Preparation day: Success!

Today was a full day! After being up late last night coming home from school, we were up this morning and hit the ground running. After stops at the bank, target and ross, we made it to Costco to get supplies for the Orphanage. 



Our needs: Diapers, baby wipes and children's
vitamins. God put it on the hearts of many people to give to my trip so I was able to spend about $500 on supplies for the Orphanage. Just in case people were wondering, $500 worth is a LOT of diapers! This is what one of my suitcases looks like and I have an extra large duffle bag full as well. 


Besides the diapers, Dads Rotary club donated some french/english dictionaries for me to take for when I am teaching english in the second portion of my trip. The box of 24 dictionaries in underneath the pile of diapers in this picture. 


After shopping for supplies and cramming them into my suitcase and duffle bag, we came back home and finished unpacking my car. It is super hard to pack everything, unpack and then repack in such a short amount of time. By the time we were done I was tired of packing and I did not want to do anymore! We got everything finished around 6:00 tonight and it was just a matter of last minute details. Fortunately I have been keeping a list going for the last week of things that I need so it wasn't all up to me remembering today. 

The entertainment from today came from our two new kittens, Sophie and Charlie. They were into EVERYTHING. Trying to pack everything and keep track of all the small items was crazy because these two thought that all of my things were their jungle gym or new toys. I would set something down and come back for it a minute or two later and it would be gone. Sounds frustrating I know, but seriously, with how cute these two are it made for a fun day of play and productivity! 


To top the night off we had a family outing for ice cream to celebrate me being done with school and our last and only evening together as a family before I take off. It's so hard to believe that tomorrow is the day. The day I have been waiting for for months is finally here. I could not be more excited! I can't wait to see all that God is going to teach me in my 6 weeks in Haiti and I am glad you are joining me along the ride. Please pray for safety in my travels into Haiti, that is my biggest point of fear and I am ready for that to be over and for me to actually be present in Haiti. Until next time...