**MOVED**

Hi Readers!
I've moved my blog over to Wordpress. This should automatically reroute, but if you have enough time to read this, it probably didn't work :) So here's the link:

lukeninetwentyfour.wordpress.com

Thanks!

Back to the blogging world

Wow, my last entry was in May? That is just outrageous. Here I am more than 4 months after the last post, and I can't even begin to sum up what has happened in between. Long story short, my summer looked like this:

Cebu, Philippines: June 19th - July 4th
Sydney, Australia (wyd2008.org): July 12th - 21st
Comayagua, Honduras (missioners.org): July 23rd - August 19th

I heard someone say the other day "Hindsight is always 20/20" and I think that's a very fitting statement for my summer. When people ask me how my summer was, I tell them it was the summer of summers. And it definitely was, for many reasons. Though the Philippines and World Youth Day were definitely amazing parts of my summer, the most significant and biggest blessing was my month long stay as a missioner with the Missioners of Christ, the same organization I missioned with earlier this year.

God has moved in my heart, healed wounds that have gone neglected, cleaned up messes that I swept under the rug, and all in all helped me grow, grow, and grow. My visit to the motherland was long overdue, celebrating World Youth Day with Holy Mother Church, and going on mission with mama Mary always at my side...a summer of motherhood. Wow...okay. Just uncovering that mother thing as I write that....okay, talk about Hindsight being 20/20, because I'm literally getting revelations right now that are putting this even more into perspective than it was when I sat down to write this.

I need time to process these new insights....I shall be back soon.

PAX.

The love of a father. Mi padrito amado.

Though he is newly ordained a father in the priesthood,
Fr. Agostino siempre ha sido y sera siempre mi padrito amado.

These are just short snippets of a conversation we had earlier this morning. I pray that everyone will have someone in their life to love them as Jesus does.

"No words can capture how blessed I am by your life. There is something in a man that must be a father. Even though I know that you have grown so much, I know you. I know who you are. Not everything of course, but my heart is just so full of love for you. You have helped me know how a father feels."

"I also wanted to say that I am happy to see you growing beyond me. I am blessed, but at the same time it hurts. But I am more blessed that you have moved on and have continued to grow. It is not about me or even about you. It is about Christ in you."

"Aw, you sound like you have empty nest."

"Perhaps. Empty so that others can be hatched. But always open for you to rest your wings. I know what it means to be a man--to be a father. And I want to do this for you even if you never know. You will always have in me someone who knows where you have come from and what you have been through, and I love you even more. This is how God loves us only perfectly."

Empty Me - Chris Sligh

So I've absolutely fallen in love with this song. This pretty much sums up my previous post in a musical form. Beautiful...AMEN.



Empty Me - Chris Sligh

I’ve had just enough of the spotlight when it burns bright
To see how it gets in the blood.
And I’ve tasted my share of the sweet life and the wild ride
And found a little is not quite enough.
I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change.

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with you.

I’ve seen just enough of the quick buys of the best lies
To know how prodigals can be drawn away.
I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change.

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with you.

Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to you, compared to you.
Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to you so why surrender all?

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with you.
Oh, filled with you.
Empty me.

Call to Holiness

A message from Jesus. For more check out www.directionforourtimes.com



My beloved apostle, I understand your struggles. You are becoming holier and yet you do not think you are making progress. Dear one, can you accept that the holier you become, the more holiness you crave?

Can you accept that the more you become aware of your own flaws, the more willing you are to accept flaws in others? I am at peace that you are coming to know Me better. Each day brings growth of some kind for you, even if that growth originates in mistakes acknowledged and corrected. I understand you, dear apostle.

I know that on some days you are ready for the battle of holiness and that on some days you feel you are not strong enough for the battle. This is what I want to tell you. You rise each day and pledge your allegiance to the Father. This commitment of your day insures that your Father takes you each day in the condition He finds you. Each weakness is used to increase your humility and illuminate for you the path to transformation.

Do not become discouraged by the need for improvement. If you but continue on the path you have embarked upon, you will experience greater holiness. It can be no other way because those who pledge allegiance to the Father are cared for in every detail. Our greatest goal for you is holiness because only in holiness will you find peace and joy.

