Josephine's Children --- an exciting update to the project!

Dearest Josephine,

Our prayers and especially those of your beautiful children have been answered! The gifts of supplies, crafts, and clothing items so generously donated-- are finally on their way to you. They should leave by freighter this next week and be to you by sometime in May~

  

Never did I expect that so many people would join together to share gifts for these precious children.  The donated items filled not one, or two ---- but three huge transport boxes!

Sue and her husband have coordinated
 the purchase of supplies and clothing items, 
from their home in Texas,

as well as the  packing of the boxes.

Sue credit's her husband with the amazing ability

to pack all the goods so tightly into the boxes

so that they could fill them FULL
 with all of the

donated items. 

~

(please click here to read Sue's story

about the day the boxes finally left her home!)

No project ever totally goes off the way it is planned~

while the generosity of so many 

has overwhelmed our hearts,

there have been some difficulties

in bringing this project to completion. 

 The freight company who was to have

provided transportation for the donated items--

unfortunately,became no longer a viable partner

for this project.

 Best laid plans,

 and all that goes with them,

we feared that we might not be able

to bring smiles and joy

to the children~

After running into many obstacles

and closed doors,

we finally left the matter in

God's hands. 

Dear Vicki,

I hope that all is well with you and your family.

Vicki, I am so very concerned about the gifts for the children.

Have you been able to find someone to do the shipping for us?

The children have been so very excited about this

and I do not know what to tell them

if the gifts never are to come.

We are all praying that all will go well

and for you and Sue as you have

given so much to this project.

Love,

Josephine

Josephine,

The prayers of the children have been heard~

God has brought us an answer 

to our prayers. 

Just this morning the boxes

were picked up at Sue's apartment

by the folks at a new company that has

agreed to help us.

(I am sure that she was very happy for that to happen,

as she and her husband have been stumbling

around those HEAVY boxes now for many weeks!)
~~
My heartfelt thanks to both Sue and her amazing husband
for all their efforts to make the dreams
of these children come true!

Please take hundreds and hundreds of photos

when the goods arrive for the children 

and they begin to open their gifts! 

Sue and I will eagerly share them with our

blog readers.

We will flood the internet world 

with the blessings

of the gifts 

and the smiles of the

 children. 

We are so thankful that their dreams

will be able to come true.

It seems as though

we have truly witnessed a

 miracle.

 Dear Vicki,

Indeed it is a miracle!

I am reading this mail just now

and I cannot stop smiling and thanking God

for making this possible

at a time when our hope was almost fading.

We were all so worried and had put our joy

at a stand, but we prayed silently

and God has answered our prayers.

The children are going to be so

happy again!

I am ready with two cameras

with different persons to take photos!

I want every moment to be captured

and sent to you. 

I can't stop thanking you and Sue (and her husband)

for all the effort, time, and energy

that has been given to this project...

no words can express that,

but the children and I have already started

to design something for you and Sue to show

how we have appreciated!

Thank you for making this happen!

You are so dear and near in our

hearts,

Josephine

 

Once again....

 I want to thank those of you

who have contributed to this amazing project 

by way of donations, financial support, and prayers.

Are these not THE most beautiful children?

Can you even imagine their hearts delight

when they begin to open the boxes full of

treasures?

Please pray for the shipment of

these gifts as the long journey begins across the waters

from Texas to Uganda.

Hopefully, sometime in early summer,

you will be looking at photos

of happy children...

  gleeful in their excitement of all 

the love that can be held in

three (huge!!) boxes

and....

all of your generous 

hearts.

xoxoxo

Vicki 

A note from me~

We have just returned from a wonderful cruise to warm places.  Fortunately, we missed much of the snow and freezing weather while we were gone -- but you know how it is with "paybacks"--- the day after we returned home -- we were slammed with about 14 inches of snow! As much as I am not a fan of winter -- the snow truly was beautiful, so heavy on the trees...

 

 It is good to be back home, many projects strung all over my craft room!!  If you are on the Shabby Chic nesting list --yours are in the works now!  Spring is just around the corner ~ I truly believe this!  

my love to you all~

V.