Safe In Indiana!!

We just found out that the packages have safely made their way to Indiana. Yea!! Hooray!! Yea!! Lori received them today. Next stop....Port-au-Prince, Haiti!!! Please pray they arrive safely in Haiti also.

Packages Are On Their Way!!

Today we took the packages to the post office. They should be arriving in Indiana in a couple days. Bring your muscles with you when you pick them up Lori.....they weigh 25 and 23 lbs.!!!
Katie is already planning what donations are needed next. This time she wants to include personal products for the older girls, and more stuff for boys also. So now the collecting of donations begins again! We plan on sending the next packages out around the end of Feb. or beginning of March. That should give everyone that wants to help out ample time to do so. Remember, you don't have to go out and spend alot of money. Things as inexpensive as toothpaste,hand sanitizer and peanut butter are always needed. Anything and everything helps.

Donations Are Ready To Go!!!!!

We had a hard time fitting everything into the picture at once!! Isn't this awesome? We have filled up one box and have started packing the second. I know we're a little late, we wanted to mail the packages last Thursday but didn't get around to it on time. But they are now ready, and will be mailed out first thing Monday morning. Get ready Lori, they will be arriving soon!! Thanks again to everyone that has donated, showed support, and kept us in their prayers. It really means alot to us, and to the precious children of Haiti.

Carly ( Formula For Haiti )

Hi it's me, Katie. I have a very nice friend. Her name is Carly. She started Formula For Haiti. She's 10 yrs. old too. She hopes that she can get 5 trucks of formula for the rescue center in Haiti. Maybe if she has enough formula her mom can take the formula to Haiti with her in May. Go check out her blog, Formula For Haiti. It's listed under Friends of Smiles For Haiti. All you have to do is click on it and it'll take you to her site. Thank you for listening. Bye.

Last Call !!!

Our first donations are being sent out this Thursday!!!!! Yea!! So this is the last call for any more donations that have not yet come in. Please get them to us by Wednesday otherwise they won't get sent out till the next time. Not quite sure when that will be yet....lol. But it should be sometime around the end of Feb. or beginning of March if all continues to go as planned.

Thank you to those of you that have donated and those that are keeping us and the children in your prayers. I believe that the Lord has blessed Smiles For Haiti. He has provided us with many donations and I'm sure He has much planned for us. Thank you again for all that you have done to help.

Donations Still Coming In

Hi everyone. We received more donations today as well as yesterday....thank you Amanda. And we have been told that more are on the way. We will soon be sending the first shipment of donations to Lori, and are very excited!! If any of you have not checked out our links to the rescue center and clinic yet then please do so. We hope that you will fall in love with the people of Haiti like we have. Haiti has become very special to us and we would love to visit in the future. I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to get Darrell on a plane but I know Katie would go with me, maybe even Kyle. Someday.......
Good news. Lori is feeling much better today. Thanks for your prayers. Heather has an appointment with orthopedics tomorrow. Please continue to pray that she has a speedy recovery and that all goes well for her tomorrow.
Just when I thought Katie had a full plate between school, Smiles For Haiti and just being a kid, she proved me wrong. Her school is starting a Drama Club and if you know Katie then you know she belongs in it. And she felt the same way. So it starts tomorrow and we will both be attending every Tuesday and Thursday ( she talked me into volunteering). I'm sure it's gonna be alot of fun. They are planning on putting on a production of The Wizard of Oz in March. I'll let you know once we get an actual date.
Well that's about it for tonight. Sleep well all.

Prayers Needed!!

Hi again. Not a whole lot going on today. Today was my day off and we did a whole lotta NOTHING. It was actually pretty nice. Of course I'll have to make up for it in the coming days but that's ok.
Please keep Lori and our friend Heather in your prayers. Lori is suffering from pain in her neck and migraine headaches. Heather has damaged her ligaments in her foot and cannot walk on it. Lori sees her doctor Monday, and Heather has to make an appt. with ortho. on Monday. We pray that she gets one very soon, as she's in a great deal of pain.
We've added many more donations to Smiles For Haiti. Everything from infant rice cereal to diaper rash creams and medicines. We've got a good size collection going but we still need everyone to keep the donations coming. We still need diapers, soy formula and peanut butter. So please keep us in mind next time you go shopping.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great night.

Video Camera's Still Alive!!

Good news. The video camera survived the barbecue sauce! I didn't think it would but it did. We are very happy. I really didn't want to have to replace it. Once I figure out how to do it I'm gonna upload a video of Katie talking about her vision for Smiles For Haiti. She really is an amazing little girl. I thank God for her everyday. I don't mean to sound like Kyle and Darrell aren't just as special to me, I would be totally lost without them. There's just something extra special about her.
Well there's no new developments with the donations. We are still planning on sending out the first shipment of donations within the next week or so. So far we have collected stuffed animals, baby wipes, jars of baby food, some new clothing, and medicine. We still need alot more though. So please keep the donations coming. I'll be sure to post the pictures we receive of the kids receiving the donations. That way you'll all be able to see the expressions on their faces when they see all the stuff that they are getting. I know we can't wait to see it ourselves.
Hope you all have a good night. Thanks for caring.

More Donations!!

Let me start off by saying that barbecue sauce and video cameras DO NOT mix well. Have any of you ever tried to clean a video camera that was covered in barbecue? Well I hadn't either. Until tonight. Katie was trying to add more sauce to her dinner pork chop and didn't forgot that she had already loosened the cap on the bottle. So she turned it upside down and began shaking the bottle. The cap flew off and barbecue sauce went all over the table, with most of it landing right on the video camera. She felt horrible. It took many, many wet wipes and alot of time but I think I might have salvaged it. I'll try it out in the morning to be sure.

Good news. We have more items being donated. A friend told me today that she's been buying things a little at a time and now has a collection for us. Thank you Heather!! We've still got a couple weeks left so there's still time left to donate. the more we get, the more we'll be able to help those precious children. Peanut butter, diapers, wipes, soy formula, school supplies, medicine or medical supplies. It's all needed. Thanks for helping everyone. Goodnight.

From Our Bunch To Yours

Hi everyone, Sonia here. Hope you all had a good Christmas and New year's. Ours was good. I took a few days off from work to spend more time with Katie and her brother Kyle while they were on vacation. It's difficult to spend any quality time with them since I work different day shifts. Darrell, my husband, works nights so family time is really hard to come by. We have to almost schedule it in.



I'm hoping that you will go check out a friend's blog.http://fromourbunchtoyours.blogspot.com/ Her name is Lori and she is a vital part of Smiles For Haiti. She is our direct link to the children that we are collecting the donations for. Without her we would be lost. So please go check out her sight and show your support.



We will be sending out our first donations in the next couple of weeks. So if you have not donated yet and want to, there is still time. Just drop us a line and we'll let you know how.

Katie

Katie
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Little Lady

This is one of my favorite pictures of Katie. It was taken over the summer. She was the flowergirl for a friend's wedding.