Quick post - not much to share right now, aside from the redundant "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!" I do want to say thank you to all who were able to make it to Uptown on Sunday. I know it was short notice but thanks to all who made it and made a donation. For those who offered to donate clothes and toy, I'm sorry I was unable to take those items. The orphanage advised us that it's really hard to get things like that through customs, if they aren't in the original packaging or still have the tags on. They told me to collect $$$ and decide when I'm there how to use the money. They said everyone chooses to contribute in a different way. I see myself buying soccer balls and maybe some gym shoes and some dolls and stuff...the kind of things that kids hold on to for a long time and always remember who gave it to them. They won't remember who bought them that diaper...
I booked the hotels for Thailand. AMAZING...and SO cheap. 4 nights in Chiang Mai, which is in Northern Thailand, staying in cottages in a rice padi at the base of a mountain for $125 a person. 3 nights on Phuket, an island in the southwest, for $111 a person. And really nice places too. It's nice to have Thailand to look forward to after SA (South Africa). I know I'll need a break after that.
Mentally I'm doing really well right now. Little anxiety, doubt, etc. Just looking forward to this journey.
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