Hello! We are rapidly packing and making the last minute preparations for our Nicaragua trip! In the midst of all that we hit a deer with our car, had to go get a rental, and are trying to get our house ready to leave. We have bought everything we need and are now knee deep in laundry and trying to fit every possible item in our luggage. We all need to pack pretty much exactly 50 pounds so as to be able to bring as many supplies to them as we can. We have everything from band aids, puppets, safety pins, toys, toiletries, clothing, shoes, paint brushes, pencils to books in Spanish. I have already repacked one bag three times but I can still only fit 47 pounds in it.
On our first day there we will actually be working with a group called Samaritan International on a project which is TBA. But, we think it will be building something called a "stick house." On Friday morning we will head to Somoto and start the conferences. Justin and some of the other men will be trading times that they speak to pastors, women and youth over three days. Emily Brooks and me (the other Emily) are busy planning art lessons, games, and stressing about preparing for projects that we don't know the age of the kids or how many there are! We are really hoping that Carlos will allow us to take some of the older kids who have an interest in art to join us in painting a mural.
The weather forcast for the week is around 80-90 everyday with-get this...100% humidity. Oh goody. ha. We went and got Justin some shoes that dry really quickly today. Very necessary!
As far as raising support goes-we were getting a little concerned last week, but Praise the Lord, in the last week we have raised $1800! We now have all we need to cover our expenses, and about $400 to give away to needs as we see fit. More soon...
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