Packing Day

Lynda Baumgartner (veteran packer)

One of the bins set to go - I see clothes for Mavuto and Funasi

We had Lynda's exchange student from Japan helping us as well as Cindy Parshall - counting the attached shipping money and checking the names

Bethany and Jackie rolling and packing - after clipping tags and tagging each of the children's clothes. Thanks everyone!!!

Today was packing day! The bins were filled with lots of kids clothes and shoes. We also have a t-shirt from the Blues Festival to go to the women of the village. When I arrived there were bag after bag of clothes/items for the kids adopted at Community Live and from within the Columbia community (and one group from KC and Atlanta). I was so impressed to open bag after bag and see that each kid had one set of good clothing. We even were able to put socks and undergarments with many of them.

Well only 7 nights to wait before we leave!!! I am told we will be handling the bins only until we check them on the first flight and then pick them up at the destination. We pray all of them make it. Last year two were misplaced. :(

We have located a driver for our bus - Tom Clements and my hubby will transporting us to KC to the airport. You have to be a "legal" bus driver in order to drive the bus - so we had to search for someone who wasn't working on Sunday in the church. We will have to treat him to dinner Saturday night for taking his time to help us.

More tomorrow....... 80 degrees in Malawi - while it is bitterly cold here, that may be nice.