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Thankful Thursday

Thankful for friends!! Randy, Jessica and the girls are here this week. Mike and Randy are working at Alt-n and Jess and the girls and I have been running around. We went to the zoo, book shopping at Half Price Books and we have been doing a boat load of eating. No good Mexican food in Denver, so Jessica is getting her fill this week 🙂

Thankful for the upcoming baby shower. It’s going to be great fun! I am so excited that I can’t stand it.

**This one is short because we have guests, but we are praying that referrals get mailed from China by Friday so that we can see Nadia’s face by Monday!! I am going crazy here. LOL.

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Thankful Thursday

I am thankful CHINA IS MATCHING!!!!! What does that mean? That somewhere halfway around the world a government worker is matching us to Nadia. I know that God has selected our child for us, but now the paperwork is going to be put together. I am so excited I can barely contain myself!!!

I am thankful for so many friends and family that can’t wait to meet Nadia.

I am thankful that so many people have RSVP’d to the shower – what a wonderful day it will be.

I am thankful for new friends (Melissa) and old friends coming to visit (Jessica/Randy) and good friends who are moving soon, but taking time to visit with me before they leave (Johanna and Lauren). What a sweet week this has been.

I am thankful for fellow Child Ambassador Nicole who I have never met in person getting 2 “Texas” shirts to our sponsored child in Peru because she is originally from there and went to visit family. You can’t send big packages to the children, so how great is that to have a hand delivery to the WV office down there? WOW – thanks Nicole.

I am thankful for all my fellow Child Ambassadors who take time out of their busy life to share the work that World Vision is doing with friends, family and even strangers! There are around 200 CA’s nationwide all volunteering their time every month for WV. Think how much “payroll” that saves WV that can go directly in to the programs?

Right now I can’t think straight to add more since my head is spinning with excitement.

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Thankful Thursday

I know it’s late for the TT, but I am still thankful.

I am thankful for the KIDS HOPE USA program and Oakmont letting us be a part of their school year. Today was the last day for mentors to be in the school for this school year.

I am thankful that every teacher I talked to today asked me if we were coming back and I said yes, that they got a giant smile on their face.

I am thankful that we were able to give the kids an educational game for a present at the end of the school year. I hope they have someone they can play with this summer.

I am thankful for hugs from sweet little children. And the sound of, “HI Miss Louanne!!” (Which is usually followed by a hug!)

I am thankful for friends. Our friends the Peyton’s are moving to California and there was a going away party tonight. I know they are going to have fun out there, but I am going to miss Johanna and her beautiful smile.

I am thankful for family. My sisters Tahni and Bayli are coming to visit tomorrow for our cousin Evan’s wedding. It’s going to be a fun weekend to visit with family.

I am thankful that God protected Jon from Alt-n from even worse injuries than he suffered in his accident on Tuesday night. And I am thankful that he should make a full recovery, even if the road to recovery is long.

Last of all I am thankful that it’s already the 17th!!! We are that much closer to a referral now 🙂

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Thankful Thursday

It’s already Thursday again! So I am thankful that it’s the 10th and a third of the month is gone. We are that much closer to referral!

Yesterday I was a chaperone for the 2nd grade field trip to the zoo. I had the kid I mentor, plus one other KHUSA kiddo and 2 other boys. So today I wanted to post about being thankful for how AMAZING everything is to little kids. They just get so excited about stuff that adults take for granted. All day long I had 4 boys screaming “Miss Louanne, come look at this! Miss Louanne did you see that? Miss Louanne come over here.” They were just so excited to have an adult running around with them and being excited with them.

They wanted me to see the biggest spider ever and whoa that thing was huge. But we did find out that there has never been a recorded human death from a tarantula. The boys thought that was amazing. I told Mike the spider was so big it looked like something that would be on a movie set. Fake! But then it moved. Hee hee.

I am thankful for the school letting us join them this year with KIDS HOPE. I can’t believe that next week is the end for this school. What a blessing the program has been.

I am thankful and forever grateful for the 34 people at my church that were involved with the KIDS HOPE program this year. Prayer partners, mentors and subs, you are the best!!!

I am thankful for all the people that have sponsored WV children in the last 2 months. The Girls Campaign has gone great and the lives of the children and their families will be changed for eternity. God Bless you all and all the sponsors who have joined up since I became a Child Ambassador in 2005.