Counting down the days

We leave in 16 days to go get our monkey :) Seem like the time is flying by. We still haven't decided on his name, still have to finish paperwork that we need to have while we travel, Still need to make appointments with the school principal for evaluations, and Still need to make appointment with social worker. The Elders Quorum are helping to gather donations for the orphanage for us to take with us: Cloth diapers 14.2inX 20.5 in, Rubber nipples 3-holes/cross cut- Gerber, Plastic bottles 150cc and 240 cc- Gerber, Sleeper M, L (cotton/rich), Underwear (onies) M,L, Gerber, Children's multi vitamins (chewable tablets), Vicks, Puzzles, books, coloring books, crayons, and markers. Thanks so much for their help I am sure the children will love having new stuff. During the last snow we had, when we were out very early delivering our papers and one of our subscribers was out shoveling her driveway when I stopped to take her paper to the porch she approached our car and asked how our adoption was going. I told her it was good and we are going to get him next month. She thanked us for our service and I told her how thankful we were to have the paper route to help us reach our $20,000 goal to complete our adoption. A few days later I was delivering the paper to her porch and there was a bottle of Sprite with a note to me attached sitting on her porch. Much to my surprise when I opened the note out fell a $100 bill to help with our adoption expenses. Yes, I finished the route with tears rolling down my checks. If it was not for the generosity of people like this we would have never been able to make this all happen and give this 6 year old little boy who has already overcome so much in his short life a forever family. We are so blessed to have friends, family and even strangers help us along this long journey. Thank you to everyone who has helped us get here today :)