Yeah! We had a meeting in Kennewick!!! It was great to be able to host a meeting for our group. I always love getting together to meet - it really gives me a boost and i get more and more excited about the trip!
Our group is pretty much settled. We started out with several people that thought they might come and decide not to and others just joined us a few weeks ago. But, i think we have our team! There are about 8 of us from Calvary Chapel (or this area), about 5 from Spokane, 1 from Portland and 1 from Idaho. I think it is going to be wonderful group to experience this awesome opportunity that God has laid on our hearts. I can't wait to get to know them even more than I do now:) They all really have a wonderful heart full of Jesus' love.
At this meeting we mostly asked questions about the housing facility. The couples will each get their own room and all of the women will bunk up together in a room and then all of the men (2) will get their own room. I was very pleased to hear that there is an "american" toilet! YIPPEE:) There are also showers and an exercise room - wow! We were reminded of the electricity to bring converters etc. and that they are 16 hours ahead in time. I also should probably get a pocket chinese/american dictionary - when we adopted Hayleigh (3yrs ago) we didn't talk too much to the "locals" but that will be a different story this time... I also need to get a B. that i can give away while i am there.
We talked about our daily schedule on Mon - Thurs.:
8-9 = Devotion time
9-12 = Projects at PHF
12 = lunch
1-2:30 = prep for VBS
2:30-4:30 = VBS
5:30 = dinner
Sat & Sunday we will be touring: Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tianenenm (sp?-i can never get it right!) Square, Hutong Tour, Drum Tower, Acrobat Show, LaoShe Tea house, and the Temple of Heaven. I saw all of this stuff when we were there 3 years ago except for the Tea house. While we are attending these places we won't just be sight seeing we hope to also share with others...
If we get permission to go to Keifeng, Hunan. We will travel on Monday, Nov. 10 - work with the children on Tues & Wed. and then travel back on Thursday. Friday will be another tour day.
We are also hoping to visit Harmony Outreach while we are there. They are about 1 mile from each other and very closely related to each other:) Many of our group from Calvary Chapel sponsor children at H.O. http://www.harmonyoutreach.org/ The girl that we sponsor and had hoped to adopt will probably still be there when we are there - i can't wait to kiss those cheeks that i look at everyday! :)
At this meeting we also finished up or Visa paperwork and that should be on it's way to be processed.
We also divided up a supply list - These are things that we are hoping to bring to PHF. I have also requested a list for Harmony Outreach and will post that as soon as i get it. If you would like to support our trip with supplies, here they are:
Medical Needs List
Robitussin DM – (3-4 bottles)
Triaminic Day cold & cough (3-4 bottles)
Triaminic Night cold & cough(3-4 bottles)
Dimetapp cold & cough –(3-4 bottles)
Tylenol suspension 160mg/5ml (5-6 bottles)
Advil/Motrin 100mg/5ml – (5-6 bottles)
Desitin (zinc oxide diaper rash ointment) – 10 large tubes
Hydrocortisone Cream 1% - 10 large or small tubes
Topical antibiotic ointment like Neosporin, etc. – 10 tubes
Antifungal cream like clotrimazole – 10 tubes
Maalox/Mylanta or similar brand – 2-3 large bottles
Peptobismol liquid or tablets – 2-3 large bottles or boxes
Other supplies/equipment:
Enfamil cleft lip/palate nurser – box of 6-6oz bottles – 4 boxes
Medical tape – plastic, paper, etc. – dozen
Stretch conforming gauze – bring 2 dozen small size
4”X4” gauze sponges – single sterile packs or in pkg of 10 – 2 dozen each
Oral antibiotics/ eye & ear antibiotics
Asthma medications like albuterol inhalers, albuterol unit doses for nebulizer machines, corticosteroid inhalers, Xopenex unit doses, etc.
Allergy medication, etc.
Philip Hayden foundation family list
diabetic vitamins--natures bounty--found at costco-1-2 packs--.
mens sauve shampoo--4 bottles
pull ups--GOOD NIGHTS--boys--size XL--4
vogue magazine--november and dec. issue-2008
candy canes--regular red and white--2 boxes
burts bees chap stick--1
cheese its crackers--big family box-sun shine brand
enchilada and chili sauce mix --packets--10 of each
pasta-WHEAT FREE---2 boxes--or bags
calendar--for school--big colorful with pockets--i found one for her last year at hallmark cards
candy canes
bag of christmas candys--4 bgs of variety--chocolate
cheeses--2--2lb.--blocks cheddar cheese
christmas cookies
hot coco--8 boxes--
chocolate candys--in bags--variety--10 bags
christmas--cd's and 2008 worship cd.s--for the whole team
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