Look around you. How many have committed themselves to holiness as you have committed yourself to holiness? If you look at others, you will see that the Saviour can count only a few as His committed apostles. And yet, every person, regardless of their condition, longs for the holiness you seek, even if their longing is denied and ignored. My heart is moved to such pity for those who do not seek Me. Let your heart also be moved to pity. Show constant compassion, never judgement, to those who do not understand what they lack. I am trying to show you, My beloved apostle, that you have begun a journey that must be taken by each person who will spend eternity in the family of God. If others delay the journey, that is their affair.

My beloved apostles understand that this journey, the journey to holiness, is the most important journey they will ever take. This is your first priority, My friends. Continue to make your pledge and I will see to it that you become holier.

Alas, the words have come!

So it has taken me about two weeks to piece together my experience, and with good cause. God has shown me the purpose of my trip, and taught me some very important lessons that will undoubtedly leave an impact on my life forever. In this blog, I'm going to talk about the biggest lesson I learned of all - humility.

"More of You, less of me"

The first night of Adoration in Honduras, I prayed a very simple prayer: "Lord, show me why I'm here." Simple enough isn't it? Throughout that hour, the phrase above kept coming to mind. "More of You, less of me".... I wasn't quite sure what it meant. Certainly I had read similar statements in Scripture, particularly John the Baptist saying "He must increase, I must decrease" but I wasn't sure how it was going to be applied to the experience. I carried that prayer in my heart throughout the mission, and beautiful things happened because of it.

So, one of the big questions I've been asked is "What did you do down there?". Well, a big majority of our mission work was door-to-door evangelization. Yes, I said it. DOOR-TO-DOOR! Talk about stepping out of the American comfort zone of privacy and being left alone. When first hearing that this is what we were going to do, to mention that we were to do this entirely in Spanish, I admit I was unabashedly nervous. To make matters "worse", Jeremy and I were in a group with no translator because we apparently "spoke the most Spanish". When embarking on our home visits that day, I realized that since my gift of speech had been taken away that I wasn't going to be able to talk about Jesus...therefore, I was going to need to BE Jesus to these people. I promised the Lord that day that I was going to love His people like He did, and bring them the joy that He had gifted me with. I had to put aside my fear, my worry, and my uncertainty, and just fill myself with His Spirit and love. "More of You, less of me"

Throughout our mission work, we were asked to keep our English speaking to a minimum to be respectful of the fact that we were guests in the Hondurans' native land. There were often times that my head literally hurt after translating (and attempting to translate) all the things being spoken around me. One night, I honestly prayed God for the gift of understanding Spanish - needless to say He didn't bestow that upon me. What a humbling experience it was to have to rely completely upon another person simply to communicate. And as most of you know, boy do I love talking. It initially seemed to be a curse...not being able to speak and get a message across, but by the grace of God I was gifted with amazing friends in Christ, some who were able to translate, and some who, despite the language barrier, were still able to communicate with me.

Mi amigo Juan Carlos, for example, was the leader of the evangelization team that Jeremy and I were a part of. Juan Carlos speaks pretty much no English, yet someway, somehow, we were able to communicate with him using the little and broken Spanish we spoke. There were a lot of moments where conversation would come to a literal standstill (we have some on video, it's actually pretty funny), but the Holy Spirit would always intercede and we would have a break through and be able to continue on. I realize now that as limited as our abilities were in speaking the other's language, the barrier was overcome by a genuine yearning to understand one another. The love for Christ that we had, and our desire to communicate our experiences with Him compensated where we were lacking. "More of You, less of me"


As the week proceeded forth, "More of You, less of me" began to make more sense. I was breaking free of my need for control and predictability, and instead broke free and opened myself up to moving in the Spirit in a way that I had never known. Sure, I thought I had previously had a "let go and let God" mentality. What my experiences in Honduras showed me, however, was that before I was only letting go when I couldn't hold anymore. After I was tired, worn out, and stressed, THEN I was letting go and letting God work.

On mission, it was a completely different sense of letting go. Instead of taking control only to lose it, I was instead giving God the go ahead from the start. Waking up every morning, I was able to pray and tell God, "Whatever You need from me today, Lord, I'm ready." For the first time in a long time I was letting go...not of things, events, choices, but letting go of MYSELF. "More of You, less of me."

