Four Weeks and Counting

Four Weeks and Counting...seriously, I knew time was going to go fast with Christmas and New Years, but it's still a surprise that we're only 28 days away (well, 27 now...yikes).

There are things to do, and things that need to get done before we go.  Our last vaccination is on Monday, and we'll also get our Dukoral and the Malaria pills at this appointment.  Our appointment with our family doctor is this week too, so we'll get the added comfort of knowing we are in good health before we head out, God willing!  :)

Our time has been booked off of work, our childcare is organized (much thanks to Mom, Melanie and Steve, Penny and Lawrence, and Hope and Daryl!!) 

Plus, I agreed to put together a presentation for younger kids and another one for older kids that we will present to Elizabeth's school when we return from our trip.  That should be interesting!!  LOL

We have managed to raise almost $5,000.00 for our trip, and we're still promised more funds to come in, so who knows where that number will rest.  Amazing!

Practically all of those funds were donated directly from people, and not as a result of any fundraising efforts.  I think that was God's plan all along for us.

Our New Year's Eve party didn't go as well as we planned, but we believe that God is always holding the reins, and while we didn't have very many people come out, we still managed to raise over $500, so it wasn't a complete bust.  And, we ended up winning the laptop we bought to raffle off at the party, (with complete integrity and honesty people - no fixes!), and it seems only fitting, since we needed a computer to Skype to our family while we're away.  God is good!

The jewellery sales for the benefit of the Home of Hope and Baby Justine orphanages have exceeded $300.00, so even that seems to be a rousing success.

So, final shopping for scrubs and good working shoes, packing, and preparing are well underway.  Ted and I also have the added advantage of having close friends who have made similar, if not the exact same, journeys many times over, so we're getting lots of advice, which we will follow to the letter, let me assure you.

Excitement and Eagerness (not to be mistaken for fear and anxiousness) have set in around the Stacey household, and we are counting down the days.  Tomorrow, it will be 26...yikes!  I mean, YAY!

I will try to get another blog written before we go, perhaps the day before, but if not, then the next one will be written from Uganda!! 

Woohoo!