naughty*locks

i've wanted them since i was 17. but i wasn't 'allowed'
i had no idea how to make them, i didn't know the basics, i didn't know anything about them.. other than the fact that i wanted them {craved them}
every few months I'd come back to them- contemplating, asking, looking, dreaming. but it was never the right time.

it's been 7 years since i first crushed on dreads.
and finally.
one day while i was in costa rica. i added one. teeny. tiny. little. baby dread to my head. and i fell in love with it.
i ended up making a few more randomly during the last few months
and woke up yesterday to my darling mom saying she would do them. her and my sister completely finished my head

37 baby dreads now adorn my head

i love them.
isn't it silly. how hair can transform how you feel.

my hair, has gotten so blah. sad. lifeless. I have been putting it up in an ugly bun on the top of my head because there's nothing else i can do with it. feeling. frumpy. gross. blah.

i hoped to get my hair dreaded by the dread goddess in portland this summer- but that was basically an impossible dream. i had decided to wait until costa rica. but the plans changed fast when my dear mom & sister volunteered to dread them  

* thank you…

and so.

yesterday.
my loving mom and sister just knotted.
and now…

naughty knotty little things... and i love them

Truth Bomb

Literally one month one from today I will be on a plane with a 1 way ticket to Costa Rica. It's crazy to believe how quickly time has flown. {didn't I just get back from outreach?!} The apartment has been painted, the support letter has been written. AHHH. I am soo ready! My heart is so ready. Jesus is good like that... I mean don't get me wrong I will miss my family and friends terribly, but every time I think about Jaco {the town I'll be working in} I feels as though I am going to jump right out of my skin.  Its getting worse now that I'm hearing stories and seeing pictures from people that are currently down there. I am so looking forward to the awareness that this school is going to bring to me.  I am still in need of monthly support and financial gifts to meet my budget.  Please pray and consider giving as I join with the Lord to see the Costa Rican community of Jaco transformed. 

A mission to help Children At Risk: Costa Rica

Scott ~ An awesome man of God who is going to lead ministry in Jaco

Rachel ~ My school leader. I am so excited to meet her! 

its official

I got an email this week that was filled with the most wonderful news. I am accepted to the Children at Risk school with YWAM in Costa Rica! So many things are racing through my head right now.


~stoked that in 45 days I will be flying to CR to begin the next phase of my life
~excited to be able to help the precious little ones of Costa Rica
~a little nervous to have to rely on God in the financial department (although He HAS always provided)
~I am going to miss my sister, family and friends terribly, but I am so excited for all the amazing new people I am going to be meeting. Please pray for these relationships =) I am also so excited to see all the people who touched my life last year
~I feel like so much has to be done!
 <support letter {that I have been putting off way to long} needs to be written>
 <the spiced plum walls of my apartment need to be painted>
 <books to buy, and read>
 <apartment needs to be packed up, and then unpacked at my loving parents house> 
 <repack, with the dread of trying to fit 9 months worth of belongings into a hiking pack + a backpack {doubtful that this will happen}>

I heard about this school while I was on outreach with my YWAM DTS {discipleship training school} last fall.  I immediately had an interest and started filling out my application as soon as I got home.  After a while the excitement had worn off and I was having second thoughts about going.  I received an offer to be an au pair in Spain {awesome right?!}, and was regretting sending my application in.  I found myself trying to talk myself into going {that is obviously not the right attitude to be having when we are talking about a 9 month dedication} and tried to get others to talk me into in as well. {thanks mom!}  I was invited to a Women at Risk jewelry party {WARS www.warinternational.org} which I was really excited about, but the day came and I just really did not want to go {you know how it is}.  I sucked it up and went, and as I walked through the tables of jewelry I couldn't help but think of the people who are struggling in Costa Rica.  They showed us a video on human trafficking and began talking about the severity of this issue.  As I watched the video, tears began rolling down my face. It was at that moment God reiterated to me that I am not going to Costa Rica for myself or for my gain.  I going make myself more aware of the problem down there, to show Gods love to these people, and help in any way that I can. 


 I am actually hosting a WAR jewelry party before I leave! I believe they do such a great job raising awareness and are helping women at the same time by creating safe places for these women, and giving a voice to their silenced cries. {more information to come}