Piles

Prayer letter has gone out
List has been made
And I am starting to make piles.

I know it is just the first part of November but it is my goal to have everything for my trip together and ready to be packed by mid December.

I have learned from past trips you really don't need as much as you think you will. We take our own food for breakfast & lunch but the great thing is you end up sharing. I usually just take cereal for breakfast & pbj for lunch or tuna. Something of that nature. The last couple of trips I have collected the packs of jelly, mayo and various condiments from fast food restaurants. One year Givens Estate donated a huge bag of those items, enough for the whole team.

On our way from the airport to the campus we stop at a roadside fruit stand & buy pineapples & 'bitty bananas" Mmmmmm best stuff in the world! That is a big part of breakfast. As well as the fresh coffee that we brew each morning.

Getting my clothes together has actually been pretty easy because as I have changed over my wardrobe for the seasons I have just pulled out the clothes that I will need to take. Alot of the items that we take such as flashlights, clothes, pillows, any sheets, toiletries & even our clothes, we leave there. Is nice going on a trip & coming come with an empty suitcase. Well almost empty.....makes room to bring back coffee!!!

I just hope I can remember that less really is more...the less I take for me, the more I can take to the girls.