What a heartwarming and touching day it was! The staff at Dave's school threw us a shower and collected TONS of donations for us to bring to Ethiopia-formula, medicines, school supplies, clothing, and lots of other goodies for the kids and orphanage! I think we may be able to fill a truck with all of the donations. They even made us shirts with our family picture with the kids-we can't wait to wear them on "Gotcha Day" when we pick up the kids!! It truly is amazing how caring and supportive everyone is! Thank you so much for your genorosity!
In the evening we went and spoke with a large group of kids from the local 4H club. They do a community project as part of their club and they wanted to collect donations for the kids and orphanage in Ethiopia as part of their service project. We shared about life in Ethiopia and how they don't have much, but they are some of the happiest people we have ever met! They asked great questions and seemed very touched by this opportunity. Each child is going to fill a ziploc bag full of goodies for the kids and we will bring it with us when we travel. It is so nice to see kids helping kids-it's contagious!!
We feel so blessed to have so many friends who support us and our mission to help those in need in Ethiopia. Winston Churchill said it best... "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
4 more days until court-please keep us in your prayers.
Lisa & Dave
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