Plans in Motion...

Good evening to all,

Today was quite busy for me. I began this morning by emailing 2 hotels in San Pedro Sula, Honduras about their availabilities. One just replied with an email - and although for most American standards, their rate may seem really good...it is quite a bit more than what would be charged of most Honduran hotels, so I'll most likely wait for a reponse from the other hotel.

I also washed all of the clothing I'd be taking to Honduras and put them into one of my suitcases...just to have them there so that I can focus on other things between now and next weekend. The great thing is most of the clothing was linen or very light cotton, so when I weighed my suitcase, it only came to 20 pounds. I'm allowed 50 pounds/suitcase and my carry-on can be 50 pounds as well, for a total of 150 pounds! I'll still have to pack my "toiletries" as many people call them - and then reweigh the suitcase, but I think I'll have around 100+ pounds that I'll be able to use strictly for donations!

This morning I also took the 4 kids up to the Waupaca County Courthouse. I want to get all of Andrés' paperwork ready to apply for a passport before I leave, so that he'll have it for next year. Bob had mentioned that he'd also like to go next year and his passport expires this December, so we'll most likely be filling out both applications at the same time.

I'm still in the process of working on a "look" for this blog, so bear with me if you see color or template changes as you check in from time to time. I hope that you enjoy the slideshow of the Orphanage Emmanuel pictures taken in June of this year by the lady who is my U.S. contact to the orphanage. Underneath this slideshow is another of pictures from San Pedro Sula as well as cities along the way to Orphanage Emmanuel.

Tomorrow I will blog about how the decision came to serve at this orphanage. Until then, have a great night!