We finally got our travel approval today from the US Embassy and we leave next Wednesday!!! Yes, that's right - 6 days from now! :) We have made our flight arrangements and we are set to go! I am so excited, but so stressed out having to get ready in one week! I thought I had everything about ready to go, but now I realize how unready I am! But we are so ready to meet our kids (in 1 week!!!) and we now may be able to go to their village and meet their birth family.
So many of you have donated items/money for our kids orphanage and have expressed the desire to donate before we go - so if you still would like to help out, we need to have everything here by this Monday morning! Right now, we still need more of the following:
*Formula - smaller 12 oz. cans - any brand.
*Children's OTC medications - i.e. Children's Tylenol, Children's cold meds, Children's motrin, etc.
*Fruit snacks
*Old happy meal toys - go thru your toy boxes and find any old SMALL toys that still look cool and aren't really lame or have small parts with them. I would love to take over a whole suitcase of little toys.
*Money - we will be buying supplies for 3 different orphanages when go over there (sugar, grain, medicines, bed linens, etc.) so even just a few dollars would go a long way!
Please email or call me if you have any questions about any of these donations!
*T-shirt orders - we are still doing another T-shirt order, but I obviously won't be getting them distributed before we go! I would like to have all the orders in before I leave and I will have one of my friends place the order and pick them up while I am gone. So, if you want a shirt - this is really your last chance!!! I need all orders by next Tuesday night - August 3rd!!!
kellyswasey@mstarmetro.net
801 465-0316
Keep our babies in your prayers! And a prayer for my sanity wouldn't hurt either! :)
Love to all!
Kelly
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
More T-shirt orders!
We are placing another order for shirts! So many people have asked me about the shirts that I realize we need to do another order! To order, scroll down to the post from June 18th - all the sizing and price info is listed there. Orders should be emailed to kellyswasey@mstarmetro.net - ASAP! Thanks again for all of your support! We should be getting our travel date any day now and I'd like to get these ordered and distributed before we go in a few weeks!
Remember that the girl's design can also be put on a regular men's or youth t-shirt, instead of a fitted shirt.
Thanks again!
Kelly
Remember that the girl's design can also be put on a regular men's or youth t-shirt, instead of a fitted shirt.
Thanks again!
Kelly
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thank you for your support!
Thank you so much for all the t-shirt orders and donations! So far, we have raised over $700, plus numerous donations of formula and diapers. We are so excited about the good we can do for this orphanage and the smiles that we will bring to the faces of these kids! If anyone is interested in finding out more information about the orphanages that we are raising money for, go to: http://www.kingdomvisioninternational.org/
There are numerous pictures of children on this website, and I have scanned each one, looking for pictures of my kids! I swear I found Sophie in one of them, but Kevin thinks I am delusional! :) (OK, on the homepage, look at the small picture to the far right. I think the third child from the left is Sophie - what do you think?
I know - I'm psycho!)
We should get our embassy approval any day now, then we will have about 2 weeks notice before we travel. I am so excited to finally get to meet our kids and find out what their little personalities are like. I worry constantly about them - they have been moved from their original orphanage in southern Ethiopia, to an orphanage in Addis Ababa, the capital city. They speak a different language than most of the people in Addis, so I worry that there is no one there to communicate with them and that we won't have anyone to translate for us when we go to pick them up! I hope that they understand what is happening to them and that they are as excited to meet us and we are to meet them!
So many of you have suggested great names for our little boy, but Kevin has not heard anything he likes better than Micah! We decided a long time ago that I get final say on the girl name and he gets final say on the boy name - so I think it's going to be Micah! (If you think of anything else in the next few weeks, he still could change his mind!)
There are numerous pictures of children on this website, and I have scanned each one, looking for pictures of my kids! I swear I found Sophie in one of them, but Kevin thinks I am delusional! :) (OK, on the homepage, look at the small picture to the far right. I think the third child from the left is Sophie - what do you think?
I know - I'm psycho!)
We should get our embassy approval any day now, then we will have about 2 weeks notice before we travel. I am so excited to finally get to meet our kids and find out what their little personalities are like. I worry constantly about them - they have been moved from their original orphanage in southern Ethiopia, to an orphanage in Addis Ababa, the capital city. They speak a different language than most of the people in Addis, so I worry that there is no one there to communicate with them and that we won't have anyone to translate for us when we go to pick them up! I hope that they understand what is happening to them and that they are as excited to meet us and we are to meet them!So many of you have suggested great names for our little boy, but Kevin has not heard anything he likes better than Micah! We decided a long time ago that I get final say on the girl name and he gets final say on the boy name - so I think it's going to be Micah! (If you think of anything else in the next few weeks, he still could change his mind!)
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