Well it was very successful. I think we picked the absolute hottest day of the year (not really but it seemed like it). Besides lack of sleep and constant lifting and moving, I personally was beat by 3pm Saturday.
But nothing amazes me more than the hearts of people when it comes to helping a good cause. We had several friends, family, and fellow church members give 110% to this on a beautiful Saturday in the Summer. I cannot thank everyone who helped enough. I also cannot thank those who donated clothes, money, etc. to the cause as well. We raised a couple thousand and cleared under $2K. For our first fundraiser and all of the overhead with an initial event, this was amazing. God blessed us exceedingly and abundantly.
Brooke was in the trenches keeping our herd in line. Merrick got sick and the fear was that we'd go the usual route and pass a bug around the whole family and thus make the remaining time R and R were here miserable. But we've managed to only deal with fevers and hope the worst is over.
Merrick's "Latvian" vocabulary increases every day. He gets mad and just pokes his lips out and yells "biska biska" at everyone. Not sure what that means. I just hope it's not some Latvian obscene phrase. He tries his best to just sound Latvian and will go on just babbling endlessly when talking to Rebeka or Roberts.
Rebeka opened up to some very heartbreaking stories of her life. And yes, it's OK for a man to cry. I couldn't believe what all she said and can only guess this was only a fraction of what she's seen. It really makes your heart break for these kids knowing that many coming to orphanages later after birth have probably experienced life that none of us could ever dream of.
Back to happy thoughts. Over the weekend Rebeka discovered Eileen's battery powered Barbie Jeep. All Rebeka wants to do is ride the "Barbie machina" first thing in the morning. I give her one thing - the girl has persistence down pat. We've tried saying "no" in about 5 languages with little luck. But I'd rather her ask to ride that than most of the other things she's asked repeatedly.
That's all for now. We have to attempt to get more sleep. We've seemed to have lost both sleeping and eating in the past few weeks.
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