Re-packing

Well, just this morning we got a message from a current volunteer at Village of Hope expressing the joy the childred had playing with the very simple educational "toys" she brought. Since we had managed to get everything packed in so few suitcases, we decided we couldn't let the opportunity pass to take a more gifts to the children there.

Originally we thot to take educational toys but that soon expanded to group toys as well. And, when a last minute donation came in we were off to the stores for jump ropes, balls, frizbees, and sidewalk chalk. We also found flash cards, and other math drills in our homeschooling supplies that could be put to better use there. To top it off, we included 2100 basic LEGO bricks. They can be used to teach math and sturcture, but basically they are just fun to play with. Hopefully we'll get a chance to enjoy all the toys with the children while we are there.

We expected to pack all the new "loot" in one extra piece of luggage but then we started weighing the already packed ones. The big one wasn't closed yet and it was already to heavy! So, we scratched our heads for a while and then re-organized. After an hour or two we have everything in bag and all the bags are unweight.

This should be our last post from this side of the world. Next time you hear from us, we will be in Ghana. We will also be posting as often as we have internet access and we will include photos.

Keep praying for us.