Packing Party

Although we have been preparing for months now, today was the first day of meeting together. Four of us were able to go to the commissioning at Messiah Lutheran Church. What a blessing to receive that blessing!
Then Kayla, Denise, and I (Lynda) headed to our farm where we store the supplies. We laid out all the supplies and medications and planned our strategy: meds first then supplies and other stuff on top. Here's a picture of Denise and Kayla sorting the goods!
We are so blessed by the connections God has provided for medications including Kingsway Charities, Kevin Roeder, Kayla's father who is a pharmacist, and through the drive at the VA hospital in Saginaw. We gave thanks today for all those generous souls! We had 7 large duffels to pack and got them packed in great time. The next step is to put the bags on the scale. They can weigh up to 50#. Then we start stuffing other stuff in the bags until we reach the weight or volume limit!
Then we stack up the bags and leave them alone until it is time to go! These bags cannot even hold one more cotton ball!!
Kayla's family stopped by.

We were working so hard that we did not notice how cold it was until we sat down to have a devotion and talk about the trip. Denise read the devotion for us. Even just being able to meet with just these 2 fabulous women has gotten me excited about our whole group getting together to serve in Haiti!!

Stay tuned . . . . We leave February 27.