So, here I am, back home, and about a week and a half ago, Jeremy and I were having a conversation pretty much unrelated to our experience. In fact, I do recall that, being the philosophy majors that we are, it was about logical contradictions and we jokingly remarked that Jesus had a lot of "A and ~A" moments. I brought up a particular one, that being Matthew 16:25 in which Jesus says "whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We joked about how that pretty much fit an A and ~A logical form.

It was then that I had an epiphany. I remember saying something to the effect of "Oh my gosh, Jeremy, I get it!" at this moment. "More of You, less of me" meant me needing to stop thinking about myself and start thinking about the will of God, yes, that was apparent. But it was so much deeper than that. It was me needing to LOSE myself completely, to abandon everything that I knew about myself, every dream, every wish, and every yearning I have ever had and known, and immerse, fill, and surround myself with Jesus and His wonderfulness. This was losing my life, and saving it.

I literally lost my life on the mission. It wasn't about me at all anymore. It was about spreading the love of God, and that was enough for me. Strangely enough, that was more than enough for me than anything else had ever been at that point. Waking up each morning and deciding to lose myself brought me to know who I am truly meant to be in God's plan. "More of You, less of me"

Jesus said, "whoever loses his life for my sake will find it..."

Well, I lost mine....and I sure as heck found it.

GRACIAS A TI, SENOR!!

Pictures from the Mission!

Hi everyone! Here are links to my mission photo albums....

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079644&l=f6496&id=11706141

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079647&l=8cc5e&id=11706141

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2079673&l=cf24d&id=11706141


Once again, thank you so much for all of your support and prayers!!

<3Ceci

PIECING THINGS TOGETHER...

The Lord moved in wonderful ways when I was in Honduras. Isn't it amazing how someone as lavishly extroverted as myself can be silenced and be made still by a face to face encounter with the Risen Lord? It has been 4 days since I have been in Comayagua, and I am still having trouble articulating my experience. I do remember reading one of Padre Pio's meditations on the Eucharist that mentioned that speaking about it can't captivate it's essence and meaning. I'm thinking that this experience is exactly along those lines.

Please bear with me, I will eventually get around to writing this...I just pray that the Spirit fill me with His words when I try to.

Thanks and GOD bless you all!

I'm back!!

Okay, so it's been about 48 hours since I left Honduras, and I'm still trying to slowly piece together my experiences in a way that would make them coherently translatable into words. So far, no luck. Funny how someone can be as outlandishly extroverted as I am, and suddenly be silenced by an encounter with the risen Lord. I tell ya, I haven't been moved in such a way since my initial conversion experience.

When I'm able to articulate myself better...wait. I take that back. Once I empty me of myself and fill myself with the Spirit of the Lord I'll be able to say what needs to be said. Pray for me as I sort through my experiences this past week!!

Con mucho amor en Dios,
Cece

TODAY IS THE DAY!

Thank you to all of those who have been supporting this mission trip financially, emotionally, and spiritually. Departure day has finally come, and JREM and I fly out today (well, technically tomorrow) at 12:35am! Please continue to unite with us in prayer, as I'm sure there are going to be some tough times, as well! I'll be sure to post all the videos and pictures when I get back!


PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL!

<3cece

ONE WEEK!

First and foremost, Happy Birthday to my soon to be godson, Jesse Burgard!!


Here we are, it's HOLY WEEK, and I'll be departing for Honduras in a matter of days. SIX to be exact! It's insane how quick this mission trip has come, and I am beyond excited to be able to celebrate my 21st birthday by offering up my spring break to HE who has saved me. Everyone, particularly my college buds, is a little confused by my decision to do this, most especially because a lot of them would kill to have their 21st birthday be the kick off for spring break. It just screams VEGAS, doesn't it?

But hey, I figure I've been gifted with 21 years of life, and let me tell you, each and every second of it is only possible because He allows it. Why, exactly, I don't know, because I know I've wasted a lot of those seconds making bad decisions, wrong choices, and hurting Him. And yet He still sticks with me... talk about consistent!

