This Week’s Schedule of Events

The Sticker Project is underway.  Here’s the rundown. 

Wednesday (today, Dec. 12th): open the 330 envelopes (2nd group) we got in the mail yesterday and organize stickers.  Amazing.   

We received envelopes from every state mentioned in the first group in addition to letters from Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, & Wisconsin.  Am I proud to be an American, or am I proud to be an American?!

Thursday (Dec. 13th): Prepare sticker bags with labels for the 26 students (15 boys, 11 girls) and 5 teachers at the humble schoolhouse in Los Perales (Escuela Primaria Nro. 23 Del Sesquicentenario).  I spoke with the director today.  The reception was rough, but after three phone calls, we finalized details.  She is going to try to e-mail me a list of the student’s names (depending on internet) in order for us to personalize the bags.

Friday (Dec. 14th): Drive to the school (6 hours away) and stay out in the boonies in a little guest house next to the school.  

Saturday (Dec. 15th): Explore.

Sunday (Dec 16th): Present each student and teacher their bag signed “Love, Santa Claus” (in Spanish).  They are having a special program that night – strange that it’s on a Sunday – but that is when we are going to surprise them with Christmas gifts – your gifts.  Parents should be there.

The following week we will be working with MANA and the LDS missionaries to deliver Christmas to approximately 200 more children in need here in Venado Tuerto. 

We can’t wait.  We’ll get to work.

snapshots I want to remember (from Buenos Aires last month)

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.