More Shorts Sent!

Today Terri Cobb and I mailed another 800 pairs of shorts to Haiti. Terri knows a lady who knows a missionary, Roberta Edwards, stationed in Haiti. She works in an orphanage. We wanted to send her some of the shorts. I will be sending her a letter telling her that she can keep all the shorts she needs and ask her to distribute the rest of the shorts to others in need. I am excited to know that the shorts are arriving in Haiti. It has been really interesting to see how this process works. In order to send the packages to her, we had to mail them to Ft. Pierce, Fl where she has a shipping account. Then we have to send money to her account in Ft. Pierce and they will ship the packages out of Ft. Pierce on to Haiti. When they ship to Haiti, they will bill her account the amount of shipping. Also, I am sending a letter and asking for a response, so I am sending a self-addressed stamped envelope and all I need for that is regular US postage. Regular US postage will get the response letter all the way from Haiti to the US. Oh, well !!! Anyway, this process is all very interesting. I will spend June, July, and part of August making shorts to send with Lee and Eddie Cooper. Their entire family will be making a trip there in August. I visited my sister in Florida in April, had a wedding at my home on May 8th and took a week off when my husband did in May, so I have used up all of my vacation time already!!! Now, in order to make the 5000 by January 18, I must make more than 100 a week or I can't take off any more time because I had allowed only two week off all year. At the end of the week I will have made more than 1600 pairs of shorts. I can't wait to hit 2500, half way.

Help from the Neighborhood!!

Linda Walters is a dear friend that lives two doors down. Last week she called me and asked if she could help so, on Friday, she came by and picked up patterns and fabric and over the weekend she cut out 70 pairs of shorts. How precious is that!!!! Even more, she asked for more fabric and said she had more time this week and wanted to cut out more. Thank you Linda for your help and your friendship.

Fabric From Meridian, Mississippi

I have a dear friend, Debbie Boyd, that moved to Mississippi. She was such an integral part of my life that things just haven't been the same since her leaving. However, we have kept in touch and when we visit, it is if we have never been apart. I am sure all of you have had friends like this. Well, in keeping with her usual kind self, she and her precious daughter Kristin, bought and mailed some fabric from Meridian. So, Debbie and Kristin here are the shorts you have provided for those precious children of Haiti. Thank you so very much!!!