Donation thank-you's!

Well, I want to yell out a big thank you to all of you that have been so generous with the items on the wish list for the orphanage. The stove/oven money has already been collected-thanks to a handful of folks in Martin County, MN! Thank you, thank you!!! It was amazing how the pieces fell together to make it happen-such a God thing! If we happen to get more money in, we will make sure to use it on a need in the orphanage that we see when we are there. We also have a few classes from our local elementary school collecting items now too, as well as some wonderful friends from our community dropping by items off the list. I also have a few duffle bags that we were able to borrow. Thanks for all of this- I can't wait to bring everything over and I think by the time we travel, we will have all 8- 50lb. bags full!

I talked to Daron and he made it safely on his 12 hour bus ride up north. Tomorrow he will travel 4 more hours until he gets to Mole National Park, where he will go on a walking safari and hopefully see some wildlife near the watering holes! If it is a good experience, we hope to take our family up there when we are all together (which I can't believe is next week)!!! Wow, time is flying and before I know it, we will all be together as a family! Did I mention that I took Kwame and Fia on a walking webcam tour of our home? It was kind of fun and crazy, at the same time. I guess Kwame is very excited about his bed and continues to point to his bed in the photo book that we sent over. So, when I was talking to them on the webcam, Kwame wanted to see his bed and his face just lit up when I showed it to him. Fia then wanted to see hers, which she loved too. We then walked around and showed them more of our house, a new doll, a new book, etc., and ended with shoes. Daron said that Fia loves shoes-:) Too bad none of the rest of the girls in our house do.....yeah, right!! I think I may have to hide my favorite shoes from 3 girls now!