Since our departure date is getting real close, we've been getting more and more information about what we'll be doing in Honduras. The last e-mail informed us we'd be working with a priest about 25 minutes away from our compound, visiting the local schools and families. They've also set up time at a local hospital to provide occupational therapy for a few families. Lastly, there is some maintenance and construction work that needs to be done.

I'm sure everyone knows that I'm most excited about getting to visit the local schools and families. When I went to Mexico on mission last summer, the moment I set foot in the country, I ran out to the fence and met with the local children. Same thing happens in the Philippines. And it's amazing that the kids I've met in the most poverty ridden parts of the world are the ones who have touched my heart the most deeply. My fellow missioers Matthew and Jeremy always make fun of me, because whenever I tell a certain story about "mi mejor amigo" Carlos, I start to cry. Looking back at the pictures from that trip reminds me of how much I LOVED to do mission work. Never before in my life had I ever felt like I was meant to do something - except spread God's word in this way.

Who knows what God has in store for me? I guess we'll have to wait and see....

MISSION DONATION DROP-OFF LOCATIONS!

Hi everyone!

Our departure date is set for Monday, March 24th, however, we would like to have all donations by Friday, March 21st in order to pack and prepare our luggage. Below is a list of locations that you can drop off any donations. Before dropping anything off, please email me and let me know where you will be dropping donations off, what exactly you will be donating, and what quantities. This is so we can prepare those at the drop off locations to expect packages, and to let other interested donors what we are still in need of. Please refer to the old blog posting for the mission needs list.

Thank you very much for your support! Please forward this on to other people that you know that may be interested in helping us in this endeavor!

Drop Off Location #1:
25 Sharon Drive
Bay Point, CA 94565
Note: Please leave donation on bench in front of home

Drop Off Location #2:
86 Penhurst Avenue
Daly City, CA 94015
Note: Please leave donation near the front door

Drop Off Location #3:
260 Potrero St.
Suisun City, CA 94585

AWESOME POSSUM!! 10 DAY COUNTDOWN BEGINS!

THE BEST NEWS EVER!

Short and simple, prayers answered.

MY DAD HAS GIVEN ME HIS BLESSING!! (via e-mail, just like his daughter haha).

“Cecilia:

Godspeed on your Hondoras mission. Praying for you and may God bless you..

Always...

Dad.....”

All the stress and anxiety are gone. I couldn't be happier right now.

AMEN.

Crunch Time Before Departure

There is so much to update, but so little time. I'm blessed to have spring break fall on the mission week. Unfortunately that means that midterms are this week and next. So in the midst of intense spiritual preparation for the mission, I find myself physically and mentally exhausted. Work from 9-5, then school for class or to study. I tell you, I would kill for some free time while the sun's still out.

It's okay though, because I know it'll all be worth it. In the spirit of John Cardinal Newman, I keep reminding myself that even though my studies seem irrelevant to the Kingdom, I can still serve him through it (I'll insert the quote when I'm behind a computer). After the academic overload, I get an entire week to do what I love most - SHARE GOD'S LOVE.

Pray for me,
Cecilia Marie Flores

Love them even though it hurts.

More on this later. God is cooking up some real awesome stuff right now, and once it's ready to serve, I'll put it on the table. :)


<3CECE

Please pray for my grandmother.

Dear Lord,
Please grant my visitors tolerance of my confusion,
forgiveness for my irrationality,
and strength to walk with me
into the mist of memory my world has become.

Please help them take my hand and stay awhile,
even though I seem unaware of their presence.
Help them to know how their strength
and loving care will drift softly into
the days to come, just when I need it most.

Let them know that, when I don't recognize them,
I will ask them to keep their hearts free of sorrow for me.
For my sorrow, when it comes,
only lasts for a moment and then it is gone.

And finally, Lord,
please let them know how very much their visits mean.
How, even through this relentless mystery,
I can feel their love.

Amen.

Mission Needs List!

Hi everyone! some of you already know, I will be going on a young adult mission trip to Comayagua, Honduras with the Missioners of Christ and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) from March 24th-29th, 2008. As part of our journey, all missioners are given a list of items that are needed for the apostolates that the CFRs and the Missioners run. We are asked to try and bring as many items as we can fit into 1 checked piece of luggage.

