2 week countdown!

Being a tad tired & weary, I posted this on the eReader blog yesterday by accident. LOL. But since writing, I did get a good 9 hours sleep so I have no excuses now!! 

Time goes far too fast. I think if I had another 6 hours each day, I'd still have a full to do list. We do that, don't we? Fill our time, no matter how little or how much we have of it. We fill it then want more. Sometimes I forget to look up, soak in the light, dwell in the moment.

Today, Jessica arrived home from a 1 week mission trip in Michigan. She was with her youth group and had a wonderful time, with tears in her eyes telling me how God moved through them during the week. What a blessing for her and the others!

Now home, time for her to rest and get ready for Honduras!  Bag unpacked into laundry & straight back to bag for the next one! 

As for the Honduras teams, we have a lot to get prepped. With two teams, one from Aug 2-9, the other 9-16, we're co-ordinating a fair amount.
With the trips themselves now paid for, we're collecting donations of items (or money to buy items) to take. Goodies for the kids and things for us to do with them: crafts, games, sports and so on.
Then prepping crafts. That can be a time killer - cutting fabrics and such ahead of time so we can do them more easily there; thinking ahead what may or may not be available for us to use and so on. Um, and you know I can't do crafts, right? :)

We're planning for 60 kids - though only 40 live on site, they do have kids come in from town for school, sometimes siblings visit and of course, kids of the staff who may be visiting.

We also plan to take small gifts for the support staff and volunteers there. The people that live & work at the project, day in and day out. Cooks, teachers, dorm 'parents', security as well as the long missionaries and so on.

I'd better get on with it!

Missions collection!

I have a request for anyone who may have physical goods they want to donate – things sitting in craft closets or left over from a kids party etc. If you have any of the following, we’d be glad to take them to the kids in Honduras. 

- 18x18 or 20x20 squares of girly material so we can make no-sew purses with the girls. 
-any new hair accessories for girls including brushes, combs, etc.
-school supplies. We have plenty of pencils though.
-small items to be placed in treat bags. Ex. toy dinosaurs, toy jewelry.  Nothing looking old and worn out, please & thanks!
-any candy, just nothing that will melt!
-individual size peanut butters.
-stickers
- soccer balls

If you have anything else you would like to donate, we are taking for 30 girls and 30 boys.

The kids are grateful for everything they get & we like to make them as fun and nice as possible.

  If you want to shop but don't have time, Walmart gift cards are great, we can get the items too. 

 

Fundraising in the sun

Lovely day yesterday at an Artisan Market at Meridian Station Gifts. After a rough 2 weeks, I didn't feel like the early wake up or spending my day working, but I am glad I did. Not only did I close the gap for our fundraising total, but it was gloriously sunny day with delightful company, as Gretchen and I shared a tent and she sold some handmade jewelry and Mary Kay.

I sold Jason's soap and some other goodies. If you'd like to order some, there are still some left!
Order a set of 5 for $16 at http://modernpioneer.highwire.com/product/mixed-set-5