What's Next? Getting Ready and COLLECTING DONATIONS

Hello All!
Well, we are finally starting to get ready for baby Micah! I spoke with our social worker yesterday and was told to expect to travel in 12 weeks. That's only 3 months! Between getting ready, work, and family life, time is going to fly by! So, here's what we need to do and how you can help.

• Meet with travel doctor to review Micah's referral and discuss post travel protocol given his size.
  
• Finish 1 room in the basement so that we can move everything out of Micah's nursery, our current guest/dump room.
• Decorate nursery including paint, set up, go through clothing, etc.
• Get medical reports and vaccines updated. We need to get typhoid, hepatitis, and tetnus (possibly yellow fever). Kim needs new glasses and Devon needs his boosters as well.
  
• SAVE $$$ FOR TRAVEL! Travel costs have increased exponentially because of oil costs. A plane ticket that once cost 1000$ now costs 1700$. This is really going to cut into our finances and adoption savings.
• Begin packing as we are switching closets over. We will be traveling to summer during winter! We need to keep this in mind as we shift our clothing.
  

How can you help? Micah comes from an EXTREMELY POOR orphanage that has "nothing really" according to our social worker Duni. We would like to take the following items to boost the children's health.

• Formula- you can give money or donate formula. We will take it out of its can and put it in a ziploc bag with the instructions.
• VITAMINS! These kids need vitamins. We are hoping to take Plyvisol and older kid gummy vitamins.
• Older children clothing. We have baby-2T but need clothing for older kids.
• Soap, anti-bacterial hand wash, lotions, wipes, etc.
• WE DO NOT NEED DIAPERS- they use cloth diapers at this orphanage.

Please pray for us! As you pray, consider if God is leading you to donate to this WORTHY cause. As we have always said, we have been so blessed with the funds to complete this adoption on our own and with the help of our family. ALL donations will benefit the children who so desperately need it.

Much Love and EXCITEMENT!
Kim