My friend Jeremy Santos, a seminarian for the Diocese of Sacramento, will also be a part of this mission journey. Together, we have 2 pieces of luggage to fill with supplies. That is where we need your help!

Below is the list that we were given. If you are able to donate any of the below items, please contact either Jeremy (j_angeles27@hotmail.com) or me (cecilia.v.flores@gmail.com). If you are unable to donate, we ask that you unite with us in prayer for the success of the mission.

YOUR DONATIONS AND PRAYERS

ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

For more information about the CFRs in Honduras, the Missioners, and my mission preparation, visit the following sites:

www.cfrhonduras.com

www.missioners.org

NEEDS LIST FOR HONDURAS MISSION - SPRING 2008

** items are needed the most urgently

Office Supplies

**Telephone

Stand up folder holders for desks

**2 Pen drives

**Batteries (AA & D)

Large yellow envelopes (8x11 or 8x14)

Staplers & Staples

**Corkboards and dry erase boards (5)

**Sticky tack to hang things on walls

**Name tag holders and name tags

**Printer cartridges for:

Samsung ML-2510 Laser Printer

#ML-2010D3

Brother HL – 2070N

Toner TN-350

HP Deskjet D1341

#21 black-C9351 A

#22 tri-color-C9352A

Cardstock paper (white and color)

**Printer paper (white and color)

Manila & green folders (for file cabinets)

Craft Supplies

**Construction Paper

**Dry erase markers

**Coloring books with Christian themes

Glitter

**Sandwich/Storage bags

**Beads/rope for rosary making

Beads/rope for jewelry making

**Stickers

**Foam paper for projects

School, Library and Tutoring Supplies

**Spiral homework notebooks

**Scientific Calculators

Filler Paper

White Socks (girls, boys, teens)

**Teaching resources for tutoring center

**Books for library in Spanish

Discipleship groups and Evangelization Materials for Mountain Missions

**Catechisms and Bibles in Spanish

**Holy Cards and medals in Spanish

**Apologetics materials in Spanish

**Teaching videos in Spanish (children and adults)

**Books on lives of the saints in Spanish

**Discipleship and Formation Materials

**Prayer and Religious books in Spanish or English

**Movies about the saints in Spanish

**Pictures/posters for youth classroom – to decorate

**Books about the Virtues

**DVD Player

**Movies – A Walk to Remember

Life is Beautiful

Sports Equipment

**Basketballs

**Soccer balls & Volleyballs

Games, Balloons & Puzzles

Soccer Uniforms

Medicine

**Hand Sanitizer

Allergy & anti-itch Medicine

Dramamine

**Cold Medicine (adults & kids)

**Cough drops

Hydrocortisone Cream

Pepto Bismol & Imodium

Band Aids and gauze

**Antibiotics (Cipro & Z-packs)

**Thermometers

Excedrin Migraine

**Ibuprofen

Hygiene Items for families

Shampoo/Conditioner

Lotion &Deodorant

Toothbrushes & toothpaste

Hand and Body Soap

** Adult Diapers

**Flashlights

Materials for Single Mom's projects

**Printer paper

**Notebooks & Journals

**Masking, Duct, & Clear Tape

**Dry Erase & Permanent Markers

**BIBLES in Spanish!!! (60)

**Thread of every color (for sewing project)

6 dozen in each color

**Dacron Material (80 yards)

**Crochet needles (20 sets)

**Yarn for crocheting – every color

**Rope to make rosaries from beads (20 rolls)

**Thicker rope to make knot rosaries (20 rolls)

**Crosses for rosaries (metal and wood) (300)

**Beads for rosaries (wood) (enough for 300)

Other

**Sleeping bags

Board Games

**Guitar strings (steel & nylon) and picks

**Tupperware

Restless Night.

So its about 10:30 on a Monday night, and I'm in my car at Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Beautiful night, no fog, and all the city lights to keep me company.

I'm here again. Not in a geographical sense, but in an emotional and spiritual one. The aloneness...the brokenness...and the restlessness. Right now, I don't know what I want, I don't know what I need, I don't know what I have and I don't know what I'm missing. But boy am I yearning for whatever it is that is meant to fill this hole in my heart.

