This all started with a Moms heart to not forget the children left behind in the orphanage and a small Christmas tree in my church last year. Let me explain.....
Last year, we made 29 Christmas ornaments with sweet little faces on them and the families in our church each took a sweet face and shopped for a child for Christmas. All the presents were mailed to the small orphanage in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia that we adopted our daughter from in 2007. Although the gifts did not arrive until late January (no express shipping to Mongolia unless you own stock in FedEx) they were so welcomed and so appreciated by the small smiling faces.
So, with the addition of our son Seth to our family this year and a connection to another orphanage in Mongolia and more smiling faces....we decided to try and double the number of children sponsored for Christmas this year....
I should have known that when God births an idea in a Mothers heart...He is in it!! An email was sent out to friends, family, and friends of friends, etc..... All 60+ children were sponsored in the first 5 days by families in 15 states. Now, we have also been blessed with baby formula, medicines, over 100 sets of hats, gloves,scarves and chapsticks to be given to children that call the streets "Home". After much prayer and feeling like I was supposed to go and personally deliver these things, a team was birthed. Michele is another adoptive Mom from Wisconsin, my sister in law Erica and myself will be leaving on December 4th and returning on December 13th. We will spend 6 days in country, visiting 3 different orphanages, distributing the many blessings you have made and purchased for the children. We feel honored to be your delivery people.
Prayer Requests:
Airlines would waive some extra baggage fees and allow us to bring everything!!
Safe travel
Pray for our health as there is currently a quarantine in effect for the swine flu
Lift up our husbands and children and those helping to take care of them while we are gone:(
For doors to continue to be opened there/hearts to be softened and ready to receive
Much thanks to all of you who have prayed, shopped, sponsored, donated and have come along side this blessing project!!
Love and Thanks,
Stacy
Michele
Erica
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Think about packing in "light bags" like the "chinese" ones with zipp to make smaller or bigger.They are lighter than suitcases....
ReplyDeletesometimes 3 or 4 kilogs less....
Or like the "Tati" ones: just a big very light bag(you know every migrants in Africa or Asia use them)
Then you put under plastic on the airport.
You can own weight like this.I did it many.
I wish you a very nice trip.
Thanks for childrens.
Marie, in Paris, waiting for a child from Mongolia