Packing Party!

We are headed to Haiti in 6 days!

Tonight we had our packing party to pack donations for our trip!  First, we enjoyed a wonderful potluck meal together.   It was so nice to have time to get to know our team members more while we ate and conversed.

Then, we played a get-to-know-you game where we had to fill in each other's names in on a bingo board filled with different criteria.  This brought about some interesting discoveries, as one of the squares had "can do a 'stupid-human trick" as its criteria!  Amongst the talents we discovered, we found that one of our team members can touch her tongue to her elbow.  See below:

Try it.  It's harder than you'd think!  We have such a talented group!  ;) It was fun to get a little silly together, because, in case you didn't know...a team that plays together stays together...or something like that!  

After that, we got started with packing!  We had an amazing response to our requests for donations.  From bags and bags of shoes to toothpaste, to 80+ handmade dresses!  If you are one of the people who helped make a donation, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!  Below are some pics: 

As you can see, people were more than generous, and we are so grateful for the help!

So... our team filled with 11 females (4 University of Northwestern softball team members, 2 coaches, 2 high-school aged life-long friends, 2 friends of 33 years, and our team "mom")  leaves bright and early Monday morning, meeting at the airport at 3:45 a.m..  We ask that you pray for us as we venture to Haiti together from August 12-19th.  We cannot wait to see what God has planned for us!  (Oh, and stop back, as we plan to post updates here on this blog throughout our week's adventure!)

Ke Bondye Beni'ou!

(God Bless You)