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My 'cousin's daughter' (cousin, once-removed? second cousin? I forget) Dezi is planning to participate in FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University-Students) missions in Peru.

My whole family hopes you donate in support of her part of Jesus' mission, or support the whole ministry in whatever way you can (as I think I'm doing with a few 'posts' online).

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The word "Mission" is built on ancient words that mean "to |Release, |Let go, |Send, |Throw" (atop foundations that mean Exchange, |Remove, become Hostile, Change, |Give, |Bestow).

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At a little family-breakfast this morning, Dezi explained the mission a little-more—to hear me describe it here, you might think I'm 'dismissing her participation the FOCUS-mission as "just another part of Dezi's college-experience"' ... partly because 'that's how she described her entry into the program' ... at 'introduction day' (where all the 'clubs' at OU set up booths to invite new students to join them), she was looking for an organization that would help keep her path "Godly."

We're a big Catholic family, so–when she saw there was hardly anyone at the Catholic table–she made her way over and signed-up with them. They moved her in with another couple of missionary-women, and it became clearer-&-clearer that this is the right path for her.

But step back for a second (to take a look at all '360-degrees' of the situation)—Dezi is a nursing-student, and she tells us her group will be going to some villages in Peru that don't have easy access to churches or clinics (beside the fact that some who need their help are unable to get out of their own houses).

Along with the clinical care the missions will be providing, and along with the training they'll give village leaders in 'performing the Holy Sacraments in the village (so they don't have to travel to a distant city to attend mass),' the missionaries will be fulfilling 'what I think is The True Mission of the Church': to remind the people that they are part of The Body of Christ, which–like parts of the human-body seek to repair their fellow body-parts to keep the human-body performing at peak-efficiency for the pride-&-comfort-&-pleasure of the human–are seeking to lift up their fellow 'members of the Body' to keep the Body giving maximum glory to God.

Support that Mission, and Know that The Church-Body is Healthier Because of You!