And So It Begins…

Okay, so this is what our dining room table looks like right this very minute,

and it’s only the first group of letters.

Is this for real?! Today I spoke with Ashley in SLC, the sweet girl in charge of our mail. She’s been amazing, and apparently, we have four more shipments on the way, FOUR! Possibly five after today. Unbelievable.

This group included almost 200 letters from 13 different states - Texas (tons from Texas, thanks y’all!), Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Montana, Indiana, Utah, Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Wyoming.

Last night I told Jared that I was going to write all of you a thank you note; I feel like a simple thank you does not do this justice. I mean, seriously?! Wow.

We are doing everything possible to get these stickers where they need to go, and from the bottom of our hearts…thank you so much. To say we are touched would be an understatement.

I’ve been making a list, checking it twice…(couldn’t help myself), creating labels, and planning our schedule of events, drop-offs, etc.

This is going to be good my friends.

And lucky for me, precious Gabe (‘cutsie boots fatsie woo’ I say in my best Scottish accent) will come along, too.

Sharee meets Mana

Dear friends & family,

We are working on something wonderful.

The stickers are coming in by the package loads.  Thank you so much.

Today I met with Rut and Adriana, both in charge of the local association for needy families called ‘Mana de Venado Tuerto.’ Rut is currently a professor at the local Santa Rosa college; Adriana is the retired Director.  I love how you can see my Spanish-English dictionary that I tote around everywhere. Too funny.

The association has provided six pages of names for us. Six! Wow.

We’ll keep finding.  We’ll keep organizing.  And you can keep smiling knowing that hundreds of little Argentine children will be getting a very very special Christmas this year.

Love, Sharee

 

 

 

Think Big. Then Think Bigger.

How was your weekend?  Ours was nice.  It feels good to serve other people, doesn’t it?

Something I’m grateful for beyond words is a good mom & dad.  I’m not sure if us kids ever had a set-in-stone family motto growing up, but we certainly had one engraved in our hearts, and it was to think big…then think bigger. 

Sometimes ideas spiral; sometimes they don’t.  And sometimes, it takes a lifetime to even really know if a little seed we planted along our way made any difference at all.  Either way, the real miracle of it all isn’t necessarily the end result, but the transformation of our own hearts as we begin to believe that we can create something big – sometimes even bigger than ourselves.

I hope my children know how important it is to always think big.

But more importantly, I hope The Sticker Project awakens in them a desire to think outside of themselves and serve.

On Saturday we headed out to the country.  We found a little boy named Aqiles (pronounced A-key-lays).  He’s only 4 years old and very very sweet. 

I’ve had several of you inquire about whether or not it’s too late to send stickers. Thank you so so much for your great big hearts, but any envelopes sent after December 1st will most likely NOT make it to us in time for Christmas :(

HOWEVER, if you’re interested in future kid-friendly simple service opportunities like The Sticker Project, we’re on it, and we’ll keep you informed.

Love, Sharee