Encouragement Can Create Miracles

It's time! I'm getting ready for my 2 month trip to Central America. I leave this Sunday.......eeks! Am I ready? Kind of. Our group leaves Calgary bright and early: Calgary, Dallas, Guatemala City.

We all met up last Sunday to pack up all our supplies. Each of us are bringing 2 hockey bags full of school supplies, medicine, kids' clothes, shoes, toys and hygiene stuff. Even though we are bringing 100 lbs each and there are about 25 of us- we still have a lot of donations that could not come with us. The organzier will be bringing these with her on the next trip in January.

I alone had enough to fill 5 hockey bags! A SUPER THANK YOU to all my friends that helped out. Hope I don't forget anyone! Thank you- Keri-Ann, Steve, Marina, Bill, Liz, Mike, Phyllis, Silvanna, Anna, Rosa, Heather, both MT's, Kathy, my aunt who sewed 66 aprons, my Dentist and his supplier, Calgary Stampede Casino and the city who gave me some Calgary pins and a pile of pencils.

People are very generous when asked to help!

I'll be with the Foundation until Sept 29th, then I'll be staying in Antigua, Guatemala with a Guatemalan family to take Spanish and do some other volunteer work (might be an orphanage or a school). I'll need to make my way to San Jose, Costa Rica to pick up a tour for Nov 1st. The tour brings me back up to Antigua via Monteverde Cloud Forest, Arenal Volcano, Nicaragua, Ometepe Island, Granada, Honduras, Roatan Bay Islands, and Copan. I'll be back in Calgary late Nov 18th.

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Better go to try and figure out how I pack a carry on with my personal items for this trip!