Pray for me.

FASHION SHOW PART 3

SOME "ACTION" SHOTS.


I LOVE MY RED PANTS!

Josh and me

in Ultra Vitalence

Who me? Yes, you!
TOO MUCH FUN!

The "get em girl" face

"Mid-thizz face"

My b-boy stance has never been fresher,
thanks to my leopard print elbow patches!

FINALLY, I'm smiling!

Handcuffs and crucifixes.
"My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God, My Savior, has ransomed me."

More Fashion Show Pics!

BACKSTAGE AND BEHIND THE SCENES...

Run through...

Clothes, clothes, clothes!

Debt Stock Clothing

Art by J.Todd
(Todd's actually a family friend!)

Todd's setup

My personal JTodd creation from back in Fall 07.
Gotta love him!

MADE Jewelry

Mama Clothing

Sarah and me in Mama.

Markie in Debt Stock
and Me in Mama

Sarah, Precious, and Cece
(cultural)

This picture makes me laugh. We're trying to hard to be serious. haha.
"Mama vs. Stussy"

"all models in the wings!"

so much fun!

INSANITY!

PACE Fashion Show 2008

So over the weekend I had the opportunity to model in PACE's First Annual Fashion Show. My homegirl Sarah and I had a lot of fun, considering we did the show on a complete whim.

Here are some pictures of my first outfit, which was an indigenous Filipino outfit.

And, VOILA!

The above shows actual photo of indigenous Filipino wear that my outfit was to imitate.

JB was quite the trooper - in a bahag!

Sarah and I .
I was tribal, she was Muslim.

And now... we wait.

And wait...

And wait some more!
(This was my attempt to be like August Rush)

First up!

and I was instructed to
"look stuck up."

EXCLUSIVE SCREENING -The Human Experience

This is an event that you will NOT want to miss!!!
There is a contact number below, but feel free to contact me if you have any questions! :)


Check the trailer below!



From Grassroots Films of Brooklyn, New York comes THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE – the story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? What is it to be human? Why do we search for meaning?

Their journey brings them into the middle of the lives of the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans and disabled children of Peru, and the abandoned lepers in the forests of Ghana, Africa. What the young men discover changes them forever. Through one on one interviews and real life encounters, the brothers are awakened to the beauty of the human person and the resilience of the human spirit.


What: Exclusive Pre-screening of "The Human Experience"

Guest appearance & discussion with the producer, director and lead actor!!

Where: Orinda Theatre, 2 Orinda Theater Sq. (off Moraga/Orinda BART exit)

When: March 6, 2008 7:00 – 9:30 PM

Why: Check out www.grassrootsfilms.com and you will see!

How: Reserve tickets NOW: contact cknutsen@oakdiocese.org (space is limited)

$9.00 per ticket or $8.00 each for teens and groups of ten or more

Hard at work...

So I'm often asked what the heck I do at my job...

I'M A CUPCAKE TASTER!

haha.


I'm so bored at work right now that posting this blog is what I'm doing.

Praise Jesus for good employers.

World Youth Day Karaoke Night Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who supported our Karaoke Night fundraiser.
This event was our final fundraising push toward our transportation costs.
The event was not only successful (earnings at about $1,500!)
but SOOOO much fun!

Special praise and thanks to:

Alex Dongallo

Rene Asuncion

Filipino Assoc.

Regina Mundi Guild

The New Mecca Cafe

Angie Verdun

Special shouts to Ygnacio Valley HS
for "providing" us with the materials.
*ahem* ASB President Emily Estrada.

On each table: 2 bean dips, 2 salsa from
THE NEW MECCA CAFE!

This is during the "Thank You" break.

Yours truly. haha.

Those crazy cousins!
Emily, Rox, Dea

Camille and Ambergrace.

This is Jason's "I'm Thinking" pose.

The wonderful guys of Holy Spirit Parish in Fairfield.

When they were on stage, it looked like we were filming
a movie with all those cameras up there!

My favorite performers of the night:
"ALL THE GUYS IN THE ROOM"