| “Stones in the road? I save every single one, one day I'll build a castle."(Fernando Pessoa) Before you read about me... listen to my words! Here's a little bit of my story in a short video made by Zach Benson for my baptism at North Metro Church: http://vimeo.com/16835184 I'm a dreamer. I want the world in which we live to become a better place and live my days working towards that. I believe in being the change I want to see in the world. Diversity is a driving force to me... from that passion came my love for different languages and literatures. Facing whatever is different teaches us be tolerant. People have always fascinated me! We always learn from others - good or bad things - and from that we go building who we are, and how the world around see us. We're built and shaped through experiences, through interactions with others. I love them, listening to their stories, sharing mine and growing in that process! I live to bring unity in the midst of diversity. People in essence are the same... cultures are the flavor added to them. Understanding them, embracing them makes us richer in so many ways! God has been shaping me into the woman according to His design little by little. I grew up in a multi-cultural house, in a multicultural environment and learned to accept and embrace diversity in a very early age. My parents, being Polish and Spanish descendents and raising me in Brazil, taught me to find beauty in what is different and always find a common ground with people through showing love and respect. The concept of one culture being better than another one was never allowed into our home. They also taught me that we never walk out of a conversation with people being the same - you learn and take something, and you teach and give something to the other person. From them I also learned the passion for God, languages and for serving people. My parents were the most amazing servants I've ever met, meeting spiritual, physical and material needs of people always being led by the Spirit. They also taught me to be a servant-leader, inspiring people through actions of love – we love because He has first loved us. I can firmly say that I had the best parents ever, that I was tremendously blessed by God in living with them during the time God has allowed them to be around me. Much of my character comes from watching them, the life they poured out into my own life during the years I could be around them. They were constant, consistent in their walks with God, and their example is the biggest legacy and blessing I can ever carry with me! |
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