Holiday Update

I know it's been a while since I have posted, but it has been very busy around here. Well Christmas has come and gone and everyone here has survived. It was a great day for the kids. They got to leave the houses a little bit later which meant sleeping in a little for everyone. That is already a great present around here. All of the kitchens had fried chicken, rice, and vegetables for lunch with coke. It was very good fried chicken. At 12 everyone but the toddlers went to the church to open presents. This year we had over 3000 presents for our almost 600 kids. Every child had at least 2 presents. The presents were handed out by volunteers. The volunteers would pick up the presents (that had already been previously sorted) and take them to David. David would call out the name and the child would raise there hands. It only took about 2 hours this year. That is a few hours shorter than last year and we had a 100 more kids this year. After all the presents were handed out David counted to three and all of the kids opened their presents. It was a fun site and I did get a video and lots of photos that I would love to post for everyone. However my memory card for my camera is M.I.A. I have looked for it but can't seem to locate it. As soon as I post that I will be able post everything.

For those that help to contribute to the presents for my house it was and is greatly appreciated. Everything that was sent was a blessing. From the shampoo to the towels (those are very nice to have) to the new pajamas. All of my girls love their rain jackets. My big girls in the house plan on writing thank you notes and when I find my memory card I will hopefully make a small video of my special needs girls saying thank you. You have no idea what a blessing your gifts have been and will continue to be.

Thank you to the peacemakers for the quilt that was made for me. I LOVE IT!!!! Also to the others that sent my gifts thank you so much!!!

I will be leaving this Thursday for Costa Rica to renew my visa. I am very excited about this and it will be a very nice and much needed break just to get away for a bit. We will be gone a total of two weeks. I am leaving with Leigh and another volunteer Lindsey who really knows Costa Rica very well. It should be a fun trip and doing a lot of nothing on the beach will be nice.

I think that is about all of the updating but I would like to ask for prayer for safe travels. Also please pray for me whenever I get back I will be working on what I will be doing for the special needs class and trying to figure out with all of the new kids who I will be working with. This will be a challenge so please start praying now.