Thanks for all your donations!!!

While we were home we were able to round up a whole bunch of clothes thanks to generous family and friends. The best part about taking all the clothes back was seeing how excited the kids were to get them. Thanks to all of you who were able to donate clothes, books and toys and know that they are being put to good use!

Brian and Melissa with their books.

Melissa sporting her new pink scarf with her mom Lydia who loves to wear the jean jacket with her traditional dress.

After trying on all the clothes, Cata and Brian decided to try and fit into our suitcases so that they could go on our next trip with us.

The Justin Bieber shirt was a hit. This is Michaela, she is one of the  7 sisters whom w e brought clothes back for.  She and her sisters don't have much but have always been very friendly towards us and since receiving their clothes they have been wearing one or another of these articles of clothing every day.

Miriam is the tom boy of the family but was drawn to this very feminine dress. She wore it with her tennis shoes of course.

Little Ashley is 4 and all attitude. 

This is Marta.

The second oldest sister Celida.

Little Andy. 

Here are the younger sisters in their backyard in their new duds.

Miriam posing.

We were also fortunate to bring back a bunch of jerseys for the girls in our town to wear for their basketball games. The girls were very excited about the new uniforms and were touched that people in the states would care enough to give them such nice things. It's been a bit of a challenge getting our basketball league for girls going here, but the jerseys definitely have helped to increase excitement and participation.

Thanks to everyone for their generosity!!