4 Days to Go

Sorry about not having blogged over the weekend. We went camping down to Richard Bong Recreational Area. It was our first & only time down there. Bob mentioned on the way down that a website claimed "the mosquito population is healthy" down there. It was EXTREMELY healthy! I don't think I could count the number of mosquito bites that our children had on their bodies. It's like the insect repellent we put on them had absolutely no effect. We ended up keeping Kaylyn in the camper almost the entire time - only taking her out on Saturday when we went swimming. She was such a good sport!

As far as plans go, we had Andrés' passport photos taken on Thursday - but Walgreen's was too busy to print them right away, so I had to wait for my sister Julie to bring them to me yesterday. We have an appointment with the post office to take care of his passport materials on Wednesday this week, and can then send them off in the mail to the National Passport Agency.

I went in yesterday to get my Meningitis & 1st of my Hep A vaccinations (the 2nd one needs to be done within 6-18 months from now). Noah came along with me to "hold my hand". He was so cute. I've showed Noah the pictures of children from the orphanage (the ones I have posted on this blog), and when he found out that I'll be riding in an airplane to go to see them, he has been insisting on going with me ever since!

Linda brought over the boxes of donations last night - and there is quite a bit more than I'll be able to take in my suitcases. I'm so glad that Dr. Reynolds does take care of shipping down to the orphanage, because I'll just have to "creatively pack" the items into my suitcases...and whatever doesn't fit, I'll send down to him. It's SO great to see all of these things that people are willing to send to children in need. I will try to get a picture of all the donations on to tomorrow's blog.

I've heard via email from the hotel in San Pedro Sula that my reservation has been "confirmed". Their name is the Hotel Real and their website is: http://www.hotelrealhn.com/. I was beginning to get a little worried since I hadn't heard from them. The mentioned in the email last night that they've been having internet problems for the past week. I had called my cell phone company to activate the international calling feature yesterday so I could call this hotel to confirm, but I was still not able to call the hotel. I'll have to call my cell phone company again today to ask why those international numbers weren't working.

With those thoughts, I'm going to end this blog for the day. Since my days until departure are dwindling down, I find myself more & more busy each day.