• Go to hcjb.org to begin giving today. (Don't forget to include my account # 110553)
• Email me to let me know that you want to begin giving.
• Send a check to HCJB Global. 
• make sure to desginate on the check my account # 110553
• Include a note that says this will be a monthly donation 

What if I can't give monthly? Can I still help?

By all means, any funds donated can be used. Any one time gifts will go to pay for plane tickets, language school and other moving costs.