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This weekend was quite the weekend for me. It was pretty much filled with one blessing right after another. To the point that Saturday night before I went to bed I ended up crying. This was a happy cry. It was a wow I can’t believe all that God has done for kind of a cry.<\/p>\n

It all started for me on Friday afternoon. I was talking with my husband about my book on miscarriages. He was looking at my sales ranking number and noticed a spike. He then noticed 5 book sales. He thought we had bought them to give out to people. I assured him, it wasn’t us that bought the books. So I was pretty excited to see 5 paperback sales from someone on my book – Miscarriages: My Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That night I received an email from the person who bought my books. She explained to me how she works for a non profit organization. She explained how they put gift bags together for women and their husbands who have gone through either loosing a child or a miscarriage. She then asked if there was anyway she could buy 70 – 100 more copies at a discounted price. Of course I was willing to do this. So I lowered the price of my book on paperback as low as I could and true to her word the next day she bought 75 more copies of my book. This thrilled me!<\/p>\n

On Saturday night my family and I went to a local camp called Sacandaga Bible Conference, we call it SAC for short. We went to listen to Jason Gray<\/a> in concert. He has been my favorite Contemporary Christian music artist since the first time I heard him at SAC 2 years ago. I can listen to his songs all day. One particular song of his called “Not Right Now<\/a>” helped me get through the loss of my mom 1 year and 7 months ago. This song really said it all. How I was feeling and such. Another one of his songs that I love is “Remind Me Who I Am”. If you have never heard his songs, you’re missing out! After the concert I had the chance to meet Jason and talk to him for a minute. I had the chance to explain to him what a blessing his music has been to me. Especially in the rough times.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday morning I got to see one of our Church’s missionaries from Italy, Sara Whitman. Sara and I have become good friends. The very first time she came to our Church with her husband Josh we had the opportunity to get to know each other better. We are both Italian. Although I would say that she is more Italian then I am since she was born and raised in Italy. I am Italian by being born into an Italian family.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this gave us a chance to get to know each other better. We eventually became friends on facebook as well. Some time ago she asked me if she could use my book on miscarriages to help her as she is a missionary in Italy. My first reaction was OF COURSE. The idea of one of our missionaries using my book to help women in Italy get through their own miscarriages meant a lot to me. This has made our friendship even stronger.<\/p>\n

So getting to See Sara, even for only a couple of hours during Church meant so much to me. It was precious time with my dear friend from Italy. We had the chance to catch up as much as possible. She told me how she was to use my book to help other women going through their own miscarriages. We are slowly working on a way to be able to connect better, so that perhaps one day I can do a facetime with her and these women.<\/p>\n

Sara also has her own website<\/a> where she had devotions and different things for people to read. Now I have to be honest her website is in Italian so I can’t read it. Not unless I hit the Google translate button. Which I do every time I go to her website. I hope you would take the time to look at her website, check it out, read it and so forth.<\/p>\n

So yeah this has been a pretty amazing weekend for me. Filled with one blessing after another.
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