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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ana Martinez <martinezana770@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 29, 2024 9:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:<br><b>Subject:</b> Looking for competent blind role models<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Good morning, my name is Ana Martinez. I am a blind grad student doing a Masters in Theology, and I am a graduate of the Louisiana Center for the Blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A colleague and I are coordinating a mission trip in Europe; we are organizing a retreat for blind young adults from through out Europe, with the goal of giving these young blind people the alternative skills of blindness so that they may live independent and fulfilling lives. However, the most important goal of this retreat is to invite these young people into a relationship with Christ and to bring them closer to the Catholic Church.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In order to make this retreat a success, one of the things we need is competent blind role models. We are looking for any blind adult willing to travel to Europe next Summer, who has a positive philosophy regarding blindness, who has good blindness skills, and who is a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is not an ecumenical project; this is strictly a Catholic project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If any of your NFB members or training center students/alumni would like more information or is interested in helping out, they are welcome to email me at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:Martinezana770@gmail.com">Martinezana770@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or text me at my number:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>3187370629<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I would appreciate if you could pass this message along.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Ana Martinez<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>"I shall do everything for heaven, my true home"<br>-St. Bernadette<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>